Venezuela

BARINAS, Venezuela — About 500 supporters of a Venezuelan gubernatorial opposition candidate who was retroactively disqualified as the vote count showed him ahead in the home state of the late President Hugo Chávez protested Saturday against a decision that has become emblematic of what opponents say are unfair election conditions.…

Government delegation chief said Saab’s rights were violated Venezuela government’s participation in talks suspended Jorge Rodriguez during negotiations in Mexico City in September. Photographer: Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images Venezuela’s government pulled out of a round of negotiations with the political opposition set to begin on Sunday in Mexico to…

The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Thursday rejected an attempt by the Republic of Cape Verde to have the Court amend its decision of March 15, 2021, describing the detention of Venezuelan diplomat, Alex Saab as illegal. The Venezuelan diplomat has been detained by Cape Verde since 12 June 2020. …

(Reuters) - Scores of Venezuelan healthcare students protested Tuesday in front of Caracas’ University Hospital demanding a national vaccination plan and 100% vaccination coverage for doctors and nurses, amid a spike in infections that has led the government to extend lockdown measures. FILE PHOTO: Workers look at the shipment of…

Iranian-Dutch avant-garde artist Sevdaliza returns with a riveting new video for her song ‘Darkest Hour’, from her critically-acclaimed album ‘Shabrang’.  In honour of Women’s History Month, the visual puts women from across the world front and centre, scored by Sevdaliza’s diaphanous utopia, to affirm womanhood and serve as a source…

The Cape Verdean court on Tuesday approved the extradition of Alex Saab, the embattled Venezuelan diplomat, to the United States.  This comes after the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) court ruled that Saab's arrest and extradition attempt was illegal. On Monday, March 15, the ECOWAS court ruled that…

News Paula Lindo 13 Hrs AgoTT, HEED THIS: A woman displays a placard with a message to the nation as she and hundreds more marched against crime on Sunday around the Queen’s Park Savannah. PHOTO BY VIDYA THURAB - HUNDREDS of women, girls, men and boys marched around the Queen's…

Features Debbie Jacob 6 Hrs Ago - Part I IT’S impossible to talk about the history of Carnival without examining the role that colour or ethnicity played in the celebration and the role that calypso eventually played in the festival. In his book Trinidad Carnival, Errol Hill says that “according…

/ Americas Issued on: 13/12/2020 - 08:00 A woman casts her vote during a popular consultation launched by opposition leader Juan Guaido to reject Venezuela's December 6 parliamentary election, in Doral, Florida, U.S., December 12, 2020. REUTERS - MARCO BELLO Venezuela's opposition wrapped up a "popular consultation" on Saturday, in…

Freedom and prosperity are gone under dictatorship, but she fights on Prosperity, peace, and plenty of opportunity for all.  To hear Henriette Pauchet talk about her years growing up in Venezuela, one would think of it as another American “land of opportunity.” Twenty years later, she had become a freedom…