In Barack Obama’s first term in office his government attempted to find common ground with Brazil and other left-leaning governments in the region. Yet this attitude was tested in regards to events in Central America.
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Venezuelan Parliament president, Diosdado Cabello, said that President Nicolás Maduro is being “attacked everywhere” and he denounced the “American empire” for these alleged attacks against the Chavista government.
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Intelligentsia Coffee (GSI), an American company that buys special coffee worldwide, recently toured farms in Guatemala.
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A total of 29 people were arrested in 13 cities across the country in an operation to dismantle a sex trafficking ring involving Mexican and Central American women in illegal brothels, announced the Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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David Thorne, the special advisor to Secretary of State John Kerry, anticipated that President Obama will look to increase commercial relations on the island, even without proof of advances in human rights.
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Venezuela vows to sue the United States for “international illegality,” concerning President Obama’s executive order back in March that imposed sanctions on Venezuelan officials for violating human rights, and on the country by declaring it a threat to United States’ security.
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Judge Thomas Griesa’s decision increases the amount that the Argentina should disburse to fix the holdouts of 1700-8000 million dollars.
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Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López, rejected statements by the head of the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), Marine Corps General John Kelly, who said there is an economic and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, and that, if asked, the United States is ready to assist.
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The United States voted, virtually alone, against a U.N. resolution condemning its embargo on Cuba, even though President Barack Obama has called on Congress to lift the trade restrictions.
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In the period of rapprochement between the United States and Cuba, the only thing left in the way of better relations in all aspects of international collaboration, is the lifting of the blockade.
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