A Chinese hospital ship has docked in Venezuela, where for the next week it will provide free health care to local patients. Venezuela’s Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino López, went to the port of La Guaira to welcome the Chinese crew. He said that the Peace Ark’s visit was agreed by President Nicolás Maduro during a visit to Beijing last week…. Read more »
The US has accused Venezuela’s government of stealing from a state-run food programme while its own people go hungry. Marshall Billingslea, a US treasury official, said Venezuelan government officials were over-charging for food. He said corruption by President Nicolás Maduro and his inner circle had “impoverished millions” of Venezuelans.
Families of activists jailed during Nicaragua’s anti-government protests have marched in the capital, Managua, to demand their release. Human rights groups say at least 135 people remain detained following the protests, which began in April. The protesters say those detained have been illegally arrested and unjustly accused of terrorism. President Daniel Ortega has denied the detainees are “political prisoners” and… Read more »
Argentina is once again looking into the barrel of an economic crisis. The currency is sliding, inflation rising and there could well be a recession in the making. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is providing an emergency loan. It’s all happening under a government that was seen by the international financial markets as offering Argentina new hope, one which, under… Read more »
The far-right candidate in Brazil’s presidential election, Jair Bolsonaro, is to have more major surgery after he was stabbed during a campaign rally on Thursday. His doctors said the 63-year-old remained in intensive care following the attack by a lone assailant. He suffered a deep and life-threatening wound to his intestines and lost 40% of his blood. He will be… Read more »