#theguardian.com. #Jan.17.2025 Bolivian judge orders arrest of ex-president Evo Morales in sex abuse case. Populist leader allegedly had a child with a teen girl in 2016, which would constitute statutory rape under Bolivian law
#Politics × #South America × #Bolivia
#aljazeera.com. #Jan.17.2025 Colombia’s Petro suspends talks with ELN rebels. Move comes in response to ELN attacks in country’s northeast, which President Gustavo Petro describes as war crimes.
#Politics × #South America × #Gustavo Petro #Colombia
#aljazeera.com. #Jan.16.2025 Venezuela releases prominent rights advocate Carlos Correa from detention. The free-speech advocate was among several activists detained ahead of President Nicolas Maduro’s swearing-in last week.
#Politics × #South America × #Venezuela
#theguardian.com. #Jan.13.2025 Peru prosecutors pursue whiff of scandal over president’s secret nose job. Dina Boluarte, who didn’t appoint a caretaker president for two-week absence, accused of abandoning her post
#Politics × #Dina Boluarte #South America × #Peru
#theguardian.com. #Jan.11.2025 Venezuelan opposition candidate accuses Nicolás Maduro of coup. Edmundo González, widely believed to have won July election, gives address after autocrat sworn in for third term
#Politics × #South America × #Nicolás Maduro #Venezuela
#aljazeera.com. #Jan.11.2025 Trump 2.0 can open the door for a greener world. And Brazil’s Lula can lead the way.
#Politics × #Brazil #South America × #USA #North America
#aljazeera.com. #Jan.10.2025 Venezuela’s President Maduro begins third term amid international protest. A new wave of protest accompanied Maduro’s inauguration, after a contested July election spurred fraud accusations.
#Politics × #South America × #Venezuela
#theguardian.com. #Jan.10.2025 Venezuela’s Maduro sworn in amid outrage over alleged fraudulent election. US announces $65m bounty for arrest of president, who has led country since 2013 and failed to prove he won recent vote
#Politics × #South America × #Venezuela
#aljazeera.com. #Jan.10.2025 Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro sworn in for third term after disputed election. The Venezuelan president promises period of peace and prosperity as the opposition and US continue to reject his rule.
#Politics × #South America × #USA #North America #Venezuela
#huffpost.com. #Jan.10.2025 Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Is Sworn In Despite Credible Evidence Of Election Loss. Maduro took the oath of office a day after the political opposition’s most prominent leader reported she had been briefly detained by state security forces.
#Politics × #South America × #Nicolás Maduro #Venezuela #politician
#washingtonpost.com. #Jan.10.2025 Venezuela’s Maduro is sworn into office with no proof of his victory. Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro began a third term as president on Friday, cementing his increasingly authoritarian rule.
#Politics × #South America × #Nicolás Maduro #Venezuela
#aljazeera.com. #Jan.10.2025 Venezuelan opposition leader arrested on eve of Maduro swearing-in. Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was arrested after appearing in public for the first time in months.
#Politics × #South America × #Venezuela
#washingtonpost.com. #Jan.09.2025 Venezuelan opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, is arrested. Machado was arrested by government security forces Thursday as she left a rally in Caracas on the eve of Maduro's inauguration after a widely discredited election.
#Politics × #South America × #Venezuela
#theguardian.com. #Jan.09.2025 Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado ‘kidnapped’, allies say. Allies says leader ‘violently intercepted’ after sneaking out of hideout to lead protest against authoritarian president Nicolás Maduro
#Politics × #South America × #Nicolás Maduro #Venezuela
#theguardian.com. #Jan.09.2025 Uruguay’s popular former president José Mujica reveals he is dying of cancer. ‘My cycle is over,’ says leftwinger, 89, who lives humbly and oversaw one of healthiest and most liberal democracies
#Health #Politics × #South America × #Uruguay
#washingtonpost.com. #Jan.09.2025 As Venezuela detains Americans, their families are left in the dark. The Maduro government says it has arrested at least nine U.S. citizens in the months since Venezuela’s widely discredited presidential election.
#Politics × #South America × #USA #North America #Venezuela #Americas
#theguardian.com. #Jan.09.2025 Venezuela tumbles deeper into dictatorship with Nicolás Maduro set to extend 12-year rule. Global democratic leaders pledge a boycott as exiled opposition leader vows to return to challenge ceremony
#Politics × #South America × #Nicolás Maduro #Venezuela
#washingtonpost.com. #Jan.09.2025 He vowed to be Venezuela’s president — and he’s seeking U.S. support. Edmundo González, recognized by the U.S. as Venezuela’s president-elect, is on a mission to bolster global support before autocrat Nicolás Maduro is sworn in this week.
#Politics × #South America × #USA #North America #Nicolás Maduro #Venezuela
#aljazeera.com. #Jan.09.2025 Brazil marks the anniversary of the January 8 attack on its capital. President Lula attended the event to denounce the ‘coup’ against him, led by supporters of Jair Bolsonaro.
#Politics × #Brazil #South America ×
#theguardian.com. #Jan.08.2025 Brazil says Meta getting rid of factcheckers is ‘bad for democracy’. Brazilian officials also ask tech giant to clarify whether it intends to implement changes in country within 30 days
#Politics × #Tech #Brazil #South America ×
#huffpost.com. #Jan.08.2025 Venezuelan Opposition Leader Says 'Hooded Men' Have Kidnapped His Son-In-Law. Self-exiled Edmundo González said Rafael Tudares was kidnapped while taking González’s two grandchildren to school in Caracas.
#Politics × #South America × #Venezuela
#aljazeera.com. #Jan.08.2025 Venezuela’s Maduro says US nationals among group of ‘mercenaries’ detained. President Maduro said the group included mercenaries and ‘hit men’, describing two US detainees as ‘very high level’.
#Politics × #South America × #USA #North America #Venezuela
#theguardian.com. #Jan.07.2025 US House passes bill allowing detention of undocumented immigrants for theft. Laken Riley Act, named for nursing student murdered by Venezuelan, is resurrected after failing in Senate last year
#Politics × #South America × #Venezuela
#theguardian.com. #Jan.07.2025 Venezuelan opposition leader says son-in-law kidnapped in Caracas. Edmundo González Urrutia, who fled in exile to Spain in September, says son-in-law was seized by ‘hooded men’
#Politics × #South America × #Spain #Europe #Venezuela
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