Venezuela’s electoral council halted plans for a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro, citing fraud in the activists’ methods of securing signatures for the requisite petition. These opposition activists had expected to have gathered all the necessary signatures by the end of October.
Read More174 inmates escaped from prison on October 22 after killing a guard and stealing firearms. The jailbreak occurred in the Haitian coastal town of Arcahaie.
Read MoreA group of civil and political leaders from Venezuela visited the School of Diplomacy on October 3 to discuss grassroots democracy and civic participation.
Read MoreHaiti is no stranger to the horrors of a natural disaster nor to empty promises from international aid organizations.
Read MoreWhether this is “anti-American” sentiment or a massive rebuke of globalization, public opinion is worse for TTIP than for CETA.
Read MoreAmid food shortages, the Venezuelan government spent $120 million wining and dining the leaders of the Non-Alignment Movement.
Read MoreThe protests also called for elections and demanded the exit of the interim president, Michel Temer, Rousseff’s former vice president and a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, whose ascension to the presidency is seen as a coup by protesters.
Read MoreDespite her impeachment, Dilma Rousseff was never found to have been directly involved in corruption schemes, unlike many in her party.
Read MoreAs the Olympics open, Brazil faces a president’s impeachment, an economy in recession, high murder and crime rates, construction delays, corruption charges, and the Zika virus.
Read MoreAlthough Venezuela towers over Guyana in both size and military stature, the clash between the two nations has restarted upon the recent discovery of oil sources in the waters near Guyana’s borders.
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