Donald Trump warned Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro today that the United States will take “strong and swift” economic action if he continues with plans to elect a Constituent Assembly to draft a new Constitution.
Read MoreSome 7.18 million Venezuelans voted Sunday against the Constituent Assembly promoted by President Nicolas Maduro to reform the country’s Constitution, in a popular consultation organized by the opposition.
Read MoreVenezuela’s opposition have organized a nationwide referendum on Sunday to reject the Constitutional Assembly being pushed forward by President Maduro. Lines were long as the polls opened at 7 AM. Photo: lapatilla.com
Read MoreLula cried on camera a few months ago, when he fervently rejected accusations against him. “Let them prove my corruption,” the former Brazilian president demanded. Now, on Wednesday, he was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison for taking part in the huge Petrobras corruption scandal.
Read MoreThe Venezuelan government and opposition are heading towards worsening the conflict that the call for a Constitutional Assembly has unleashed, in the run up to an opposition referendum which has been summoned for this Sunday and seeks to reject a rewriting of the Constitution.
Read MoreThe once highly popular Workers Party leader and two-term Brazilian president, Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva, was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison on Wednesday for his role in the massive corruption scandals that have rocked the entire political class of the South American giant.
Read MoreVenezuela’s opposition parties carried out a new protest on Monday, blocking several roads. The day of protests was summoned so as to call people to vote in the popular referendum on Sunday against President Maduro’s Constitutional Assembly
Read MoreHAVANA TIMES — On Sunday, dissident Chavista leaders voiced their rejection of the Constitutional Assembly that is being pushed forward
Read MoreVenezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López was released from jail to continue serving his sentence in house arrest as a humanitarian measure, the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) confirmed on its Twitter account today.
Read MoreBefore he was swept down a rushing river while fleeing the ambush of a guerrilla group; before he had visited a mass grave and filmed an assassination, Luis Fuentes was in charge of the projector in a movie theater.
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