Venezuela

This month marks 31 years since the U.S. Navy ship, the USS Vincennes, shot down Iran Air flight 655, killing 290 Iranian civilians, including 66 children. The downing of the airliner on July 3, 1988 remains one of the deadliest flight disasters of all time. …

Editors:   Tom Whipple, Steve Andrews Quote of the Week  They have sovereignty and self-respect at issue here. Theyre trying to say were going to do Iran trade; were going save the nuclear deal and provide a mechanism…

Last month finally brought a reason to celebrate in Nicaragua. The countrys dictator, Daniel Ortega, released the last remaining political prisoners taken when his sharp crackdown on anti-government protests began in April 2018. It is right to celebrate the r…

Maybe it’s because there’s no percentage in making any really loud political noises about it. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland’s leadership in stiffening international resolve around the restoration of democracy in Venezuela is largely supported by…

Given his personal history perhaps it is no surprise that Justin Trudeau is fond of monarchies. The United Arab Emirates is a repressive monarchy that pursues violent, anti-democratic, policies in its region. Despite this or maybe because of it Trudeaus Libe…

MANILA, Philippines Neophyte Senator Imee Marcos has filed a bill that would end the control of the countrys current automated election system (AES) provider, Smartmatic, over the country’s automated elections. In filing Senate Bill No. 221, Marcos said she …

In Argentina's remote northern province of Jujuy, Chinese telecoms giant ZTE is installing a little slice of the Asian nation's vast surveillance state - security cameras that the local government says will help to curb street crime. Even this relatively sma…

Guterres welcomes power-sharing deal between Sudanese military and opposition   UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday he was encouraged by reports of a newly-inked power-sharing deal between the Forces for Freedom and Change a coalition of opp…

GENEVA — Venezuela has released 22 prisoners including the emblematic cases of judge Maria Afiuni and journalist Braulio Jatar, a senior U.N. official said on Friday. Twenty students were also among those freed on Thursday, according to U.N. High Commissione…

SAN SALVADOR DE JUJUY, Argentina: In Argentina's remote northern province of Jujuy, Chinese telecoms giant ZTE is installing a little slice of the Asian nation's vast surveillance state: security cameras that the local government says will help to curb street…