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Tarek El Aissami. (Getty Images)


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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro shook hands with new Vice President Tarek El-Aissami, right, at a meeting with ministers in Caracas. Reuters


Additional Powers to Venezuela’s Vice President

Additional Powers to Venezuela’s Vice President

Mexico City- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro granted his new Vice President Tareck El Aissami new and broad powers through presidential decrees, only a few weeks after he was assigned his post. These powers, according to observers, could boost Aissami’s political...
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100 Hezbollah Sleeper Cells in Latin America

100 Hezbollah Sleeper Cells in Latin America

Latin American media reports confirmed that there are more than 100 sleeper cells affiliated to the Lebanese Hezbollah in Latin America and that they are spreading in the Triple Frontier; the tri-border between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay and in other areas on the...
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A woman cooks a barbecue on the beach in La Guaira, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)


Venezuela slums shun protests for community work

Venezuela slums shun protests for community work

Caracas, Reuters—Opposition activists in the slums of eastern Caracas hope to unseat President Nicolas Maduro, but not by blocking streets or burning tires. They plan to build parks and fix roads to show that the opposition can do more for poor neighborhoods than the...
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An opposition activists shows a sign reading “Cuban mercenaries out of the National Guard” during a protest in front of the OAS headquarters building in Caracas on March 3, 2014. The latest wave of protests, which erupted on February 4 and up to now has left at least 18 people killed and 250 injured, has grown into the biggest threat to President Nicolas Maduro since he succeeded socialist icon Hugo Chavez last year. AFP PHOTO/JUAN BARRETO