Venezuela’s self-declared interim president Juan Guaido on Tuesday challenged authorities to arrest him after the Constituent Assembly loyal to President Nicolas Maduro stripped him of his parliamentary immunity. “If the regime dares to kidnap me and carry out a coup, we will respond forcefully,” Guaido tweeted after Constituent Assembly President Diosdado Cabello announced the chamber’s decision.
Read MoreHundreds of Venezuelans desperate for food and services stormed the Colombian border on Tuesday, while Bogota indirectly warned Russia against a military deployment in support of Venezuela’s embattled president, Nicolas Maduro.
Read MoreHundreds of people commemorated the victims of Brazil’s military dictatorship on Sunday, the anniversary of the coup that established it. They passed through the capital Brasilia and showed banners with the inscription “Never again dictatorship.”
Read MoreVenezuela was hit by a fresh power outage on Saturday evening which plunged much of the country into darkness, reported dpa news. There was no electricity in most federal states, the opposition newspaper El Nacional reported, later confirmed by the government of Nicolas Maduro.
Read MoreVenezuelan opposition supporters held rallies across the country on Saturday, voicing their anger at the patchy power supply, shortages of basic goods, and the government of Nicolas Maduro. Meanwhile, Maduro was cheered at counter-demonstrations also taking place.
Read MoreThis Friday, March 29, the VIII meeting of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) is taking place. The only leaders present are Ortega, Miguel Diaz-Canel of Cuba, and Salvador Sanchez Ceren from El Salvador. The other Caribbean isles will all be represented by their foreign ministers or other delegates.
Read MoreThe self-declared president of Venezuela, Juan Guaido, was barred from holding office for 15 years by the country’s auditor general on Thursday. President Maduro has routinely banned all of his principal rivals from being candidates and/or holding public office, including Henrique Capriles, Leopoldo Lopez, and the MUD —the opposition’s umbrella organization.
Read More“There aren’t any flights until May,” an employee at Avianca airlines tells the crowd of people who line up. They sell plane tickets to Nicaragua at their office, located on the ground floor of the Habana Libre hotel in Vedado, and ever since late January, there has been a long line out the door.
Read MoreHaving Russian military personnel and weaponry in Venezuela gives President Nicolas Maduro some breathing room as US President Trump continues to ratchet up his threats of an attack to depose the hand-picked leader of former president Hugo Chavez, who hopes to stay in power through 2026 and beyond.
Read MoreFor nearly three decades, several communities in southeastern El Salvador have collectively and efficiently managed the water they consume, but monoculture production and climate change put their water at risk.
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