Venezuela crisis: Both sides in Norway for peace talks
Craig TaylorThe talks mark a shift in tone just days after opposition lawmakers were charged with treason. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
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Mexico City pollution: Residents urged to stay indoors
Pollution in the Mexican capital reaches levels potentially dangerous to human health. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Guatemala Top Three Presidential Candidates May All Be Banned
Surely This Could Only Happen In Guatemala? In what would appear to be a plot for a B Movie the constitutional court of Guatemala may be about to bar the top three candidates from running in the Presidential Elections scheduled for 16th June. It has already barred one of the frontrunners Zury Ríos, the daughter…
Cuba LGBT Protesters Arrested At March in Havana
Cuba has not had the most auspicious of starts to the week leading up to the International Day Against Homophobia on 17 May as Police crackdown on an unauthorised Pride march in Havana. The march on Saturday followed the unexpected cancellation by the authorities of the country’s 12th annual march against homophobia, which seems strange…
Food Shortages hitting Cuba as US Sanctions Bite
Cuba is the latest country to suffer the wrath of President Trump, who reintroduced a number of sanctions previously lifted by the Obama administration. Reintroduced in 2017 these sanctions are being blamed by the Cuban government for the introduction of rationing on staple foods such as rice, beans, eggs and sausages. Cuba imports around 70% of…
Venezuela Opposition MPs Flee to Foreign Embassies
With the largest known oil reserves on the planet, Venezuela should be a rich and prosperous nation, however, it is on the verge of collapsing into chaos and in what sounds more like the plot for a B movie Opposition MPs have been forced to seek refuge in the Argentine and Italian embassies after being…