It is well known that the corrupt, leftist policies of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have caused mayhem in the country. Six months after his election in 2013, Maduro announced that he would rule by decree for the rest of his presidency; he would haver the dictatorial power of creating law without the check of legislators. Maduro’s focus on public opinion… Read more »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43221952 Venezuela’s opposition has expelled a former state governor after he said he would stand against President Nicolás Maduro in April’s election. The Democratic Unity opposition coalition is boycotting the vote. It said Henri Falcón was wrong to validate what it called a fraudulent electoral system. Mr Falcón defended his decision, saying he wanted to defeat a government that had… Read more »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43225217 Twelve days after Brazil’s President Michel Temer deployed the military to boost security in the state of Rio de Janeiro, criticism about the move continues. Officials have so far provided little detail about what has been achieved while residents complain about harassment and intimidation. The general in charge of the operation said Rio was a “test case” for military… Read more »
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/27/americas/colombia-soldier-killed-explosion/index.html (CNN)Five Colombian soldiers were killed and 10 others were wounded Tuesday in an explosion, a statement from the army said. The army called the explosion an act of terrorism and blamed rebels. The statement said the incident took place in Norte de Santander, a northeastern region of the country bordering Venezuela, while troops were involved in tactical operations. An… Read more »
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/17/americas/haiti-minister-oxfam-revoke/index.html (CNN)Haiti could expel Oxfam if allegations of sexual misconduct against the British charity prove to be true, a senior government official said. “If there has indeed been an infraction … I will not hesitate to revoke Oxfam’s right to operate in Haiti,” Aviol Fleurant, Haiti’s minister of planning and external cooperation, told CNN in an interview Friday in… Read more »
Due to the crumbling of the Venezuela Economy under President Maduro, hundreds of thousands of refugees are fleeing into the neighboring country of Colombia. Over the past 6 months, immigration, mostly illegal, has almost doubled. Though the accepted number is that about 600,000 Venezuelan refugees have entered Colombia, border immigration centers have estimated the number to be much more; the… Read more »
http://www.france24.com/en/20180210-colombia-border-venezuela-migrants-surge Colombia will tighten control of over its porous border with Venezuela as thousands of migrants fleeing a rapidly deteriorating political and economic crisis escape into the neighboring Andean nation. In a visit to a border city at the epicenter of Colombia‘s mounting migration crisis, President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday announced new measures that could make it more difficult… Read more »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43044542 The ex-president of a fourth division football club in Paraguay has been accused of sexually abusing players, which he denies. At least two players have come forward to say they were abused by Antonio González, who until recently ran Rubio Ñu club in the city of Luque. The allegations against Mr González were made after an intimate photo of… Read more »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43030778 Two members of a special investigative police force who disappeared in Mexico a week ago have been shown in a video posted on YouTube. The two agents from the Criminal Investigation Agency appear sitting in front of five masked men who force them at gunpoint to read a statement. The armed men are believed to be members of the… Read more »
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/13/americas/guatemala-public-bus-corruption-probe/index.html Former Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom and a former finance minister who is now Oxfam International’s chairman were detained Tuesday in a corruption investigation involving a public bus deal, the office of Guatemala’s attorney general said. Colom was detained on corruption charges along with nine other people, including Juan Alberto Fuentes Knight, chairman of Oxfam International. The arrests come as… Read more »