Venezuela

The Venezuelan government is failing to comply with several points of the Barbados electoral agreement reached two months ago with the opposition

Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed Washington’s support for Guyana’s sovereignty in a conversation with the country’s president, Mohamed Irfaan Ali

As Guyana prepares to take the dispute to the United Nations Security Council, Venezuelan authorities have issued arrest warrants for several close allies of the opposition leader

Irfaan Ali spoke a day after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said he would “immediately” grant operating licenses for exploration and exploitation in Essequibo region

Via a law announced Tuesday, Venezuela will create a new province or state in the disputed territory, having already appointed a single provisional authority: Major-General Alexis Rodríguez Cabello

A scenario of intensifying conflict with Guyana over the contested area opens the door to declaring a state of emergency that would allow Nicolás Maduro’s government to postpone the 2024 vote

The vote in favor of extending sovereignty over the oil- and mineral-rich area was 90% with a turnout close to 50%, according to the electoral authorities

Officials argue the oil- and mineral-rich territory was stolen when the border was drawn more than a century ago. Guyana has characterized the referendum as a step toward annexation

The deal is part of an agreement signed in October between a U.S.-backed opposition group and the government of Nicolás Maduro on electoral conditions ahead of the 2024 presidential election

Rafael Lacava, a close ally of the Venezuelan president, met with leaders and businessmen in an official effort to realign Caracas’ interests with Beijing

The intelligence services arrested Nelson Piñero at his home on accusations of incitement to hatred

The announcement of international investments in the oil sector by companies such as Repsol, Ecopetrol, China Petroleum, and Indian Oil will mean economic expansion by 2024

People who have suffered attacks because of their sexual or gender identity and were welcomed in Mexico see their stories reflected in the exhibition ‘Doors of Hope’

Washington’s decision to lift sanctions on Caribbean country’s oil sector has improved growth forecasts

The arrival of Venezuelans on the Honduran border has multiplied. So far this year, almost 500,000 people have crossed through the dense rainforest of the Colombia-Panama border, double the number from the previous number year

Father Juan Huerta Ibarra flees trial in Venezuela, accused of repeated child sexual abuse by José Leonardo Araujo, who was 13 at the time

The president of the Washington Office on Latin America notes that the strength of civil society and committed youth are encouraging signs in the region. This is despite the drop in the democratic model’s popularity, a trend that has been observed in numerous surveys

Given the saturation of the shelters, the parish church – one of the largest and oldest in the Mexican capital – has opened its doors to all those who are on their way to the United States

Human Rights Watch warns that the Colombia-Panama border situation stems from ineffective regional migration policies

After the protests in 2022 were violently put down, with some 355 people killed and hundreds imprisoned, the government silenced institutions he perceived as supporting the protesters

The government is assuring the public that the country’s prisons — where criminal groups have planned kidnappings, extortion and murders — are now under its control

The International Criminal Court rejected claims by Caracas that it has not received sufficient details about the alleged violations. Judges in The Hague feel the Maduro government is dragging its feet on national probes

The winner of the primaries thinks that there is a sector of Chavismo that is willing to move towards an orderly transition and accept that they will not be in power

‘Nido,’ the new graphic novel by illustrator Laura Guarisco, presents a moving portrait of migration and diaspora