Venezuela

Venice (AFP) - Pink Floyd legend Roger Waters branded British prime minister Boris Johnson a dangerous "sociopath" Friday. The singer said Johnson and other populist leaders like Donald Trump are hell-bent on destroying the planet as a movie of his latest wo…

Through the summer the world has watched as protests shook Hong Kong. As early as April they began as peaceful demonstrations which peaked in early June, with hundreds of thousands, in protest of an extradition bill. That bill would have allowed Hong…

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The US interference in Venezuela's internal affairs is confirmed by the fact that many ministers in a parallel government announced by Juan Guaido, the leader of the National Assembly, work for organisations funded by the US non-governmenta…

Internet outages and communication shutdowns are not a new phenomenon. This year alone, countries like Venezuela and Sudan have suffered their consequences. “Governments do this to control information, to control the ability of individuals in a particular ar…

Fires have been raging in Brazil for the past month.  Carl De Souza / AFP/Getty Images The Amazon rainforest has been on fire for the past month, with Brazil declaring a state of emergency in the region. The fires are destroying the homes of indigenous trib…

Haiti’s foreign affairs minister says the Caribbean island nation is in talks with Russia to remove the current visa requirement for Haitian citizens looking to travel to country. According to the Atlanta Black Star, Haitian Foreign Minister Edmond Bocchit c…

A Chinese student carrying a bulletproof vest was reportedly denied entry to the United States earlier this week, sparking a backlash online from social media users who noted the rise of mass shootings targeting US schools. The student was going through secu…

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- At the beginning of Donald Trumps presidency, there was a running debate among the few right-leaning pundits, scholars and politicians who still opposed him. Is it better, they asked, to mitigate Trumps policies from the inside, or to h…

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- At the beginning of Donald Trumps presidency, there was a running debate among the few right-leaning pundits, scholars and politicians who still opposed him. Is it better, they asked, to mitigate Trumps policies from the inside, or to h…

The anti-immigrant right in the United States focuses almost entirely on the southern border with Mexico. If only there were an impassable wall along the border, they believe, or harsher conditions for detained refugees, or more roaming vigilantes, the United…