NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The Inter-American Development Bank is drawing up a two-year engagement plan for Venezuela focused partly on electricity and social protection, IDB President Ilan Goldfajn said today.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump will have a meeting with Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez in New York on Tuesday, a senior US official said on Friday, in what will be the first in-person meeting between the two leaders since Washington ousted former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in January.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – The United States has removed Venezuela from its list of countries which have failed to demonstrably combat illegal drug trafficking for the first time in more than 20 years, U.S.
(Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado faces a growing dilemma over when to return home from abroad to rally support amid reticence from the Trump administration about her homecoming, four opposition sources and two political analysts said.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – A U.N.-mandated probe said today that Venezuela’s apparatus of repression remains largely intact despite a reduction in some abuses following President Nicolas Maduro’s removal from power earlier this year.
(Reuters) – A Colombian-born businessman with close ties to ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pleaded guilty yesterday in a U.S.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Two opinion polls released today showed Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro statistically tied in a potential second-round runoff ahead of next month’s election.
QUITO, (Reuters) – An Ecuadorean court sentenced former President Abdala Bucaram to nine years and four months of imprisonment on Wednesday for his involvement in a criminal organization that fraudulently sold medical supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
(Reuters) – Following are facts about Venezuela’s mining sector, which is attracting interest from U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration.
BRASÍLIA, (Reuters) – An open conflict between justices has engulfed Brazil’s Supreme Court, as it weighs whether to investigate two of its own in what may be the biggest test of its credibility since the country returned to democracy four decades ago.
(Reuters) – Only a “serious, democratic government” can provide the stability needed by investors in Venezuela’s oil sector, opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado said in a video message today.
At least 77 people died after a powerful earthquake struck western Colombia early today, knocking down buildings across several cities and leaving others trapped in the rubble.
Ranking Member Shaheen, Senator Scott Statement on Daniel Ortega’s Announcement to End Elections in Nicaragua WASHINGTON – Today, Rubio condemns Ortega statement on end to elections in Nicaragua US Secretary of State Marco Rubio yesterday condemned a statement by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega that elections will not be held anymore in the Central American country.
A fierce row between Costa Rica’s recently elected President Laura Fernandez and the country’s judiciary is delaying a coordinated state response to violent drug-related crime in the once-peaceful Central American nation.
Search and rescue teams from El Salvador and Chile today rescued a 44-year-old security guard trapped in the ruins of the mall where he worked in the Venezuelan state of La Guaira.
Peru’s government declared a state of emergency in 796 districts —about 40% of the country’s total— due to rains associated with El Niño weather phenomenon, according to a government decree published today.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) today launched a US$24 million emergency appeal to support the first six months of the health response and early recovery following the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela on 24 June.
Frustration is rising in Venezuela over a lack of aid and coordinated government response in the regions struck by devastating earthquakes last Wednesday, residents in some hard-hit towns said on Monday.
