SOUTH AMERICA
Farida Adamu
Venezuela Opposition Warns Against Plan to dissolve Parliament
Venezuela’s pro-government Constituent Assembly held an unscheduled session on Monday, while the opposition warned that it was preparing to announce the dissolution of the National Assembly. About the Constituent Assembly The Constituent Assembly was created in 2017, in President Maduro’s bid to replace the National Assembly. The country’s parliament was stripped of its powers for […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Primary Election in Argentina Affects Currency
Argentina is scheduled to hold its general election on October 27, 2019. As a precursor, a primary election was held on August 11, 2019, and its result has had unwanted consequences for the country’s economy. Electoral System Argentina has a presidential system and a bicameral legislature collectively called the National Congress. Presidential terms are four […]
Farida Adamu
Puerto Rico Governor Quits
Ricardo Rosselló, the Governor of Puerto Rico, has announced that he will step down on the 2nd of August. His announcement follows mass protests against him and his administration after the release of encrypted messages between the governor and members of his administration, where they traded homophobic and sexists messages. Why is Rosselló Quitting? On […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
US To Give Aid Money To Venezuelan Opposition
According to reports, the US intends to divert $41.9 million, originally earmarked for development aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, to support the Venezuelan opposition leader by Juan Guaidó. Venezuela’s Foreign Minister, Jorge Arreaza, denounced this in a tweet, stating: ‘In its obsessive and continued aggression, the U.S. government redirects funds that were intended […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Puerto Rico Governor Asked To Resign
Thousands of protesters have flooded the streets of Puerto Rico to demand the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rosselló after the learning about damning messages shared between the Governor and his associates on the messaging app, Telegram. What Happened? The Puerto Rico Center for Investigative Journalism published 889 pages of conversations between the governor and his […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Members of the European Union Join America in Accepting Venezuela’s Guaido
Following the expiration of an ultimatum given to the Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, to call for a new election, several European countries have joined the United States in backing opposition leader, Juan Guaido, as the country’s interim president, in an attempt to help resolve the country’s political crisis. Increasing the number of states against Maduro, […]
Asari Ndem
Venezuela: President Maduro ignores calls for new elections
The streets of Caracas were flooded with thousands of protesters on Saturday as citizens of Venezuela came out en masse to support the opposition’s call for early elections and mount pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to step down. In an attempt to assuage protesters and dampen calls from the international community concerning this, The Telegraph […]