Global South

"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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Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa is reassessing his previous decision not to run for reelection in 2017. Correa first came to power in 2007. He was reelected in 2013. The nation's…
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The Ecuadorean government has emphatically rejected an annual report on human rights issued by the U.S. State Department that charges Ecuador with curbing the freedoms of expression,…
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The international community should demand a cease and desist of all foreign intervention into Venezuelan affairs and support a peaceful solution of the crisis by the government of…
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was interviewed Wednesday (Feb. 26) on MSNBC. Progreso Weekly presents a portion of the interview that dealt with Venezuela's bid for an exchange of…
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Maximilian Sánchez Arveláez was appointed Monday as Venezuela's ambassador to the United States, as part of President Nicolás Maduro's expressed desire to enhance the Venezuelan…
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Excerpts from press briefing Monday (Feb. 24) by Jay Carney, White House press secretary, where he made clear that "with our OAS and regional partners ... urge calm and encourage a…
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