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Desi Bouterse, a dictator convicted of murder who twice ruled Suriname, has died at 79

Dec. 25, 2024 11:54 AM EST

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Desi Bouterse, a military strongman who led a 1980 coup in the former Dutch colony of Suriname then returned to power by election three decades later despite charges of drug smuggling and murder, has died. He was 79. Suriname's President Chan Santokhi on...

Tensions over Essequibo region resurface as Venezuela completes a bridge to a disputed border base

Dec. 21, 2024 13:49 PM EST

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana’s government Saturday formally protested to Venezuela following the completion by Venezuela's armed forces of a bridge built on a remote river island shared by both countries. Work on the bridge, which links Venezuela’s mainland to a military base, has caused...

Venezuelan opposition politician met with prosecutors after leaving Argentine diplomatic compound

Dec. 20, 2024 12:11 PM EST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuela's attorney general said Friday an opposition politician met with prosecutors after leaving the Argentine diplomatic compound in the capital, Caracas, where he had sheltered for nine months to avoid arrest. Attorney General Tarek William Saab said in a...

Venezuelan opposition member leaves Argentine diplomatic compound after sheltering for 9 months

Dec. 19, 2024 22:42 PM EST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — One of the six members of Venezuela’s political opposition who have been sheltering for nine months in the Argentine diplomatic compound in the capital, Caracas, abandoned the premises Thursday. Two people familiar with the situation at the facility confirmed...

New charges target ex-Miami congressman for lobbying on behalf of sanctioned Venezuelan tycoon

Dec. 18, 2024 16:18 PM EST

MIAMI (AP) — A federal grand jury in Washington has returned an indictment against former Congressman David Rivera for failing to register as a foreign agent of a sanctioned Venezuelan media tycoon on whose behalf the Miami Republican allegedly lobbied the Trump administration. The...

Canada imposes economic sanctions on 5 Venezuelan officials, including the high court president

Dec. 17, 2024 14:53 PM EST

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Canada imposed economic sanctions on Tuesday on five Venezuelan officials, including the head of the country’s high court, accusing them of engaging in electoral fraud during the disputed July presidential election. Both Venezuela’s incumbent President...

Son-in-law of top foe of Venezuela’s president sentenced to 30 months on money laundering charge

Dec. 17, 2024 12:24 PM EST

MIAMI (AP) — The son-in-law of a prominent Venezuelan opposition leader was sentenced Tuesday to two and a half years in prison for his role in a vast conspiracy to siphon $1.2 billion from the state-owned oil company, some of which allegedly landed into accounts controlled by President Nicolás...

Venezuelan opposition leaders receive the European Union’s top human rights honor

Dec. 17, 2024 08:06 AM EST

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The European Union's legislature on Tuesday celebrated the bravery and staunch resistance of Venezuelan opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia while awarding them the EU’s top human rights honor, the Sakharov Prize. ...

Venezuelan rights group reports 3rd in-custody death among people detained in post-election unrest

Dec. 16, 2024 17:11 PM EST

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A man detained in Venezuela during the civil unrest that followed the country’s disputed July presidential election died in custody Monday, marking the third such death reported by an inmates’ rights organization. The Venezuelan Prison Observatory...

Venezuelan opposition members in diplomatic compound urge swift actions to secure their safe passage

Dec. 14, 2024 18:02 PM EST

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Members of Venezuela’s political opposition who have been sheltering for months in the Argentine diplomatic compound in the capital, Caracas, on Saturday detailed their deteriorating living conditions as they sought to grow a sense of urgency among the governments...