https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-brazil-diplomacy-f8661fdab3c154b839bc9d48954cbd72 Tensions in South America have been rising since the highly disputed Venezuelan election in July. Despite pre-election polls that showed opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia had more supporters by a landslide, President Nicolas Maduro still claimed that he won the election. Protests against Maduro’s regime have resulted in countless arrests and even murders of those who oppose Maduro. Argentina,… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/20/us-sanctions-former-haitian-president-over-alleged-drug-trafficking Michel Joseph Martelly was the Haitian president in the wake of the catastrophic 2010 earthquake, from 2011 until he resigned in 2016. Haiti has been unstable for decades, but since the 2008 hurricane season and 2010 earthquake the situation has become dire—half of Haiti’s 11.5M residents are facing hunger, 578,000 are displaced by gang wars, and criminal groups control… Read more »
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-09-12/ukraines-zelenskiy-dismisses-destructive-china-brazil-peace-initiative In May, China and Brazil offered a proposal to be mediators in peace discussions between Ukraine and Russia over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia is in support of this “China-Brazil peace initiative”, with Putin openly backing the plan and even suggesting India to be a third mediator country. However, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated that the initiative was disrespectful… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/lula-un-says-brazil-china-propose-plan-ukraine-russia-talks-2024-09-24/ Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gave a speech at the opening of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. His main point was about a Chinese-Brazilian proposal for the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. The proposal would have the resumption of direct talks between the countries without requiring Russia to recall their troops. He did not… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/15/venezuela-detains-spanish-us-and-czech-citizens-over-destabilisation This past Sunday, September 15th, the Venezuelan government has announced the detainment of three American citizens, two Spanish citizens, and a Czech national over what the Maduro-led government believes to be an alleged CIA-backed plot to destabilize Venezuela and assassinate him. The Venezuelan Minister of the Interior, Diosdado Cabello, in a statement this Saturday is paraphrased… Read more »
Link to Article(s): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/15/us-rejects-claims-of-cia-involvement-in-alleged-plot-to-kill-maduro-after-venezuela-arrests-six https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czxgl2zjgzzo Venezuela claims that the CIA was involved in a plot to assassinate Nicolas Maduro, the alleged president of Venezuela. However, the US state department has since rejected those claims. There are 6 foreigners imprisoned in Venezuela, three Americans (one a member of the US military), two Spaniards, and one Czech national, all arrested on suspicions… Read more »
Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/jamaica-send-two-dozen-security-personnel-haiti-bolster-mission-2024-09-10/ In order to address the humanitarian crisis in Haiti in the wake of the assassination of their president in 2021, Jovenel Moïse, the U.N. has backed a Kenya-led mission to send military and police personnel to Haiti to fight gang control and facilitate the organization of a democratic election. This international assistance was requested in 2022. Kenya pledged… Read more »
Article: https://latinamericanpost.com/americas/venezuelas-tren-de-aragua-expands-its-deadly-grip-to-the-u-s/ A gang birthed from Venezuela’s Tocorón prison, the Tren de Aragua have gone beyond expanding throughout Latin America and now have begun to infiltrate the U.S. Gang members, empowered by the mismanagement of the prisons and general unrest throughout Venezuela, were able to follow migration routes to Colombia, Peru, Chile and Ecuador — causing a demonstrable rise in… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqjlqk0wv1no This article discusses Panama’s beginning to send undocumented migrants back to their home countries with flights funded by the U.S. Jose Raul Mulino, Panama’s president, has promised to focus on addressing migration through the Darien Gap, a dangerous jungle region between Columbia and Panama. The United States has offered $6 million in funding for these flights…. Read more »
Article: https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-maduro-us-economic-sanctions-oil-licenses-3c7f4ec239d86ecf255d9ec4b4ac6ad9 Opponents to the rule of the authoritarian president of Venezuela, Nicolàs Maduro, are calling for the U.S. to cancel licenses for U.S. oil companies (particularly Chevron) to do business with state-owned oil company, PDVSA, in order to sanction Maduro’s regime. In 2019, as a response to Maduro’s corrupt practices, the U.S. made it illegal for U.S. companies to… Read more »
