Venezuela

Luis Alvarez, a retired New York Police Department bomb squad detective who fought for ailing 9/11 first responders before Congress, died on Saturday at a hospice in New York. He was 53. Earlier in June, Alvarez, who developed cancer years after working at Gr…

BOGOTA, Colombia Negotiations aimed at breaking Venezuela's political standoff will resume next week, likely on the Caribbean island of Barbados, according to three people familiar with the talks between representatives of President Nicolas Maduro and the U.S…

Tens of thousands marching in the streets nationwide to denounce government corruption, reports of police and gang violence and murder and a downwardly spiraling economy. Calls for the government to step down. If this were Venezuela, as recent FAIR analyses …

Earlier this millennium, a series of power brownouts and blackouts in California led to the recall of a sitting governor and a special election for his replacement: Arnold Schwarzenegger. Argentina’s leadership is running for reelection this October, and if i…

Here is todays Foreign Policy brief: the G-20 summit kicks off in Osaka, Iran talks continue in Vienna, and the aftermath of Ethiopia’s attempted coup. We welcome your feedback at morningbrief@foreignpolicy.com. G-20 Kicks Off in Osaka The president has a …

Photograph Source: Guía de Viajes Oficial de Medellín – CC BY 2.0 I often tell people that Medellíns where Blade Runner meets Mad Max, but despite the prevalence of the indigent and destitute, the proximity of war zones, and the chokehold of organized crime,…

Uruguay withdraws from OAS meeting over Venezuela opposition delegation

KIEV, UkraineAndriy Oprysko always dreamed of becoming a sailor. As a 17-year-old in the last days of the Soviet Union, he wanted to join the navy, but his mother forbade it as too dangerous. Years later, at 45, with his own children grown up, he decided it w…

Venezuela’s President Maduro said the country’s security forces had prevented an attempt on his life planned by the opposition and supported by the United States, Colombia, and Chile, the BBC reports, adding that the plot envisaged replacing the incumbent pre…

President Donald Trump heads to the G20 summit in Osaka in an enviable position, although amid much controversy over trade and Iran. The reality of his strength and Americas is a world apart from the first G20 summit eleven years ago in Washington, which occu…