Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/6/colombia-and-eln-rebel-group-agree-for-a-six-month-ceasefire-extension The National Liberation Army (ELN), inspired by the Cuban revolution, was founded as an ideological movement in 1964. The armed group has an intense presence in both Colombia and Venezuela as they run illegal gold mines, maintain drug trafficking routes, kidnap for ransom, and attack oil infrastructure in both countries. Peace talks with the ELN began in 2019,… Read more »
Article: https://latinamericanpost.com/economy-en/cuban-leadership-shuffles-amid-economic-reform-backlash-and-cyberattack-disruptions/ Miguel Díaz-Canel, the Cuban President, has decided to make some significant changes to his cabinet. Among the most pivotal dismissals was Alejandro Gil’s. Gil had been Cuba’s economic minister and planned to raise gasoline and transportation prices in an attempt to stimulate the declining economy. However, these price raises were delayed on the account of a cyberattack that… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/2/5/us-strikes-in-the-middle-east-will-not-change-bidens-re-election-fortunes On the 28th of January, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Jordan conducted an air raid on a U.S. Military base which resulted in the death of 3 American soldiers. Injuring 40 more, the United States, under the Biden administration, retaliated by sending a series of airstrikes to Syria and Iraq on February 1st. However, such airstrikes were… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/5/us-senate-unveils-118bn-deal-on-border-aid-for-israel-and-ukraine United States President Joe Biden is pushing for a 118 billion dollar deal to send support for Israel and Ukraine. Conservative republicans are pushing against this deal, as they insist the funding would be better suited towards dealing with the US border crisis and illegal immigration from Mexico. Half of the funding would go towards helping the weakening Ukrainian… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/4/el-salvador-votes-with-nayib-bukele-poised-for-second-presidential-term In El Salvador, voters are heading to the ballots to vote in the upcoming presidential election during a state of emergency. The incumbent president Nayub Bukele is almost guaranteed a victory due to the immense change he’s brought upon El Salvador. Since his inauguration in 2019, the reduction in murder rates, gang violence, and crimes have decreased exponentially, but… Read more »
Link to Article : Brazil Bolsters Northern Border Amid Venezuelan – Guyana Esequibo Tentions Brazilian military forces moved in close to the northern border in order to maintain national security. This is in response to the recent dispute over territory in Guyana’s Essequibo region. As it stands, Venezuela claims all land West of the Essequibo river. Meanwhile Guyana refuses to… Read more »
Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/30/venezuela-accuses-us-of-blackmail-over-sanctions In 2019, an agreement between the United States and Venezuela was signed in Barbados. It stated that Venezuela would be granted sanction relief should they release political prisoners and allow international observers to ensure that their presidential elections were fair. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s recent action of arresting and barring opposition candidates is inconsistent with this agreement according… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/27/venezuela-court-disqualifies-leading-opposition-presidential-candidate After the opposing candidate of the incumbent socialist president of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s supreme justice tribunal issued a statement saying that the victor, Maria Corina Machado, has been banned from holding office. After running independently, Machado won more than 90% of the votes, which occurred soon after Maduro’s government imposed a 15-year ban on her from running for… Read more »
