The immense fortune created by the combination of high oil prices and the copious extraction of black gold from Venezuelan subsoil laid the foundation for a “Bolivarian Joint Criminal Enterprise” (BJCE), according to a new report signed by Douglas Farah and Caitlyn Yates, the president and investigator for IBI Consultants, LLC.
Read MoreAs the UN commemorates World Environment Day, UNDP would like to take this opportunity to commend Ecuador’s efforts to address climate change and its commitment to raising its climate ambition.
Read MoreAbortion has long been a contentious issue across the world, and the debate is only heating up, prompting women to stand up and speak out for their reproductive rights. In response to increasingly restrictive policies, civil society is taking action to help protect abortion rights.
Read MoreThe Attorney General of El Salvador ordered the raiding of the facilities of the company Alba Petroleos, associated with Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), and 26 other companies linked to money laundering.
Read MoreColombia’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday validated Congress’s rejection of President Ivan Duque’s proposals to modify the country’s post-conflict justice system, in what was seen as a heavy defeat for the head of state.
Read MoreVenezuela’s inflation rate reached 130,060 per cent during all of 2018, the country’s central bank said in its first release of official inflation figures in more than three years.
Read MoreRepresentatives of Venezuela’s government and opposition were meeting in Norway on Wednesday, but details of the discussions remained under wraps.
Read MoreJune is approaching and with it comes the beginning of the Atlantic Ocean’s hurricane season, which lasts from June 1st until November 30th. Each year, forecasts are issued about the upcoming hurricane season, which are extremely important as they allow us to be prepared for the possible consequences and be more alert.
Read MoreThe sixth literary festival “Centroamerica Cuenta 2019” closed in San Jose, Costa Rica with a “concert-talk show” by representatives of two generations from a family of musicians: Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy and Luis Enrique Mejia Lopez, who talked about their songs and about their lives as artists who have upheld the name of Nicaragua.
Read MoreAt least 23 detainees have been killed in a mutiny in police cells in western Venezuela, the NGO Venezuelan Observatory of Prisons (OVP) said on Friday.
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