Politics

Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 04:40 UTC
EU money laundering black list blocked following US and Saudi complaints

The United States on Friday welcomed the blocking of a proposal to add a group of countries, including four American territories, to the EU money-laundering blacklist after almost all member states opposed it. The US ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, hit out at the “dogmatic posturing” of the European Commission, the bloc's executive arm.
Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 04:24 UTC
US and Russia clash over Venezuela; Moscow pledges wheat and medicines

The United States and Russia clashed on Friday over how to assist ailing Venezuela, with Moscow pledging new relief channelled through President Nicolas Maduro and Washington slapping sanctions over the blocking of US aid it tried to force through the border.
Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 01:14 UTC
Uruguay’s Chancellor on Venezuela: “We have a problem and it is the attitude of Luis Almagro”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, Rodolfo Nin Novoa, ratified his position on Friday on a peaceful solution to the political and institutional crisis suffered by Venezuela along with his Italian counterpart, Enzo Moavero Milanesi in Montevideo. The Uruguayan chancellor questioned the attitude of the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, considering that he took sides on the Venezuelan conflict.
Friday, March 1st 2019 - 23:33 UTC
Guaido stops in Asunción from Brasilia and enroute to Argentina

Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benitez Friday welcomed Venezuelan dissident acting President Juan Guaidó, saying the latter represented hope for his people. Abdo added Nicolás Maduro's tyranny must end.
Friday, March 1st 2019 - 13:27 UTC
Buenos Aires federal court finds no evidence to convict Menem of AMIA bombing cover-up

Former Argentine president and current senator Carlos Menem was acquitted Thursday in the trial for the cover-up of the 1994 attack on the headquarters of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA).
Friday, March 1st 2019 - 13:05 UTC
Maduro moves PDVSA office to Moscow to avoid sanctions

Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez announced at a press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that the central office of state oil company PDVSA in Europe, located in Lisbon, will move to Moscow to guarantee the security of the country's assets abroad, which were delivered to the Venezuelan Parliament in other countries.
Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 10:00 UTC
Desperate Maduro regime appealing to the sale of central bank's gold

At least 8 tons of gold were removed from the Venezuelan central bank’s vaults last week, an opposition legislator and three government sources told Reuters, in the latest sign of President Nicolas Maduro’s desperation to raise hard currency amid tightening sanctions.
Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 10:00 UTC
Guaidó arrives to Brasilia as part of a continental tour

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido arrived in Brazil on Wednesday night to meet with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro as part of a tour of several nations to drum up international pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to step down.
Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 09:51 UTC
Trump's ex lawyer ashamed of working for a conman, a cheat and a racist

Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen called the US president a conman, a cheat and a racist in explosive congressional testimony on Wednesday, saying he was ashamed of a decade of working for the real estate billionaire.
Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 09:34 UTC
Trump and Kim cut short summit with no agreement reached on denuclearization

President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un abruptly cut short their two-day summit on Thursday after the two leaders failed to reach an agreement to dismantle that country’s nuclear weapons. Although Kim said he was ready in principle to denuclearize, he and Trump ended their meetings without sitting for a planned lunch and without participating in a joint signing ceremony.