Venezuela

Donald Trump expands his travel ban to hit six new countries with watered-down version - including Nigeria, Africa's most populous nationU.S. will suspend the issuance of visas that can lead to permanent residency for nationals of Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar and Nigeria Government will also stop issuing 'diversity visas' to nationals of…

By Fabiola SáNchezThe Associated PressFri., Jan. 31, 2020timer1 min. readCARACAS, Venezuela - A young Venezuelan artist has transformed a once-abandoned plaza in the country’s capital with a huge, vibrant mosaic made of bottlecaps.Four huge macaws, bright sunflowers and images of El Avila national park burst from the 43-meter (141-foot) long…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A young Venezuelan artist has transformed a once-abandoned plaza in the country’s capital with a huge, vibrant mosaic made of bottlecaps.Four huge macaws, bright sunflowers and images of El Avila national park burst from the 43-meter (141-foot) long wall in the El Hatillo neighborhood of Caracas.Twenty-three-year-old…

Carlos Marcano says members of Venezuelas intelligence agency kidnapped and beat him last year after he organized and marched in a political protest. I thought they would kill me, Marcano, 42, told NBC News. He tried to report his persecution, but the situa…

The deadly novel coronavirus has so far spread to at least 22 countries, including Germany, Australia and the United States. The US State Department told Americans not to travel to China as the first case of person-to-person transmission reported in the country on Thursday. China has reported an increase in…

"Where would you stick the knife in?"—2020 Democratic Convention Rules Committee nominee John Podesta, referring to candidate Bernie Sanders in 2016 DNC chair Tom Perez recently presented his nominations for the 2020 Democratic Convention standing committees. The full list can be seen here. If you think the Democratic Party as…

Tens of thousands of protesters demanded the U.S. military leave Iraq “amid a surge of anti-American sentiment” in Baghdad today, the Wall Street Journal reports from the Iraqi capital. Protesters shouted, “No, no to America! No, no to the occupation! No, no to corruption!” However, after just a few hours,…

South Africa / 23 January 2020, 7:09pm / Jonisayi MaromoSACP secretary-general Solly Mapaila told the crowd that his organisation and alliance partners would be taking part in rolling mass action to protest US foreign policy in the Middle East. PHOTO: Jonisayi Maromo/ANAPRETORIA - A threat of 'one bullet, one American' was cheered when shouted…

Certain UN members may have been ‘bought off’ by proponents of a controversial UN resolution on cybercrime in exchange for support on the plans, an official from the Council of Europe who deals with cybersecurity has told EURACTIV. In December, a Russian-led…

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration is preparing to announce the addition of several countries to a travel ban that bars people from certain countries from entering the United States. "You see what's going on in the world, our country has to be safe," he…