Tag: latin america

Peru: Fujimori family ‘wants to bolster support’ with state funeral for former disgraced president

Peru’s government on Thursday declared three days of national mourning over the death of former President Alberto Fujimori and granted him a state funeral despite his convictions for…

Guantanamo at 23: What’s next for the ‘lawless’ detention facility? | Human Rights News

Washington, DC – the detention facility at over failing to shut down the facility early in his presidency. Of the 15 remaining Gitmo inmates, three are eligible for release,…

‘Much more persecution’: Venezuela braces for Nicolas Maduro’s inauguration | Nicolas Maduro News

Bogota, Colombia – Jesus Medina Ezaine had already spent 16 months in a Venezuelan military prison, accused of crimes he said were related to his work as a…

Carter changed the way world saw the U.S. – often for the better

WASHINGTON —  Jimmy Carter ended his one-term presidency in defeat. for years he was derided as a weak leader. But over time a fundamental shift took place in how…

Venezuelan opposition candidate claims son-in-law has been kidnapped | Nicolas Maduro News

Edmundo Gonzalez, who competed against incumbent Nicolas Maduro in July’s presidential elections, says masked men abducted his son-in-law in Caracas. Edmundo Gonzalez, the leader of Venezuela’s political opposition,…