Bogota, Dec 3 (Prensa Latina) Several experts are currently warning that President Ivan Duque, one of the promoters of the application of the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR) against Venezuela, intends to resolve the internal crisis in Colombia through new aggressions against that neighboring country. Such claims come as Bogota hosts this Tuesday a…
Those who’ve fled report more signs of backlash in host countries of Colombia, Peru Venezuelan migrants arrive at immigration control in Tumbes, Peru, on June 14. Over four million have fled Venezuela amid the political and economic turmoil in the country in the past three years. (Martin Mejia/The Associated Press) The Venezuela migration crisis has…
As new opposition protests begin in Venezuela, the dictator announced that he would arm more than 300,000 Chavista militants. The Bolivarian Militia is made up of civilian Chavistas of all ages and without any training (Minpet). As new opposition protests begin in Venezuela, the dictator Nicolas Maduro announced that he would arm more than 300,000…
Back in February Reuters reported on murders being carried out in Venezuela’s slums by a special police force known as the FAES. Wednesday the AFP published a follow-up on this story that reveals the death toll has climbed to over 800. SEE ALSO: It’s (maybe) happening: Trump and “Apprentice” producer have discussed a new reality show after he leaves…
Social stability in Latin America is at risk under the pressure of Venezuelan refugees. More than 4 and a half million people have left the country and the flow continues to grow dramatically as the political crisis has not been solved. Neighboring countries are increasingly having problems to deal with the situation. “Demands continue to…
© Reuters / Ivan Alvarado Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno has declared a curfew and sent in troops to force protesters off the streets of the capital Quito. He also agreed to assess the cancellation of fuel subsidies that had triggered the unrest. Moreno has announced that he’s introducing a curfew and the “militarization” of Quito, starting…
The Venezuelan government is readying to hand over control over state oil company PDVSA to Russia’s Rosneft, a local newspaper has reported, citing sources from the industry. Russian TASS reports, quoting El Nacional, that the radical move is being discussed as a way of erasing Caracas’ debt to Moscow. The debt is sizeable: at the end…
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities on Saturday denied Guatemala’s president-elect Alejandro Giammattei entry into Venezuela, where he was scheduled to meet with opposition leader Juan Guaido. Giammattei, a conservative who won the Central American country’s presidency in August, landed at Simon Bolivar international airport near the capital Caracas but was placed on a departing flight…
Socialism is the leading man-made cause of death and misery in human existence. On the same day that Venezuela’s “democratically” elected socialist president, Nicolas Maduro, whose once-wealthy nation now has citizens foraging for food, announced he was lopping five zeros off the country’s currency to create a “stable financial and monetary system,” Meghan McCain of The…
Venezuelan soldiers took part in military exercises on the Colombian border on Sept. 10. (Johnny Parra/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) BOGOTA, Colombia — Thinking up ways our all-encompassing crisis could get even worse has become a grimly popular parlor game for Venezuelans. For years, the go-to worst-case scenario was civil war between the political factions in our country. These…