The United States, Spain and the Czech Republic on Monday demanded information from Venezuela about six of their citizens detained in the South American country over an alleged plot to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro. The government in Caracas on Saturday announced the arrests of three Americans, two Spaniards and a Czech it claimed had ties … Read more
Former President Donald Trump in a speech Friday identified Aurora, along with Springfield, Ohio, as cities from which he would deport immigrants if he is elected in November. “We’re going to have the largest deportation in the history of our country,” Trump told reporters in Los Angeles, according to an account of the speech from … Read more
However, the country’s opposition has been able to collect a majority of voter tallies in the aftermath of the polls, with results showing González beating Maduro by a handy margin. “The government of Spain reiterates its commitment to the political rights and physical integrity of all Venezuelans, especially political leaders,” Spain’s foreign ministry said in … Read more
An American Navy sailor has been detained in Venezuela while visiting the country on personal travel, three U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News. It’s not yet known why the sailor is being detained. The U.S. State Department has issued a travel warning against visiting Venezuela, urging Americans to “reconsider travel due to wrongful detentions, terrorism, and poor health … Read more
The U.S. seized a plane belonging to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and brought it to the U.S. on Monday, the Justice Department said in a statement, claiming the jet was exported from Florida in violation of U.S. sanctions. The plane, identified as a Dassault Falcon 900EX, was seized in the Dominican Republic and transported to … Read more
According to those reports, the men were detained in mid- July by Venezuelan law enforcement on their way back home during a layover in Caracas, and then extradited to Russia. In an online statement, Russia’s FSB said the men were found to be carrying documents “confirming unlawful activity” and clothing connected to Carpathian Sich, a … Read more
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqhchi spoke with his counterpart in Venezuela over the weekend. In the call, he “said that his country has a strategic view on Latin American nations, particularly Venezuela, stressing that the new Iranian administration will continue that approach,” according to the Iranian statement media IRNA. This is part of a … Read more
The presiding judge of Venezuela’s supreme court, Caryslia Rodriguez (C), reads the court’s ruling certifying President Nicolas Maduro’s reelection AFP Venezuela’s Supreme Court, which observers say is loyal to the government of President Nicolas Maduro, on Thursday declared him the winner of the disputed July 28 election amid opposition claims of widespread vote fraud. In … Read more
At Raíces Brewing Company, a sea of festival-goers — many wearing the yellow soccer jerseys of the Colombian national team — braved the summer heat on a July afternoon. With cumbia music pounding over the speakers and cold cocktails in hand, they celebrated their culture at Denver’s eighth-annual Colombian Festival. Attendees visited vendors selling fresh … Read more
An Adams County judge has handed a small victory to former residents of a condemned apartment building in Aurora by ordering the property owners and managers to immediately find housing for the dozens of families displaced. District Court Judge Sarah Stout on Wednesday afternoon granted a temporary restraining order requested by Javier Hidalgo the previous … Read more
