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Nicaraguan Co-President Rosario Murillo and President Daniel Ortega at a military parade in September 2025

World

Fresh Nicaragua crackdown hints at behind-the-scenes power grab

A wave of arrests and the death of jailed opposition figures has signalled a new “era of repression” in Nicaragua, observers say, as powerful...

AFPSeptember 5, 2025

Venezuela has a ragtag collection of Russian fighter jets, Iranian drones, old French tanks and a German submarine, as well as an estimated 340,000-odd men and women in arms

World

In face of US ‘threat,’ how does Venezuela’s military stack up?

With an ill-disciplined military and an outdated arsenal, Venezuela would be at a serious disadvantage in the event of an American invasion, experts say....

AFPSeptember 4, 2025

The US is offering a reward of up to $50 million for the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro

World

US targets Venezuela over ‘Soles’ cartel. Does it exist?

Washington cited Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s alleged role in the “Cartel de los Soles” as it dispatched five warships and thousands of Marines toward...

AFPAugust 28, 2025

Thousands line up to join the civilian militia in Venezuela after President Nicolas Maduro warned of possible US invasion

World

Venezuela rallies militia volunteers in response to US ‘threat’

Civil servants, housewives and retirees alike lined up in Venezuela’s capital Caracas on Saturday as thousands volunteered to join the country’s militia in case...

AFPAugust 23, 2025

Accused drug trafficker Adolfo Macias (C), alias Fito, being guarded by Ecuador's Defense Minister Gian Carlo Loffredo (L) and Ecuador's Interior Minister John Reimberg after his recapture

World

Ecuador’s most-wanted gang leader ‘Fito’ captured

Ecuador’s president announced Wednesday that the country’s most-wanted fugitive, Los Choneros gang leader “Fito,” had been recaptured over a year after his escape from...

AFPJune 25, 2025

Retired Nicaraguan major Roberto Samcam was shot dead in exile in Costa Rica

World

Critic of Nicaragua’s Ortega shot dead in exile in Costa Rica

A retired Nicaraguan army officer in exile who fiercely criticized authoritarian President Daniel Ortega was shot dead Thursday in neighboring Costa Rica, his family...

AFPJune 19, 2025

A Venezuelan fregate with the message 'Essequibo is ours'

World

Guyana says soldiers attacked in disputed border region with Venezuela

Guyana said Thursday its soldiers had come under attack three times in 24 hours in a disputed oil-rich border region.

AFPMay 15, 2025

Thousands of government critics demonstrated in Panama City to protest a deal allowing the US military to deploy to bases around the Panama Canal, among other government policies

World

Thousands demonstrate in Panama over deal with US military

Thousands of students and workers demonstrated in Panama on Tuesday over a planned increase in the US military presence around the country’s vital interoceanic...

AFPMay 6, 2025