The UN Security Council will convene on Saturday to discuss the political crisis in Venezuela, after the United States requested an emergency session in New York. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza both plan to attend.
Read MoreAs expected, Cuba is fully behind its chief economic and political ally, the Venezuelan government of Nicolas Maduro, in the stepped-up tension in the South American country, amid renewed massive protests and pressure from the USA, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, Argentina and several other Latin American countries. Aside from Cuba, Maduro has support from Russia, China, Iran, Syria, Bolivia and Nicaragua.
Read MoreYes, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro must go, German newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau writes in its editorial Friday, but notes, however, that the rush to recognize interim president Juan Guaido should be treated with caution.
Read MoreThe Venezuelan army on Thursday again pledged loyalty to President Nicolas Maduro and called for dialogue, criticizing the attempted takeover by National Assembly President Juan Guaido as “extremely dangerous.” “A coup d’etat is under way … against our democracy,” Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said in Caracas, surrounded by generals.
Read More“Breathe, don’t be quiet!” This phrase, amid hectic, tired sighs, closes the latest number by Ruben Blades, a Panamanian singer and political figure. This latest song, which he recorded together with the US rock band Making Movies, urges the population not to remain silent in the face of corruption that “attacks and drowns us with its tricks.”
Read MoreA few months ago, Candelario de JesúsChiquillo Cruz reached Mexico’s southern border and ran into a fence reinforced with barbed wire, while a barrier of police officers sprayed him with gas. Today, he is walking freely over the bridge that crosses the Suchiate River, a natural border with Guatemala.
Read MoreOn Monday, January 21, Costa Rica rejected Nicaragua’s protest note denouncing the supposed operation in Costa Rican territory of a band that recently attacked Nicaraguan police. In rejecting the note, the Costa Rican foreign minister warned of an intent to create “artificial” problems to “divert attention” from the crisis in that country.
Read MoreThe international community took to familiar trenches on Thursday, after the United States recognized a Venezuelan opposition leader’s self-declaration as interim president. While Western powers largely put themselves behind the hundreds of thousands of protesters supporting the opposition and Juan Guaido, the head of Venezuela’s National Assembly, voices from Moscow to Beijing defended President Nicolas Maduro.
Read MoreVenezuela is severing political and diplomatic relations with the United States, President Nicolas Maduro said, accusing Washington of being behind an attempt to have him replaced by National Assembly President Juan Guaido. Maduro spoke to a large crowd hours after Guaido had declared himself the country’s interim president.
Read MoreUS President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he formally recognizes Juan Guaido, the head of Venezuela’s opposition-dominated National Assembly, as the country’s interim president. Guaido declared himself Venezuela’s interim president during anti-government rallies in Caracas.
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