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Mar 22 2024
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Venezuela Approves Law to Create a State out of Most of Guyana
Venezuela’s socialist regime approved a law on Thursday to “formally” create a new state out of two-thirds of neighboring Guyana, annexing the historically contested Essequibo territory. The 39-article law, named “Organic Law for the Defense of Guayana Esequiba,” established the purported creation of a new state for Venezuela called Guayana Esequiba that will allegedly consist of the Essequibo
Breitbart NewsApr 11 2024
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Venezuela, Brazil, India fuel growth of Utah's foreign-born population; numbers from Mexico dip
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's foreign-born population jumped by 20.6% between 2012 and 2022, motored most notably by newcomers from South America and Asia. Venezuela contributed the largest number of new residents from any single country, 7,119, followed by Brazil, 4,681, and India, 3,956, according to population estimates released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau. Venezuela has seen an exodus of
KSLApr 08 2024
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Man killed along I-15 had come from Venezuela in search of 'a better life'
PROVO — Alberto Marcano had come from Venezuela to the United States, like many immigrants, seeking opportunity. "He wanted a better life," said his brother Jhonny Marcano. Tragically, he was killed last week while changing a flat tire along I-15 in the American Fork area, and now his family members are left mourning, remembering the good times. Alberto Marcano, 43, was working, saving money
KSLMar 25 2024
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Oposición en Venezuela denuncia que el sistema electoral no permitió registrar a su candidata
Lancaster OnlineMar 14 2024
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She was a lawyer in Venezuela. Now she helps other migrants in Denver apply for asylum.
Yali Reinoso, who was a criminal defense lawyer in her native Venezuela, got to Denver the way almost all migrants from South America have. She walked. For two months, she walked, crossing dangerous rivers that nearly swept her daughter away and trekking miles through the Darién Gap, a roadless and unforgiving jungle that connects Colombia and Panama. On a train through Mexico, Reinoso saw a
The Colorado SunDec 04 2023
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Venezuela: Vote Supports Claim on Region of Guyana
Venezuelan electoral authorities on Sunday claimed that 95% of voters in a nonbinding referendum approved of the nation's territorial claim on a huge chunk of neighboring oil-rich Guyana. President Nicolas Maduro hailed what he called "an overwhelming victory for the 'Yes' throughout Venezuela." "We have taken the first steps of a new historic stage in the struggle for what belongs to us, to
Newsmax (News)Dec 14 2023
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Venezuela, Guyana Leaders Meet To 'De-escalate' Tensions
The presidents of Venezuela and Guyana met Thursday in the Caribbean for talks that analysts said could "de-escalate" tensions but would do little to resolve their countries' long-standing -- and now reheating -- territorial dispute.
Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro and Guyana's Irfaan Ali shook hands after a two-hour meeting, however there was no immediate news on the outcome of talks about
International Business TimesMar 31 2020
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Venezuela
“Nicolás Maduro effectively converted Venezuela into a criminal enterprise at the service of drug traffickers and terrorist groups as he and his allies stole billions from the South American country, the Justice Department charged in several indictments made public [last] Thursday against the embattled socialist leader and his inner circle.” (AP News)
The left sees the indictments as a
The Flip SideDec 04 2023
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Venezuela voters approve claim to oil-rich swath of Guyana
Venezuelans voted to support their country’s claim to an oil-and-mineral-rich swath of neighbouring Guyana in a referendum on Sunday. The referendum, which Guyana has described as a pretext for “annexation”, marks a new phase in a dispute over the Essequibo region that has escalated since ExxonMobil found oil in the Stabroek block off its coast in 2015. “We have to give a standing ovation to
Financial Times