UPI: The governor of Venezuela’s Táchira state has said some drivers next week could begin to pay gas stations with Colombian pesos or U.S. dollars. Táchira Gov. José Vielma Mora said gas stations under the new currency program- aimed at Colombian drivers- will be jointly operated by Colombian companies and Venezuela’s government-owned Petroleos de Venezuela, or PDVSA, oil company. The… Read more »
REUTERS: President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated career diplomat Jeffrey DeLaurentis to be the first U.S. ambassador to Cuba in more than five decades, setting up a fierce confirmation battle with Republicans in Congress opposed to Obama’s opening with the communist-ruled island.
REUTERS: President Michel Temer has not managed to convince Brazilians his government is better than that of his ousted predecessor Dilma Rousseff, and his popularity remains low, according to a poll on Tuesday.
BBC NEWS: A judge in El Salvador has reopened an investigation into the 1981 El Mozote massacre – considered one of the worst atrocities in the civil war. The judge accepted a request put forward by three human rights groups to re-open the case based on a Supreme Court ruling in July.
Al Jazeera: Just last week, western media was praising the Colombian peace agreement. Four years of negotiations in Cuba, commentators noted, had finally put an end to a 50-year conflict between the government and the left-wing rebel movement Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and involving various right-wing paramilitary groups and narco cartels that had claimed an estimated 200,000 lives,… Read more »
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the reincorporation of capitalism into the state-planned economies of Vietnam and the PRC, and the end of the US trade embargo with Cuba, it seems that socialism may be on the verge of giving up the ghost entirely. However, if there’s any one regime besides the North Koreans that thinks that couldn’t be… Read more »
Recently, the Honduran government has begun to transfer more dangerous criminals to higher security prisons in efforts to regain control of the prisons rather than the convicts being the ones in control. By separating these more violent and powerful prisoners and isolating them into their own prisons and into their own cells, the Honduran government will be able to eliminate the possibility of said… Read more »
Though news about the American presidential race is never lacking, people on both sides criticize candidates for their stances and mistakes, and many claim this race will end the United States as we know it, the American primaries and the beginning of the election season have been relatively tame compared to the political situation Brazil currently faces. Less than a… Read more »
In recent news, numerous commentators are stating that the Islamic State is on its way out in the Middle East, citing multiple military losses by its forces; however, its decline is nothing compared to the Colombian rebel group, Farc (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia), who are actually disarming themselves.
AL JAZEERA: Venezuelan bus drivers have caused traffic chaos in Caracas by parking their buses in the street, protesting against the country’s economic crisis. Hundreds of drivers joined the strike on Wednesday, demanding better pay, more security against violent crime and spare parts for their buses. Tyres, car batteries and motor oil are on a long list of goods that have… Read more »