International

Caracas, Aug 10 (efe-epa).- The Venezuelan Constituent Assembly on Thursday ratified Nicolas Maduro as head of state and of government, as well as the “commander-in-chief of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces” (FANB). The Constituent Assembly unanimously approved Maduro “as constitutional president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, head of state and government, commander in chief …

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Bogota, Aug 9 (EFE).– Juan Manuel Santos begins the last of his eight years as president of Colombia confident that he will bequeath to his successor a better country than the one he took charge of in 2010, thanks to peace with FARC rebels and economic gains. “I believe that without a doubt, all the …

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Lima, Aug 8 (EFE).- The 17 countries of the Americas and the Caribbean meeting Tuesday in this capital to discuss the Venezuelan situation reaffirmed their joint opinion that the South American nation “is no longer a democracy” and that its National Constituent Assembly, convened by President Nicolas Maduro and tasked with drafting a new constitution, …

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Caracas, Aug 7 (EFE).- Venezuela’s new attorney general, Tarek Saab, said Monday that he will seek “to reestablish public peace” and will promote justice with equity, at the same time adding that former AG Luisa Ortega Diaz was “complicit” in the violence that has beset the country over the past four months. Saab, at a …

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Caracas, Aug 6 (EFE).- At least one man was killed and another seriously wounded Sunday in the attack on the 41st Armored Brigade at Fort Paramacay in the north-central Venezuelan city of Valencia, army commander Maj. Gen. Jesus Suarez Chourio said. The “terrorist, paramilitary, mercenary (attack) paid for by the right and its collaborators, paid …

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San Salvador, Aug 5 (EFE).- A large procession marked the culmination of the patron saint’s festivities on Saturday in the capital, in which the faithful commemorated the legacy of the Catholic martyrs in the civil war in their country (1980-1992) who helped them overcome that period of violence and impunity. Their legacy “should be a …

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