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Key point: The United States’ legacy in Latin America weighs heavily on the Pentagon’s reluctance to sail major warships through Latin American waters.A failed coup attempt targeting Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro on April 30 ended in confusion and failure. Russian and Cuban advisors and a strong core of the Venezuelan military…

GUARENAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Since President Nicolas Maduro founded the Special Action Force of Venezuela’s National Police two-and-a-half years ago, the squad has earned a fearsome reputation in poor neighborhoods across Venezuela. Members of the Special Action Force of the Venezuelan National Police (FAES) stop people during a night patrol,…

Oliva Serie V Melanio Maduro Cigar The fourth release in the popular Melanio Maduro line is a visually attractive figuardo cigar. The brand is named for Melanio Oliva, the first patriarch to grow tobacco in Cuba. This limited-production offshoot of the Oliva Serie V was made in small quantities using perfectly…

Published on Feb 18, 2020The recent murder of a 7-year-old girl in Mexico is bringing tensions to a boil in the country. Also, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro defiantly said President Trump is wrong if he thinks the U.S. can easily topple his government, and a "ghost" cargo ship washed ashore…

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela said on Monday it would suspend TAP Air Portugal flights into and out of the country for 90 days, accusing the carrier of allowing opposition leader Juan Guaido's uncle to bring explosives onto a flight to Caracas last week.Announcing the measure on Twitter, Vice President Delcy…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Saturday condemned the detention of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido's uncle as politically motivated and demanded his immediate release.Juan Jose Marquez was detained on Tuesday on his return to Venezuela after a three-week international tour. He was together with Guaido, who is…

(Bloomberg) -- Venezuela’s detention of opposition leader Juan Guaido’s uncle is based on “preposterous charges” and another sign of the “increasing desperation” of Nicolas Maduro’s regime, the U.S. Department of State said in a statement.“The United States strongly condemns the detention of Juan Jose Marquez, uncle of interim President Juan…

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Friday that authorities haven't detained opposition leader Juan Guaidó because the courts havent ordered it, but he warned: It will come.Read More

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolás Maduro said Friday that Venezuelan authorities haven't detained opposition leader Juan Guaidó because the courts haven’t ordered it, but he warned: “It will come.”Maduro made the remark in a meeting with the international press three days after Guaidó returned from a tour to the…

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump’s administration is considering nominating a top official on the National Security Council for the No. 2 job at the Inter-American Development Bank, according to two people familiar with the process.Mauricio Claver-Carone, the senior director of the NSC for Western Hemisphere Affairs, is being considered for…