Law Enforcement
200+ people dead after rooftop collapses at Dominican Republic nightclub
The country's Emergency Center Operations announced Thursday that no one had been pulled out of the rubble alive since Tuesday.
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro says Venezuelans "no longer want" Chavismo in power
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said this Tuesday that the Venezuelan people “no longer want the Chavismo regime in power, suggesting that it is time for dictator Nicolás Maduro to relinquish power in the wake of the July 28 presidential elections.
Crime
Colombian teen escapes bus driver 12 years after he allegedly kidnapped and changed her identity
Prosecutors maintain that Carlos Grisales kidnapped the girl when she was 7 years old, in 2012, and took her to a house located in the center of the city of Medellín
Human Rights
ICC prosecutor demands Maduro regime guarantee rights of imprisoned civilians, release minors
Karim Khan emphasized the lack of “concrete implementation of laws and practices” that protect the rights of civilians and warned that prosecutorial investigations “are still ongoing and active”
Crime
Nicolás Maduro's regime besieges home of María Corina Machado's mother in Caracas
Two patrols of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin) parked in front of the residence of the opposition leader’s mother, Corina Parisca Machado, on two occasions
Politics
Peru will not recognize Nicolás Maduro as Venezuela's "democratically elected president"
Ecuador has formally recognized Edmundo González as the elected president of Venezuela
Politics
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro indicted for allegedly attempting coup after 2022 election
The Brazilian police said the charges against the former president were part of a criminal conspiracy designed to keep the former general in office after he narrowly lost the election to leftist President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva
Politics
Nicaraguan dictator reforms constitution to appoint wife as co-president and usurp power of local governments
Ortega, 79, has asked to reform the Constitution on 12 occasions since 2007, including a reform that allows him to be re-elected indefinitely
Politics
U.S. refers to opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as Venezuela’s "president-elect"
The Biden Administration recognized González Urrutia as the winner of the elections on Aug. 1, but until now had avoided declaring him "elected president" of the nation
Human Rights
Inter-American Court condemns Nicaragua for "damage to communities" after commissioning China to build interoceanic canal project
The Inter-American Court said that the regime “injured the rights of the communities concerned over their territory” by not taking them into account when planning to build an interoceanic canal “without a prior, free and informed consultation process.”
Climate
Alert: New storm system brewing in Caribbean could become hurricane heading toward Cuba, Florida
Meteorologists give an 80% chance that the low pressure system will become a hurricane in the coming days
