An empty street near the Capitol in Havana in May. The Trump administration plans to designate Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism five years after it was removed from that U.S. list. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images Updated at … Read More
Amna Nawaz: Now to Venezuela and the ongoing struggle for power amid a growing humanitarian crisis. Next week, a new Parliament is set to be sworn in, after members of the opposition boycotted elections earlier this month. That leaves opposition … Read More
Our lawmakers seek to change centuries-old societies while their constituents fight to survive. After tense negotiations and multiple rounds of televised theatrics, Congress has passed a spending bill. It’s 5,593 pages long and allocates $2.3 trillion, including more than $900 billion in COVID … Read More
Caracas, Dec 12 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela is moving today towards setting up a new National Assembly (unicameral Parliament), in a scenario marked by the categorical triumph of the Great Patriotic Pole in the recent legislative elections. The National Electoral … Read More
Caracas, Nov 29 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ratified strongly this Sunday his support for the people of Palestine, on occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with that Middle East nation. On Twitter, Nicolás Maduro supported the … Read More
OAS on the upcoming vote: “It cannot be accepted by the international community.’ The international Organization of American States (OAS) has called on its 35-member nations to reject the parliamentary elections planned by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro next month on Dec. 6. “It … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, The media tells us it’s over. The election, that is. COVID-19 is running amok, or so all the news-breaks say. Just as we thought, the COVID-19 scare is still picking up steam 10 months later. It is … Read More
Children look at books donated by the Venezuelan charity, “Feed the Solidarity”, at a home where children are tutored by volunteers, in the San Agustin neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela ANEW raft of EU sanctions on Venezuela came into force today, … Read More
Campaigning for next month’s parliamentary election begins in Venezuela on Tuesday with President Nicolas Maduro looking to take back control of the National Assembly, whose speaker and opposition leader Juan Guaido is demanding a boycott. Guaido has already denounced the … Read More
On October 29, the Justice Department announced that it had seized Iranian weapons bound for Yemen and sold 1.1 million barrels of Iranian oil bound for Venezuela. The government also unsealed two civil forfeiture complaints for the goods, which were … Read More