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Venezuela Condemns U.S. Bounty on President Maduro as “Grotesque Violation of International Law”
August 18, 2025 Hour: 6:21 pm Venezuela’s Attorney General Tarek William Saab, in his role as president of the Republican Moral Council, has issued a forceful condemnation of the United States’ decision to raise the bounty for the capture of...

Soccer-Messi leads Argentina's revamped squad for Venezuela and Ecuador qualifiers
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina's national team unveiled a revamped 31-man squad on Monday, led by Lionel Messi, for the South American qualifiers against Venezuela and Ecuador for the 2026 World Cup. Alongside captain Messi, the squad features...

Excitement amid cuts: CPS families on the first day
Across the city Monday morning, children stepped into crisp uniforms and laced up brand-new shoes for the first day of school. Yellow buses wove through neighborhoods on soon-to-be familiar routes. Parents hugged their little ones and wished them...

US deploys warships near Venezuela to combat drug threats, sources say
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Three U.S. Aegis guided-missile destroyers will arrive off the coast of Venezuela in the next 36 hours as part of an effort to address threats from Latin American drug cartels, two sources briefed on the...

Venezuela: Oil Sector Maintains Stability as Crude Returns to US Refineries
Venezuelan oil production has hovered around 900,000 barrels per day in recent months. (Archive) Caracas, August 18, 2025 (venezuelanalysis.com) – The Venezuelan oil industry has kept a recent trend of a stable output around 900,000 barrels per...

Venezuela: A Year Since the Presidential Elections – Democracy Hijacked
Added to this scenario is an even more serious feature: the exercise of power has become highly discretionary. Invoking the Constitution is merely a rhetorical device. Far from guaranteeing rights, institutions have been reconfigured to forge a...

Venezuela and Azerbaijan sign agreement for tourism development
The agreement between the agencies Venetur, from the South American nation, and Absheron Travel, from Azerbaijan, includes mechanisms for interaction, coordination, and cooperation that make easy cultural exchange, as well as the issuance and...

Argentina squad for September 2025 World Cup qualifiers vs. Venezuela, Ecuador
Argentina boss Lionel Scaloni has named a sizable squad for the team's final two CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers of the 2026 cycle. Lionel Messi headlines the group set to take on Venezuela and Ecuador in the last two matches of the 18-game round...

Messi to lead revamped Argentina team for Venezuela and Ecuador qualifiers
Buenos Aires — Argentina’s national team unveiled a revamped 31-man squad on Monday, led by Lionel Messi, for the South American qualifiers against Venezuela and Ecuador for the 2026 World Cup. Alongside captain Messi, the squad features several...

Man United exile in international wilderness as he is left out of latest squad, with pressure mounting to find move away
By SPENCER MORGAN, SPORTS REPORTER Published: 14:45 EDT, 18 August 2025 | Updated: 14:45 EDT, 18 August 2025 A Manchester United outcast has been left out of his international squad once again as he continues to push for an Old Trafford exit. The...

Messi leads Argentina's revamped squad for Venezuela and Ecuador qualifiers
BUENOS AIRES :Argentina's national team unveiled a revamped 31-man squad on Monday, led by Lionel Messi, for the South American qualifiers against Venezuela and Ecuador for the 2026 World Cup. Alongside captain Messi, the squad features several...

Jose Manuel Lopez earns first Argentina callup for World Cup qualifiers
By Canadian Press on August 18, 2025. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Palmeiras striker Jose Manuel Lopez received his first Argentina callup on Monday for World Cup qualifiers against Venezuela and Ecuador. Led by 38-year-old captain Lionel Messi,...

Get That ‘Barbecue,’ US Offers $5 Million Bounty for Haitian Gang Leader
Haiti’s most powerful gang leader, Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier. VOA, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons The U.S. government has announced a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Jimmy Cherizier, the notorious...
Nigeria’s Venezuela Solidarity Campaign Labels U.S. $50Million Bounty On President Maduro ‘Violation Of International Law’
The Venezuela Solidarity Campaign in Nigeria has condemned the $50 million bounty placed by the United States government on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and leaders of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). The group in a statement...

Trinidad reports TT$35.8M loss following US revocation of Venezuelan gas licences
The Trinidad and Tobago NGL (TTNGL) has reported an after-tax loss of TT$35.8 million (US$5.7 million) following the United States government’s revocation of licences related to the exploration of gas fields in Venezuela. - Advertisement -...

White House Pushes Back on Media Reports of Moped Arrest in Washington, D.C.
By Gloria Ogbonna The White House has strongly refuted claims made by several media outlets regarding the recent arrest of a man riding a moped in Washington, D.C., saying that early reports mischaracterized the situation and failed to include...

How Scotland's biggest con man caused the first modern stock market crash
A Scottish adventurer, believed to have caused the first-ever modern stock market crash 200 years ago, created a fictitious country to attract investors. Gregor MacGregor, born in Stirling on Christmas Eve in 1785, was a soldier, explorer and con...

Understanding the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela
Last Monday, Venezuela filed a rejoinder with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela. The rejoinder is an additional response to Guyana’s reply to Venezuela’s submission to the ICJ....

White House calls out local media for portraying illegal immigrant as 'innocent'
Washington DC: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Sunday (local time) slammed a media report alleging that the US federal law enforcement agents had arrested an innocent 'moped driver' in Washington DC. Leavitt alleged that the media...

Will the US Blacklist Bar Political Leaders & Delegates from UN’s 80th Anniversary Summit?
Democracy, Editors' Choice, Featured, Global, Global Governance, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, TerraViva United Nations The preambular words of the UN Charter displayed at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York. Credit: UN...