Latin America

The National Electoral Council of Venezuela announced Wednesday the holding of early presidential elections on April 22, in which president Nicolas Maduro assures he will win reelection until 2025, with or without opposition.

The arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for violating his terms of bail is still in effect, a British court said on Tuesday. Assange has been held up for over five years in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

As Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro prepares favorable conditions for his reelection until 2025, tension grows with the Trump administration, reports Democracy Now on Monday.

The “Yes” vote triumphed Sunday in the referendum promoted by the president of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno, in which citizens were called to pronounce on seven political, social and environmental issues.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday he is confident of his re-election and affirmed that after the presidential elections, he will “clean up the country’s economy.”

The level of support obtained by the president of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno, in the referendum this Sunday will determine his political capital to implement a different course from the “citizen’s revolution” of his predecessor and current political enemy, Rafael Correa.

Ecuadorian authorities began on Friday the distribution of the ballots that will be used on February 4 in the referendum that the government of Lenin Moreno put forth on constitutional, economic and environmental issues.

In the eyes of most Venezuelans, the humanitarian, economic and political crisis in the South American country continues to worsen nearly daily, with hyperinflation and food and medicine shortages leading the way.

Uruguay has two investigations underway into the alleged trafficking of Cuban citizens who have entered the country by land, informed the country’s attorney general, Jorge Diaz.