Global South

The Bush administration tried to isolate Venezuela from its neighbors. The strategy ended up isolating Washington instead. Now the Obama administration finds itself even more isolated…
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President José Mujica of Uruguay said Sunday (March 23) that President Obama has invited him to the White House for May 12, but that he has "80 percent decided not to go we're in an…
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President José Mujica of Uruguay revealed on Friday (March 21) that, in exchange for granting shelter to detainees from the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo, Cuba, he has asked the Obama…
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President José Mujica of Uruguay confirmed Thursday (March 20) that Uruguay will shelter as "refugees" at least five detainees at the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. He will do…
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Senator Isabel Allende, daughter of the late Chilean president Salvador Allende, on Tuesday transferred the presidential sash from the shoulders of departing President Sebastián Piñera…
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The Organization of American States (OAS) approved, in last Friday’s summit, a statement expressing solidarity and support for the Venezuelan government in light of recent events. 


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"President Nicolás Maduro so far has tried to distract his people from the more important issues that are at play in Venezuela by inventing totally false and extravagant conspiracies…
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Nicolás Maduro categorically rejected the statements made by Vice President Joe Biden claiming they constitute a disrespect to Venezuelan sovereignty and a direct attack on the…
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Chile's president-elect, Michelle Bachelet, said her administration will support the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. She said that violent actions were not acceptable…
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Among the thousand stories Hugo Chávez told us, perhaps the most touching was that of Genesis, the little sick girl who one day gave the president a flag and whom Chávez, in complicity…
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