Venezuela

Venezuela’s opposition has presented more than a million signatures to election authorities calling for a referendum to remove the country’s president. Economic woes have eaten into the left-wing president’s popularity. Venezuela’s unified opposition said Monday it had delivered petitions with…

As 33 heads of state and their representatives meet in Ecuador, just outside Quito in a town called the Middle of the World (Mitad del Mundo), the world’s press gathers to take photos.  After his efforts at last week’s summit…

The German Ecuador Solidarity group, EcuaSoli, participated with political placards in two Ecuadorian concerts which took place in the German capital. On the 28th of June, hundreds of Germans and Latin-Americans based in Berlin gathered in the city’s Mauerpark to…

Caracas, Mar 18 (Prensa Latina) The Final Declaration of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) signed in Caracas at the end of the summit held here, confirms the commitment of that group to peace in face…

La Paz, Mar 17 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian President Evo Morales, today stressed that the countries of Latin America are closer than ever to the policy US government seeks to impose. From Cobija, capital of the Amazonian department of Pando and…

Quito, Mar 16 (Andes).- Last Saturday, chancellors from the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) confirmed their support to have a national political dialogue in Venezuela and asked the United States to repeal the executive order that declares Venezuela a “threat”…

Quito, March 14 (Andes).-President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, said on Saturday the meeting of foreign ministers of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) will be held this afternoon in Quito to analyze the declaration of United States of Venezuela…

By Jim Lobe Pending legislation calling for U.S. President Barack Obama to impose sanctions against key Venezuelan officials is unlikely to defuse the ongoing crisis there and could prove counter-productive, according to both the administration and independent experts here. A…

By Humberto Márquez for IPS CARACAS, Apr 12 2014 (IPS) – Government and opposition leaders in Venezuela held a nationally televised debate as a first step to working towards solutions for the economic, social and political crisis marked by over…

Caracas, Apr 7 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Ministers from the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) will continue peace talks today and tomorrow in support of the National Conference promoted by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The eight UNASUR foreign ministers will…