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Venezuela says it will investigate El Salvador officials over alleged abuse of Cecot detainees deported from US

Venezuela says it will investigate El Salvador officials over alleged abuse of Cecot detainees deported from US

By Michael Rios, Ivonne Valdés and Marlon Sorto, CNN (CNN) — Venezuela says it is opening a formal investigation into several Salvadoran officials, including President Nayib Bukele, over the alleged abuse of Venezuelan migrants deported from the...

Venezuela to investigate Bukele, other officials for alleged detainee abuse

Venezuela to investigate Bukele, other officials for alleged detainee abuse

CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuela Attorney General Tarek Saab said on Monday that his office will investigate El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele and two other officials for the alleged abuse of Venezuelans who were detained in the Central American...

The Fight for Mexican Los Angeles

The Fight for Mexican Los Angeles

On Monday, July 7th, Carlos González Gutiérrez, the consul-general of Mexico in Los Angeles, was about to start his weekly audiencia pública when he heard a helicopter flying overhead. He began as usual, greeting some twenty or twenty-five...

Trump’s tariff political, says head of Brazil’s export agency

Trump’s tariff political, says head of Brazil’s export agency

The president of the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex), Jorge Viana, said Tuesday (Jul. 22) that the tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump on Brazil are not a trade “problem,” but rather the action of political...

Ms. Rijziena Hooker Appointed OECSRA Representative for St Eustatius

Ms. Rijziena Hooker Appointed OECSRA Representative for St Eustatius

Basseterre, St. Kitts — The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Robotics Association (OECSRA) is proud to announce the official appointment of Ms. Rijziena Hooker as the OECSRA Representative for Sint Eustatius. Ms. Hooker joins the OECSRA...

Venezuela: Oil Industry Navigates Sanctions, Places 90 Percent of Exports to China

Venezuela: Oil Industry Navigates Sanctions, Places 90 Percent of Exports to China

The Caribbean nation’s energy sector has sustained production and export levels in recent months. (PDVSA) Caracas, July 21, 2025 (venezuelanalysis.com) – The Venezuelan oil sector has maintained production and export levels in the face of renewed...

Brazil to investigate suspected FX insider trading on US tariffs

Brazil to investigate suspected FX insider trading on US tariffs

(Corrects both dates mentioned in the third paragraph to July from June) By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes authorized an investigation into the alleged use of privileged information on...

Brazil's Supreme Court threatens Bolsonaro with arrest if interviews published on social media

Brazil's Supreme Court threatens Bolsonaro with arrest if interviews published on social media

By Luciana Magalhaes SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil's Supreme Court said on Monday former President Jair Bolsonaro may be arrested if his press interviews are published on social media, raising questions about whether the right-wing leader is allowed...

Remarks by Trump’s pick for ambassador spark a political storm in Argentina

Remarks by Trump’s pick for ambassador spark a political storm in Argentina

Xi congratulates Jennifer Simons on election as Surinamese president

Xi congratulates Jennifer Simons on election as Surinamese president

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday congratulated Jennifer Simons on her election as Surinamese president. In his congratulatory message, Xi depicted Suriname as China's strategic cooperative partner in the Caribbean region. Thanks to the joint...

Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) Market Size to Reach USD 8,049.3 Million in 2032

Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) Market Size to Reach USD 8,049.3 Million in 2032

(MENAFN- Navistrat Analytics) July 26, 2025 - The increasing expansion of cloud-based solutions is significantly driving the revenue growth of the Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) market. The complexity of software dependencies and third-party...

Venezuela investigating alleged mistreatment of migrants Trump sent to El Salvador

Venezuela investigating alleged mistreatment of migrants Trump sent to El Salvador

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s attorney general’s office said on Monday that it has opened an investigation into El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele for alleged mistreatment and human rights violations against Venezuelan migrants. The...

Venezuela Accuses El Salvador of Torturing Deported Migrants

Venezuela Accuses El Salvador of Torturing Deported Migrants

Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab. X/ @lermislara July 21, 2025 Hour: 2:29 pm On Monday, Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab denounced that 252 Venezuelans deported from the United States and held in a Salvadoran prison...

Chinese Embassy in Mexico slams US ambassador's remarks on China as 'out-and-out lie'

Chinese Embassy in Mexico slams US ambassador's remarks on China as 'out-and-out lie'

Screenshot from the official WeChat account of the Chinese Embassy in Mexico The Chinese Embassy in Mexico said on Tuesday that recent groundless accusations by Ronald Johnson, US ambassador to Mexico, that countries like China are trying to exert...

Sports Minister says he was not aware of cutting of trees in sports park

Kelvin Cruz / En Segundos Minister of Sports Kelvin Cruz says he was not aware trees were being felled at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center to make way for venues for the Central American and Caribbean Sports Games 2026. As reported in En...

Transatlantic Clash: The Tension Between Lula and Trump and the Impact of Tariffs on Brazil-U.S. Relations

Transatlantic Clash: The Tension Between Lula and Trump and the Impact of Tariffs on Brazil-U.S. Relations

The bilateral relationship between Brazil and the United States, two of the most influential democracies in the Americas, has been marked by cycles of strategic cooperation and moments of sharp divergence. Currently, the political and commercial...

Venezuela’s authoritarian government has a new target: economists

Venezuela’s authoritarian government has a new target: economists

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Venezuela’s autocratic president, Nicolás Maduro, has crushed the opposition, jailed judges and politicians, and even arrested U.S. citizens to use as leverage in international negotiations. Now, he is going after a profession...

Globalisation’s Toll On Caribbean Workers

Globalisation’s Toll On Caribbean Workers

The discontents of globalisation are becoming more apparent in the world of work. Speaking at the 4th Caribbean World of Work Forum, Director of the Cipriani College of Labour and Co-operative Studies, Dr. Andre Vincent Henry, suggested that...

ALBA-TCP launches summit to save humanity from war, imperialism

ALBA-TCP launches summit to save humanity from war, imperialism

On Friday, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America–Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) launched the “Summit of the Peoples for Peace and Against War in Caracas. “The global political right is intensifying its actions against the people...

Acciona Energía brings online 162MW biggest solar plant in the Caribbean

Acciona Energía brings online 162MW biggest solar plant in the Caribbean

A third solar PV plant – dubbed Pedro Corto, with a capacity of 63.35MW – is under construction in the Dominican Republic. Located in the San Juan de la Maguana province, the project has already secured a 15-year power purchase agreement with...

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