InSight Crime6d
What’s Behind the Distribution of Weapons to Public Employees in Venezuela?
Venezuela’s regime has distributed weapons to state workers and militias, potentially aiming to expand the country’s civilian ...
UPI26d
On This Day: 1st known U.S. COVID-19 death takes place in Kansas
In 2007, Venezuelan stock prices fell almost 19 percent-- the biggest drop on record -- and its currency lost almost one-third of its value after President Hugo Chavez pledged to nationalize the ...
The Cipher Brief25d
A Dangerous Moment for Venezuela – and the Region
EXPERT INTERVIEW — Nicolas Maduro ... You can also watch their full discussion on The Cipher Brief YouTube channel. Nagorski: How have we gotten to this moment in Caracas? Ambassador Duddy: Hugo ...
Haitian Times11d
The enduring flight of Sunrise Airways: Haiti’s last airline
Despite facing constant criticism from angry customers due to operating issues, notably flight delays, cancellations and ...
cadtm.org9d
Greece 2015 | From hope to capitulation | Lessons for the future
January 2015, at a time when Greece had been suffering since 2010 under the burden of a severe austerity regime forced on the country by its creditors and by the social-democrat (Pasok) ...
The Sun7d
Paying trainers for interviews is mad – as Hugo Palmer tells me – but here’s a cheeky look at who could charge what
CLASSIC-winning trainer Hugo Palmer has broken ranks and declared the concept of trainers being paid for TV interviews as a 'terrible idea'. Respect, Hugo. Respect. For those of you that don’t ...
The Hindu22d
Nicolas Maduro | Back in power with fewer friends
More than 11 years after assuming power as Venezuela’s interim President following the death of popular leader Hugo Chavez, Nicolas Maduro has yet again been sworn in as the President of the ...
UPI24d
Venezuela's Maduro sworn into office as opposition, U.S. denounce 'coup d'etat'
more than former President Hugo Chavez, who spent 14 in the presidential palace from 1999 to 2013. Advertisement Only the early 20th century dictator Juan Vicente Gómez held the office longer ...
Taste of Country25d
‘Landman’ Star Paulina Chavez Reveals What It’s Really Like to Work With Taylor Sheridan [Exclusive Interview]
Paulina Chavez is one of the standouts during Season 1 of Landman, and in a new interview, she tells Taste of Country how she prepped for the emotional intensity of her role — and what it's ...
CBS News24d
Venezuela's Maduro sworn in for 3rd term amid outcry over election, opposition leader Maria Corina Machado's detention
"I swear by Bolivar, by Sucre, by Urdaneta, by Manuela Saez, by the eternal memory of our eternal commander Hugo Chavez ... I swear by history, I swear by my life," Maduro said. In a fiery speech ...
The Hill26d
Venezuela’s ultimate political survivor Nicolás Maduro faces his toughest challenge yet
Maduro seems to have thrived on conflict since the late Hugo Chávez passed the torch of ... The history of Latin America is full of strongmen who rode out disputed elections only to find ...
The Jamaica Observer28d
Tensions mount in Venezuela ahead of Maduro swearing-in
Maduro, 62, has ruled the oil-rich nation for over a decade since the death of his larger-than-life mentor Hugo Chavez ... Machado told AFP in a telephone interview while still in hiding inside ...