Venezuela’s foreign minister on Monday accused opponents of President Nicolás Maduro as being linked to damages at the country’s diplomatic facilities in five nations.

Maduro took office last week for a third consecutive term. Now, he’s consolidating his position as dictator Nicolás Maduro has now been in power in Venezuela since 2013 – gradually usurping power over the past twelve years until becoming a full dictator.

The free-speech advocate was among several activists detained ahead of President Nicolas Maduro’s swearing-in last week.

January 10 came and went and, as expected, Venezuelan autocrat Nicolás Maduro hung on to power. It is easy to throw our hands in the air and feel hopeless before an authoritarian government that ruthlessly persecutes any dissent.

When President Gustavo Petro took office in 2022, he aimed to bring about comprehensive peace in Colombia. Since January 16, the guerilla group ELN and offshoots of the former militant organization FARC have been fighting each other in the Catatumbo region in the northeast of Columbia near the border to Venezuela.

Colombia’s government is reactivating arrest orders for the top leadership of the nation’s largest rebel group

Carl Greenidge, Guyana’s agent before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as it adjudicates the Guyana/ Venezuela border controversy, believes a ruling on the issue could be possible by next year,

At least 80 people have been killed and thousands more have been displaced during clashes in the coca rich border region.

Clashes between the ELN and remnants of FARC, both vying for dominance over coca plantations and drug trafficking routes, have killed more than 100 people and terrorized the region.

Recent polls show that Venezuelans are overwhelmingly opposed to sanctions, with 65% against those implemented during Trump’s first term. This widespread refusal represents an essential viewpoint: locals believe that the cantions bring more pain than solutions.

Colombia is struggling to contain violence in the mountainous northeastern Catatumbo region, where a 5,800-strong ELN has targeted rival armed groups and their alleged sympathizers