Latin America

Venezuela detains US servicemember over alleged plot to destabilize country

Venezuelan who challenged Maduro for presidency, likely won race flees for asylum in Spain

González is widely believed to have won the race but fled to Spain after the Venezuelan government issued an arrest warrant

Venezuela President Maduro's plane seized by US in Dominican Republic

There were various government agencies that were involved in seizing the plane.

Brazil bans X, spawning outrage

A Brazil judge ordered the social media platform blocked until the company complies with court orders and pays fines

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Anti-immigration Panama repatriates illegal immigrants to South America, U.S. funds flights

The U.S. coordinated the flights with Panama, whose newly elected president, sworn in several weeks ago, is a well-known anti-immigration crusader

Venezuelan pleads guilty to violating sanctions by funneling aircraft parts to Maduro regime

'This defendant admitted to participating in an illicit scheme to procure millions in aviation equipment'

Panama offers Maduro temporary asylum amid Venezuelan election crisis

Panama's proposal would allow Maduro to use the country as a transit point to leave Venezuela for a third country and ensure a peaceful transition of power

Venezuela's Maduro blocks access to X in wake of disputed election

Maduro, for his part, scolded Musk when issuing the ban, insisting he had repeatedly violated the platform's own terms of service.

Resolution demanding results in disputed Venezuela election fails to advance as 11 countries abstain

OAS President Ronald Sanders said that the vote came down to one sentence in the resolution, and that the rest had consensus. However, it is not clear what sentence in the resolution posed the problem or why.