Venezuela recall process blocked; opposition cries ‘dictatorship!’
From Caribbean News Now CARACAS, Venezuela — Throughout 2016, the Venezuelan political agenda has centered on a possible recall referendum against President Nicolás Maduro, a path that in recent days has been blocked — definitively, it seems — by the…
Venezuela electoral council obstructionist and biased, says OAS secretary general
From Caribbean News Now WASHINGTON, USA — The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, said on Friday that Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE, for its initials in Spanish) is “obstructing a constitutional right and acting…
National Emergency Commission issues another preventive alert for the Caribbean and Northern zones
By L. Arias From The Tico Times The Costa Rican Red Cross this week evacuated 20 people in the Limón community of Guácimo. They currently remain at a temporary shelter. Increased rainfall in the early hours on Thursday prompted the…