Among the offshore companies associated with Nicaragua and registered with Mossack Fonseca at the beginning and the end of the nineties, there are at least two that aren’t related to known business people or groups, but to people who figured in political affairs alongside comandante Ortega, during the years he was an opposition leader. Today, both men are presidential advisors.
Read MoreFormer Uruguayan President José Mujica today questioned the tension between the Secretary General of the OAS, his compatriot Luis Almagro, with the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, who he said is as “mad as a hatter,” reported dpa.
Read MoreAs protests continue in Brazil over the Legislature’s vote to suspend President Dilma Rousseff and put her on trial, Noam Chomsky notes that “we have the one leading politician who hasn’t stolen to enrich herself, who’s being impeached by a gang of thieves, who have done so.
Read MoreBrazil’s former vice president, Michel Temer, assumed power as interim president Thursday after the country’s Senate voted to suspend President Dilma Rousseff and begin impeachment proceedings over accusations she tampered with accounts in order to hide a budget shortfall.Rousseff called the move a coup.
Read MoreAfter a marathon session, the Brazilian Senate voted early Thursday to temporarily oust President Dilma Rousseff from office and start impeachment proceedings that could make her departure permanent.
Read MoreThe Brazilian Senate began a session this morning in which it will vote on the opening of impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff. It is presumed that the session will last at least 10 hours.
Read MoreFollowing several months of uncertainty, Nicaragua’s Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) has officially convoked the national elections for November 6 and have published a calendar with the most important dates in the electoral process.
Read MoreBrazil’s Senate has forged ahead with impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff, despite an earlier move by the interim house speaker to derail the process. The previous house speaker, Eduardo Cunha, had led the bid to oust Rousseff, before he himself was suspended over corruption.
Read MoreAt the request of the Maduro government, the Venezuelan Supreme Court has overturned virtually every law passed by the legislature, controlled by the opposition. The latest came on Friday when it ruled unconstitutional a law passed by the National Assembly granting property titles to the occupants of government built housing.
Read MoreThe Organization of American States (OAS) called an extraordinary session of its Permanent Council for Thursday at the request of Venezuela, a meeting in which Foreign Minister Delcy Rodríguez is expected to attend.
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