Latin America

Diplomats Walk Out During Venezuelan Foreign Minister’s UN Speech

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza called for direct talks between Trump and Maduro to find “common ground” and was joined by Bolivian President Evo Morales.

  • Feb 28, 2019
  • 9:57 AM

Stories From El Salvador: El Jute

This is the life of a refugee

  • Feb 28, 2019
  • 7:58 AM

Cuba Expands Rights But Rejects Radical Change in Updated Constitution (OPINION)

This is how social change works these days in Cuba, my home country and the subject of my academic research.

  • Feb 27, 2019
  • 4:06 PM

Lima Group, UN Debate Political Involvement in Venezuela

The multilateral organization also urged the International Criminal Court to declare the blockage of aid by Maduro’s government a crime against humanity.

  • Feb 27, 2019
  • 12:42 PM

Venezuela and US Interventionism (PODCAST)

It can be complicated.

  • Feb 27, 2019
  • 8:40 AM

NAHJ Statement on Treatment of Univision by President Maduro

Jorge Ramos is a respected journalist who has faced not one, but multiple physical hurdles placed in front of him by various governments.

  • Feb 26, 2019
  • 3:21 PM

With Five Journalists Killed in Mexico Since AMLO Came Into Power, Will Freedom of the Press Change Under His Term?

On February 16, journalist Reynaldo López was shot and killed in the northern Mexican state of Sonora.

  • Feb 26, 2019
  • 1:01 PM

As Pence Announces New Sanctions, Maduro Detains Top News Anchor Jorge Ramos

Pence also announced the U.S. would channel $56 million to neighboring countries to mitigate the flood of Venezuelans leaving the country.

  • Feb 26, 2019
  • 12:25 PM

Stories From El Salvador: Angie

I am the proud daughter of a Salvadoreño Father.

  • Feb 26, 2019
  • 11:41 AM

Venezuela Crisis: Trump Threats to Maduro Evoke Bloody History of US Intervention in Latin America (OPINION)

Despite near global condemnation of Nicolás Maduro, any U.S. intervention in Venezuela would be controversial.

  • Feb 26, 2019
  • 9:20 AM

At Least 4 Killed, Hundreds Injured in Venezuelan Border Clashes

The Venezuelan national guard (GNB) blocked humanitarian aid from entering the country, resulting in several standoffs.

  • Feb 25, 2019
  • 10:01 AM

The Latest: Venezuela’s Guaidó Will Meet VP Pence in Bogotá

CÚCUTA, COLOMBIA (AP) — The latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local):

  • Feb 23, 2019
  • 8:55 PM

Maduro Closes Venezuela’s Border With Brazil Ahead of Aid Showdown

The border closures occurred just days ahead of the February 23 date set by opposition leader Juan Guaidó to send aid caravans into Venezuela from Colombia.

  • Feb 22, 2019
  • 12:35 PM

Stories From El Salvador: 900 Soldiers

“So because I had shown to be a hard worker, he sent me off to one of the hardest jobs I’ve had.”

  • Feb 22, 2019
  • 10:34 AM

Trump May Seek More Punishment of Cuba (OPINION)

Activating Title III would represent a quantum leap in hostility.

  • Feb 22, 2019
  • 10:22 AM

I’m Venezuelan, I’m a Progressive and I Want to See Maduro Go (OPINION)

We want Venezuela back from the brink of disaster, and the rebuilding of the institutions that can help us create a better country.

  • Feb 21, 2019
  • 6:40 PM

Haitian Prime Minister Calls Detained Americans ‘Terrorists’

Five of the men are U.S. citizens and three are U.S. military veterans.

  • Feb 21, 2019
  • 12:19 PM

US Sanctions on Venezuelan Oil Could Cut the Output of Refineries at Home (OPINION)

Refineries located along the U.S. Gulf Coast in Louisiana and Texas were just about Venezuela’s last source of hard currency.

  • Feb 21, 2019
  • 9:17 AM

Judge Sentences 3 Nicaraguan Activists to Prison

The three men had opposed a large canal project and joined a growing protest movement, eventually helping block roads.

  • Feb 20, 2019
  • 1:23 PM

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