Man indicted by U.S. as top money launderer for Venezuela’s Maduro arrested on way to Iran

By World Tribune on June 14, 2020 Americas, Colombia, Exclusives, Iran, Rest of The Best, Top Stories, U.S. Intelligence, Venezuela

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty A Colombian businessman indicted by U.S. authorities as the chief money launder for Nicolas Maduro’s regime in Venezuela has been detained in the African island archipelago of Cape Verde. Alex Saab was detained on June 12 as his San Marino-registered jet made a refueling stop in […]

UN: Venezuela’s migrant exodus up to 3 million

By World Tribune on November 9, 2018 Americas, Colombia, Exclusives, Rest of The Best, Top Stories, Venezuela, World Links, World Tribune

by WorldTribune Staff, November 9, 2018 The number of residents who have fled the economic and humanitarian nightmare in socialist Venezuela has topped 3 million, the United Nations said on Nov. 8. The exodus amounts to around one in 12 of the nation’s population. William Spindler of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) appealed […]

Neighboring nations shore up their borders as Venezuelans flee socialist nightmare

By World Tribune on August 21, 2018 Americas, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Exclusives, Peru, Rest of The Best, Top Stories, Venezuela, World Links, World Tribune

by WorldTribune Staff, August 21, 2018 Brazil, Peru and Ecuador are taking new measures to curtail the flow of migrants fleeing to their borders from socialist Venezuela. The situation at Brazil’s border has become so chaotic that the Brazilian state of Roraima has asked the government to halt Venezuelan immigration completely, Reuters reported on Aug. 20. […]

Soros groups in Romania, Colombia reportedly got U.S. funding

By World Tribune on March 29, 2018 Africa / Europe, Americas, Colombia, Exclusives, Romania, Stateside, Top Stories, Washington, World Links, World Tribune

by WorldTribune Staff, March 28, 2018 A watchdog group has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit seeking records relating to U.S. government funds that were reportedly used by George Soros-backed groups to support left-wing political activities in Romania and Colombia. Judicial Watch filed the suit against the U.S. State Department and the U.S. […]

Who’s who: Vote tally on UN resolution slamming U.S. on Jerusalem

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Special to WorldTribune , December 21, 2017 Yes: 128 No: 9 Abstain: 35 Y AFGHANISTAN Y DOMINICA Y LITHUANIA SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Y ALBANIA A DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Y LUXEMBOURG Y SAUDI ARABIA Y ALGERIA Y ECUADOR Y MADAGASCAR Y SENEGAL Y ANDORRA Y EGYPT A MALAWI Y SERBIA Y ANGOLA EL SALVADOR Y MALAYSIA […]

‘Tsunami of cocaine’ entering U.S. due to production surge, lack of ‘operational capabilities’ to interdict

By World Tribune on November 22, 2017 Americas, Colombia, Ecuador, Exclusives, Stateside, Top Stories, U.S. Military, World Links, World Tribune

by WorldTribune Staff, November 22, 2017 Cocaine is flooding into the U.S. via container ships, fishing boats, special drug-running fast boats, aircraft, and submarines, the director of a counter drug unit based in Key West, Florida said. The United States lacks the “operational capabilities” to stop the massive amounts of cocaine that are being smuggled […]

Report: Latin American intel no match for terror groups planning attacks in U.S.

By World Tribune on January 10, 2017 Americas, BB Americas, Colombia, Exclusives, Mexico, Stateside, Terrorism, Top Stories, U.S. Intelligence, World Links, World Tribune

by WorldTribune Staff, January 10, 2017 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), Hizbullah and other terror organizations are operating freely in Latin America and have entered into a “marriage of convenience” with drug cartels to raise huge amounts of cash for terror attacks in the United States, Spain’s Defense Ministry reported. “Latin America represents […]

FARC accord rejected by Colombian public days after president was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

By World Tribune on October 14, 2016 Americas, BB Americas, Colombia, Top Stories

Special to WorldTribune.com By By Benjamin Lawler, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs How did Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón of Colombia so miscalculate popular Colombian voter sentiment regarding the peace process which he negotiated over years of effort with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)? The long-awaited Sept. 26, 2016, peace accord signing […]