Venezuela releases dozens of detainees arrested after July’s contested election
Caracas, Venezuela Reuters Venezuelan authorities said on Thursday that they have released 103 people this week who had been arrested amid anti-government protests following last July’s contested presidential election. President Nicolas Maduro was proclaimed the winner of the 28th July vote by the government-aligned electoral authority and supreme court even though both bodies have refused […]
Columbus holiday in Latin America revives centuries-old historical debate
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters An Argentine claim that European contact brought civilisation to the Americas has provoked rebukes from across Latin America, where heated debates often flare up over the era’s contested historical legacy. Commemorating Christopher Columbus’ landing in the Americas on 12th October, 1492, the office of Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei posted on […]
Postcards: Christmas starts in Venezuela, but the festive mood is nowhere to be found
REGINA GARCIA CANO and JUAN PABLO ARRAEZ, of Associated Press, report from Caracas…
Venezuelan mother begs for safe return of son caught in post-election crackdown
Caracas, Venezuela Reuters Bleider Leves, a 17-year-old mechanic, was heading to his Caracas home one day in late July after Venezuela’s contested election when police grabbed him on the street. Officers beat, tortured and jailed him without cause, his mother said. Nearly two months later, the teenager remains imprisoned but there have been no charges […]
Essay: A new wave of Venezuelan refugees would threaten a humanitarian crisis – Latin America could learn from Europe
OMAR HAMMOUD GALLEGO, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at lessons from the European experience in responding to those fleeing the war in Ukraine…
Venezuela opposition says Edmundo Gonzalez will remain “clear voice” in Spanish exile
Madrid, Spain Reuters Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez will remain a “very clear voice” pushing for change in his country despite fleeing to seek asylum in Spain, exiled opposition members Antonio Ledezma and Leopoldo Lopez told Reuters on Tuesday. Gonzalez, who says he won the July 28 presidential election, could also still return to take […]
Venezuela opposition leader Gonzalez lands in Spain seeking asylum
Madrid, Spain/Caracas, Venezuela Reuters Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez flew into Spain on Sunday to seek asylum, Madrid said, hours after quitting his country amid a political and diplomatic crisis over July’s disputed election. Gonzalez – who has challenged President Nicolas Maduro’s declaration of victory – arrived at the Torrejon de Ardoz military base […]
Venezuela issues arrest warrant for opposition leader Gonzalez, Attorney General says
Caracas, Venezuela Reuters Venezuela’s Attorney General’s office said on Monday a court has issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez, accusing him of conspiracy and other crimes amid a dispute over whether he or President Nicolas Maduro won a July election. Attorney General Tarek Saab shared a photo of the warrant with Reuters […]
More than 80 teenagers arrested in Venezuela’s post-election protests released from prison
Caracas, Venezuela Reuters More than 80 teenagers have been released from prison over the weekend in Venezuela, according to a human rights group, after being arrested during anti-government protests following Venezuela’s disputed presidential election in late July. Venezuela’s electoral council and its top court have proclaimed President Nicolas Maduro, in power since 2013, as the […]
Power beginning to return in Venezuela after nationwide blackout
Caracas/Braquisimeto, Venezuela Reuters Power began to return to some parts of Venezuela on Friday afternoon after capital Caracas and much of the rest of the country were earlier plunged into a blackout that the government blamed on sabotage by the opposition, without providing evidence. President Nicolas Maduro, who is locked in a dispute with the […]