Category: Latin America

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WHO’s next? Quitting UN health body is an option unless it stops being ‘partisan’ & ‘political’, Brazil’s Bolsonaro says

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Shortly after the WHO warned Latin America that lifting lockdowns would be premature, President Bolsonaro threatened to consider quitting the “partisan” entity. It comes as Brazil’s Covid-19 cases surges past 600,000. … Read More >WHO’s next? Quitting UN health body is an option unless it stops being ‘partisan’ & ‘political’, Brazil’s Bolsonaro says

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Paris denies that Guaido is hiding in French Embassy in Caracas as Venezuela demands he be handed over

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France has rejected allegations that Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has been holed up inside the nation’s diplomatic mission in Caracas. Venezuelan authorities earlier labeled Guaido a “fugitive from justice.” … Read More >Paris denies that Guaido is hiding in French Embassy in Caracas as Venezuela demands he be handed over

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Cuban Foreign Minister Slams New US Sanctions as ‘Designed to Affect Cuban Families’

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On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the Trump administration had added seven new subentities to the Cuba Restriction List under a pretext that profits from these businesses are being used by the Castro regime to “to oppress the Cuban people and to fund its interference in Venezuela”. … Read More >Cuban Foreign Minister Slams New US Sanctions as ‘Designed to Affect Cuban Families’

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‘This is War’: Maduro Vows to Raise Fuel Prices as Iranian Tankers Reach Sanction-Hit Venezuela

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On Thursday, Nicolas Maduro said that the Venezuelan government plans to review prices for imported gasoline on the domestic market amid the shutdown of many of the national oil and gas company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA)’s refineries. … Read More >‘This is War’: Maduro Vows to Raise Fuel Prices as Iranian Tankers Reach Sanction-Hit Venezuela

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US Mercenary Behind Botched Venezuela Incursion Associated With Businessman Who Betrayed Maduro

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Venezuelan law enforcement has detained 66 persons in connection with the disastrous May 3-4 mercenary incursion of Venezuela, which was aimed at kidnapping President Nicolas Maduro and flying him to the United States for prosecution on ‘drug charges’. … Read More >US Mercenary Behind Botched Venezuela Incursion Associated With Businessman Who Betrayed Maduro