Australian police have arrested a Chilean woman living in Sydney over her alleged involvement in a kidnapping during the military rule of Gen Augusto Pinochet in the South American country.
The new president of Brazil has put forward a plan to revamp the country’s pension system – tackling a reform considered critical to boosting growth of South America’s biggest economy.
In the humble neighbourhood of El Valle, in south-western Caracas, several hundred residents are gathered round in a community square, waiting for a meeting to start.
An activist and radio producer has been shot dead in his home in Mexico.
As the weeks move on since the United States first took action against the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s dictatorship rule, the country is descending deeper and deeper into chaos and closer to a violent removal of Maduro’s rule. With Maduro refusing to step down for country, but a country full of starving people that are being neglected by their government… Read more »
Venezuela’s opposition-controlled congress named new temporary boards of directors to state-oil firm PDVSA and its US subsidiary on Wednesday, in an effort to wrest the OPEC nation’s oil revenue from President Nicolas Maduro. An increasingly isolated Maduro lashed out at the congress leader Juan Guaido, saying in an interview that he would face the courts “sooner or later” for violating the constitution… Read more »
The US ratcheted up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday by sanctioning some of his top security officials and the head of the state oil company, also unveiling plans to airlift over 200 tons of aid to the Colombian border. The United States Treasury said it sanctioned PDVSA chief Manuel Quevedo, three top intelligence officials and Rafael Bastardo, who U.S…. Read more »
Venezuela denied a group of European lawmakers entry into the country on Sunday, arguing they had “conspiratorial motives” for flying to Caracas in the throes of a political crisis. The European Parliament last month joined a slew of Western nations in recognising Venezuelan opposition chief Juan Guaido as interim head of state after President Nicolas Maduro won a second term in an election last… Read more »
Venezuela’s power struggle is heading towards a potentially violent showdown on Saturday, when self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido has vowed to allow caravans of US aid to cross the Venezuelan border in defiance of President Nicolas Maduro and the military. In an interview with FRANCE 24, Guaido’s appointed representative to the US, Carlos Vecchio, expressed confidence that the army will… Read more »
The wave of demonstrations against Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse and his government’s mishandling of development funds has left a seventh protestor dead after a week of violent clashes in the Caribbean nation. Haitians took to the streets of the capital Port-au-Prince’s once again on Wednesday to demand the resignation of the country’s President Jovenel Moïse as tensions continue to mount after a week of… Read more »