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According to the preliminary versions reported by the police, a man approached the gates of the Police Cadet School, registered under the name of José Aldemar Rojas Rodríguez and when one of the bomb-sniffing dogs alerted officers to something suspicious, Rojas accelerated between 200 and 300 meters inside the school grounds, and crashed into a…

The presidents of Argentina and Brazil recently sat down for a bilateral meeting with an expansive agenda. With Jair Bolsonaro playing host, they issued stern words regarding Nicolás Maduro, whom they called a "dictator," signed a new treaty to expedite extraditions, and promised to meet again soon in Buenos Aires. Mauricio Macri thanked him for…

With the rising influence of socialism in the Democratic Party, and the real power and influence of groups like the Democratic Socialists of America, it's hardly outlandish to suggest that the ideology is playing an increasingly important role on the national stage. Bernie Sanders, who won 43% of the vote in the 2016 Democratic Party primary, has…

In politics, the symbolism of power is as important as its exercise, not only for pretending to have control, but for actually having it. January has ushered in an era of turbulence in Venezuela politics that was completely expected, but with a very important symbolic burden that, if not taken advantage of in time, will end in enormous frustration,…

Former president of Peru Ollanta Humala and his wife, Nadine Heredia, could face a 20-year prison sentence for money laundering; this, after the Peruvian government contends that both the Venezuelan government and the construction giant Odebrecht financed their two campaigns.