Latin America
Univision News's Latin America section
- article5 Min ReadMarch 22, 2019 03:41 PMUS official says cumulative sanctions have Venezuela in a "Darth Vader" style grip around the throat. The new sanctions come in response to the detention on Thursday of interim president Juan Guaido’s chief of staff, Roberto Marrero.
- article8 Min ReadMarch 02, 2019 07:47 PMAs hopes fade of a rapid regime change in Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro is facing the prospect of crushing, anaconda-like sanctions. But Venezuela has huge oil reserves and the world is still hungry for its crude.
Lee este artículo en español. - article5 Min ReadFebruary 28, 2019 12:31 PMHundreds of Venezuelan volunteers came to Colombia to support a humanitarian aid effort had no Plan B. After the border was closed many now find themselves stuck on the other side of the border.
- article3 Min ReadFebruary 26, 2019 06:14 PMRamos could tell immediately that Maduro "felt really uncomfortable, with me in the presidential palace calling him a dictator."
- article5 Min ReadFebruary 26, 2019 10:55 AMFor now, a military strategy to solve the Venezuelan crisis does not seem to be on the cards, although some radical voices in Washington, and many exasperated Venezuelans, support the idea. But it's a risky bet, many analysts say.
- article2 Min ReadFebruary 25, 2019 08:55 PMSix journalists from Univision News were detained while interviewing Nicolás Maduro at the Miraflores Palace in Venezuela and their equipment confiscated. They were later released but their equipmeent, including phones was not returned.
- article7 Min ReadFebruary 23, 2019 02:57 PMFor two decades the US was powerless to alter the course of Venezuela’s socialist rule. But, in recent weeks Trump has turned the screws on the Maduro regime. So, what changed? How a casual meeting at Trump Tower and a photo op at the White House, dovetailed with the evolving crisis inside Venezuela.
- article3 Min ReadFebruary 21, 2019 06:08 PMThe organizers of Friday's show hope to raise $100 million in TV and internet broadcasting rights for the humanitarian aid effort in Venezuela. Watch the live broadcast here.
- article1 Min ReadFebruary 15, 2019 09:59 AMJorge's latest Facebook Watch includes dramatic scenes from the exodus of Venezuelans crossing the border with Colombia.
- article5 Min ReadFebruary 13, 2019 07:55 AMAbrams is a skilled diplomat with a controversial history in Latin America, including the Iran-Contra affair and a questionable human rights record.