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Montevideo, March 30th 2026 - 09:28 UTC

Latin America

  • Tuesday, February 19th 2019 - 09:23 UTC

    Trump calls on Venezuelan military to support opposition leader Juan Guaido

    Trump issued a dire warning to Venezuela's military if they continue with Maduro: “you will find no safe harbor, no easy exit, no way out. You will lose everything.”

    President Donald Trump said on Monday that “a new day is coming in Latin America,” as he sought to rally support among the largest Venezuelan community in the U.S. for opposition leader Juan Guaidó. Speaking at Florida International University in Miami before large American and Venezuelan flags, Trump said the U.S. stands behind Guaido, whom the U.S. recognizes as the country's rightful president, and condemns President Nicolas Maduro's government and its socialist policies.

  • Tuesday, February 19th 2019 - 09:19 UTC

    Sixteen states sue Trump on his national emergency order to build the wall with Mexico

    “Use of those additional federal funds for the construction of a border wall is contrary to Congress's intent in violation of the US Constitution” the complaint said

    Sixteen US states sued President Donald Trump's administration on Monday over his decision to declare a national emergency to fund a wall on the southern border with Mexico, saying the move violated the constitution. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in California, said the president's order was contrary to the Presentment Clause that outlines legislative procedures and the Appropriations Clause, which defines Congress as the final arbiter of public funds.

  • Saturday, February 16th 2019 - 16:36 UTC

    US Air Force plane takes off with help for Venezuela

    The aircrafts transport boxes sealed with the label of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), contain food and assistance for about 25 thousand people

    A C-17 cargo plane of the United States Air Force took off Saturday from the Homestead Air Force Base, in Florida, with the Venezuelan-Colombian border as the destination. The aircraft is one of three that will transport 250 tons of food, hygiene kits and nutritional supplements, a congressional aide to the US Congress told the Associated Press (AP).

  • Saturday, February 16th 2019 - 10:59 UTC

    US/Mexico Trump challenges Congress and declares a national emergency

    Trump's move, circumventing Congress, seeks to make good on a 2016 presidential campaign pledge to build a border wall that Trump insists is necessary

    President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency in a bid to fund his promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border without congressional approval, an action Democrats vowed to challenge as a violation of the U.S. Constitution.

  • Saturday, February 16th 2019 - 10:37 UTC

    Prince Charles will make an official visit to Cuba in March, as part of a Caribbean tour

    Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, will make a four-day visit to Cuba during a wider tour of the Caribbean, Clarence House residence said

    Prince Charles will make the first-ever official British royal visit to Cuba in March, his office announced on Friday, to mark improving ties between the two nations. The heir to the throne and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, will make a four-day visit to Cuba during a wider tour of the Caribbean, his Clarence House official residence said.

  • Friday, February 15th 2019 - 10:58 UTC

    Chile joins Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay in bid to host the 2030 World Cup

    Piñera said he had been touting his idea to the presidents of Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay for several months

    Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay are to submit a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup, Chile's President Sebastian Piñera announced on Thursday. Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay had already submitted a joint bid to host the centenary edition of football's most prestigious tournament, but Piñera said on Twitter that those countries' presidents had agreed to Chile's participation in the “joint candidacy”.

  • Wednesday, February 13th 2019 - 08:34 UTC

    Guaido announces humanitarian aid will enter Venezuela on February 23

    Tens of thousands of protesters had taken to the streets to demand that Maduro allow aid into Venezuela, where food and medicine shortages are rife.

    Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guido told a huge rally of supporters on Tuesday that humanitarian aid would enter the country on Feb. 23, setting the stage for a showdown with President Nicolas Maduro who has refused to let supplies in.

  • Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 22:11 UTC

    United Kingdom confirms humanitarian aid for Venezuelans

    UK's aid will ensure people fleeing their homes have access to critical support, including through the provision of mobile health clinics and help meet the immediate needs of those forced to flee

    The government of the United Kingdom announced on Tuesday that it will grant 6.5 million pounds, approximately 8.4 million dollars, to finance the different humanitarian agencies that are in the region assisting Venezuelan citizens inside and outside their country.

  • Monday, February 11th 2019 - 08:33 UTC

    Guaidó warns Venezuelan military that blocking humanitarian aid is a “crime against humanity”

    The warning comes as international aid has taken centre stage in a test of wills between Guaido and Maduro in which the military is seen as the pivotal player

    Opposition leader Juan Guaido, recognized by some 50 countries as Venezuela's interim president, warned the military on Sunday that blocking humanitarian aid from entering the country is a “crime against humanity.”

  • Saturday, February 9th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

    Maduro's protection in the hands of the Cuban security and intelligence services

    Maduro's faith in his own military may continue to wane, but at least for now he has the support of his armed forces, which has really kept him in power.

    Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro is increasingly leaning on the protection and support of his Cuban backers, amid mounting global pressures to leave office, according to several senior U.S. officials. Adm. Craig Faller, head of U.S. Southern Command, told U.S. senators on Thursday that Havana “owns the security around Maduro and is deeply entrenched in the intelligence service.”