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Anti-government protests continue in Venezuela
Anti-government demonstrators clash with the National Guard in Caracas on March 28, 2014.
Violent protests continue against the government of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, despite him having agreed to hold talks with the opposition.
Anti-government demonstrators clashed with the National Guard in the capital Caracas on Friday.
Maduro has agreed to hold talks with the opposition in the presence...
Argentineans slam US meddling in Venezuela
Argentinean people have staged a protest rally in the capital, Buenos Aires, to condemn the United States’ interference in Venezuela’s domestic affairs.
The demonstrators gathered outside the US Embassy in the Argentinean capital, criticizing Washington for plotting a coup d’état against the Venezuelan government.
The protesters also demanded an end to US meddling in the Latin American country’s...
Protesters clash with police in Venezuelan capital
Protesters demonstrating against the administration of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have clashed with police in the capital, Caracas.
Demonstrators, many of them hooded, threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at police officers and clogged up streets in busy areas of the city with makeshift barricades on Saturday.
In response, police used tear gas and riot vehicles to disperse the angry mob.
President...
Venezuela breaks diplomatic relations with Panama, citing conspiracy
The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced that it was breaking diplomatic and commercial ties with Panama on Wednesday, citing the Central American country’s complicity in a “conspiracy.”
In strongly worded comments during a commemoration event on the anniversary of the death of the country’s late president, Hugo Chavez, Maduro derided Panama’s leadership.
“We’re...
Russia Expands Military Presence Globally
Shortly after the US warned Russia over its “provocative actions” with regard Ukraine…
*KERRY: RUSSIA MILITARY MOVE ON UKRAINE WOULD BE GRAVE MISTAKE
RiaNovosti reports defense minister Sergei Shoigu saying Russia plans “to expand permanent military presence outside its borders by placing military bases in a number of foreign countries,” including Vietnam, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua,...
Thousands protest in Venezuela after opposition leader arrest
Leopoldo Lopez
Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, wanted for inciting violence, has turned himself over to authorities amid a mass rally by his supporters in Caracas in a move he said would “wake up” Venezuelans who want changes in the South American nation.
Tens of thousands of opposition supporters blocked the streets of the Venezuelan capital after Lopez’s arrest, reports Reuters...
Cuba urges integration in Latin America free of US
A large screen shows Cuba’s President Raul Castro speaking at the opening ceremony of the CELAC Summit in Havana, Cuba on January 28, 2014.
Cuban President Raul Castro has urged cooperation between Latin American and Caribbean nations without the involvement of the United States.
“We should establish a new regional and international cooperation paradigm,” Castro said in Havana on...
Venezuela: Socialists Can’t Keep the Lights On
Country with largest oil reserves in the world can’t provide rudimentary service.
It is said Benito Mussolini, Italy’s former socialist turned fascist, made the trains run on time. But his modern day counterpart, Nicholas Maduro, can’t keep the lights on in Venezuela.
The South American country was pitched into darkness for a second time this year as a power outage struck the oil-rich country....
Venezuela forces retailer to lower prices
Venezuelan troops have seized Daka chain stores over high prices.
Venezuelan troops have occupied stores of the chain electronics company known as Daka in an attempt to force the retailer to sell products at cheap prices.
Authorities sent Members of Venezuela’s National Guard to Daka’s five stores on Saturday.
According to reports, hundreds of people lined up outside the Daka stores hoping for...
Germany, Brazil enlist 19 more countries for anti-NSA UN resolution
Twenty-one countries, including US allies France and Mexico, have now joined talks to hammer out a UN resolution that would condemn “indiscriminate” and “extra-territorial” surveillance, and ensure “independent oversight” of electronic monitoring.
The news was reported by Foreign Policy magazine, which has also obtained a copy of the draft text.
The resolution was proposed earlier this...
Spying scandal sends US influence on Latin America into nosedive
Democratic leaders from Mexico to Argentina are so resentful of American influence that they are now willing to take action. Spies did the trick.
America for the Americans – this is a cornerstone of United States’ foreign policy. That doctrine, introduced 190 years ago by President James Monroe, means this: foreigners keep out of the US’ backyard. For decades it [US foreign policy] also...
Venezuela ends rapprochement talks with Washington over US ‘meddling’
Caracas brought talks with the US to an abrupt end over statements made by Samantha Power, the nominee for UN ambassador. Venezuela blasted Washington for backing Power’s “meddling agenda” after she criticized human rights in the country.
The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry released a statement on Friday announcing an end to rapprochement negotiations between Washington and Caracas in Guatemala.
“The...
Venezuelans urged to boycott Facebook over US spying
The splash page for the social networking website Facebook.
Venezuela’s prisons minister has called on Venezuelans to cancel their accounts on the social networking website Facebook in a move to refrain from being targeted by US spying.
Maria Iris Varela said in a message posted on Twitter, “Fellow Venezuelans: cancel your Facebook accounts, since you unwittingly have worked as CIA informants!...
Snowden Reveals UFO Documents
According to bombshell documents leaked by Snowden, the government has long known UFOs to be a species more advanced than mankind.
Edward Snowden, the leaker of NSA surveillance documents, was granted asylum in Venezuela on Friday. With safe harbors in sight, Snowden was willing to share shocking and world-shattering exclusive secret government documents with The Internet Chronicle.
Snowden’s testimony...
Venezuela to consider asylum for NSA whistleblower
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (center) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on an official state visit – Tuesday, June 25, 2013.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday he would consider granting asylum to former CIA leaker Edward Snowden.
“We would consider it, because the asylum is a measure of humanitarian protection and is a mechanism of the international humanitarian law, which is popular...