With inflation continuing to skyrocket in Venezuela, President Maduro announced today a raise in the minimum wage from a little over US $2 a month to around $6, a 300% increase. Venezuela has the lowest paid workers in the Americas followed by Cubans whose income averages around $25 per month.
Read MoreThe European Union on Monday joined a wave of international criticism following the brief arrest of Venezuela’s National Assembly President Juan Guaido, who has led a stand-off against President Nicolas Maduro.
Read MoreResearch and campaigns by women’s rights advocates are beginning to focus on the problem of Latin American girls under the age of 14 who are forced to bear the children of their rapists, with the lifelong implications that entails and without the protection of public policies guaranteeing their human rights.
Read MoreAn ex-leader of Colombia’s former guerilla movement FARC has used a rare appearance to sharply criticize the 2016 peace process which saw the rebels demobilize in exchange for seats in the country’s Congress.
Read MoreColombians on Friday staged protest rallies around the country, demanding the resignation of Attorney General Nestor Humberto Martinez. He has been accused of not investigating graft cases he was aware of.
Read MoreMaduro’s swearing-in for a second six-year term comes as Venezuela is being increasingly cut off by countries in South America and beyond in response to the deepening crisis there attributed to his policies. At the ceremony he accused US “imperialism” of waging a “world war” against Venezuela.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will on Thursday be sworn in for a new term widely regarded as illegitimate in a ceremony boycotted by most presidents of Latin America. His closest allies of Nicaragua, Cuba and Bolivia are expected to send their leaders.
Read MoreThe Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) will meet this week to address the situation in Venezuela (Jan. 10) and Nicaragua (Jan. 11). In any vote, the 15 countries that make up the Caribbean Community (Caricom) would have an important weight.
Read MoreCriminal gangs operating in northern Brazil have launched an offensive against the government, demanding the departure of a senior official in charge of prison administration in Ceara state, the G1 website reported on Tuesday. Nearly 600 attacks have been carried out against buses, shops, bank offices and public buildings over the past six days.
Read MoreShortly before the controversial swearing-in of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for a second full term, a judge of Maduro’s Supreme Court has fled to the United States, report dpa news. Judge Christian Zerpa said he wanted to show that he did not recognize the government of Maduro.
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