Athens Democracy Forum: The Disunited States of South America
It’s about to become an economic powerhouse, but there has been no successful attempt to unify the region.
Venezuela
Amazonian Yanomami: A Sustainable Green Society Attacked
The Yanomami and their environment must be defended both nationally and internationally.
‘Anything for my family’: Venezuelans in US welcome temporary protected status
Asylum seekers who arrived before the end of July – about 472,000 – will now be able to legally live and work in the USVenezuelan asylum seekers in the United States have welcomed the news of temporary permission to live and work in the country as a vi…
Unicef sounds alarm as record numbers of children cross dangerous Darién Gap
Children risking lives to migrate across Latin America and Caribbean, with aid groups warning they cannot copeRecord numbers of children are migrating across Latin America and the Caribbean with more than 60,000 children risking life and limb to cross …
Thinking Global Podcast – Mauricio Palma-Gutiérrez
Mauricio Palma-Gutiérrez discusses migration and displacement in South America, focussing specifically on the practices of those states along the South American Andes.
Venezuela’s ex-spy chief extradited from Spain to US to face drug charges
Hugo Carvajal, intelligence leader under Hugo Chávez, accused of providing support to drug trafficking by rebel Farc groupVenezuela’s former intelligence chief has been extradited from Spain to the United States where he is wanted on drug trafficking c…
Ex-diplomat jailed for 2012 murder of Venezuelan ambassador in Kenya
Dwight Sagaray was given 20-year sentence after being stripped of diplomatic immunity following the crimeA Kenyan court has sentenced a former Venezuelan diplomat to 20 years in jail over the 2012 murder of the Latin American nation’s acting ambassador…
Saudi Crown Prince meets Venezuelan president, discusses bilateral ties
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro in Jeddah, the Saudi Press Agency reported early Tuesday. The two sides reviewed bilateral relations and explored various ways of enhancing cooperation in al…
Venezuela’s Maduro begins official visit to Saudi Arabia
Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro arrived in Saudi Arabia for an official visit aimed at strengthening diplomatic and economic ties with Riyadh.
Venezuelan migrants in Texas start car-wash business after mass killing horror
Group tell of determination to fulfil American dream after compatriots were killed when SUV driver drove into bus stopAfter a tragic start to the week and a night of thunderstorms, a group of migrants in south Texas woke up newly determined to fulfill …