Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks during a press conference after an extraordinary meeting of EU Summit at The European Council Building in Brussels on Feb 10, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) ROME — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her coalition allies secured emphatic election wins in the two wealthiest regions of the country on […]
Motorcyclists drive past banners of the Republican Bloc party in Abomey Calavi, Benin on Jan 6, 2023. (YANICK FOLLY / AFP) COTONOU – Voters in Benin go to the polls on Sunday for a parliamentary election seen as a test of democracy as opposition parties are back on the ballot after boycotting or being excluded […]
People raise a new Venezuelan flag on the dome of the Federal Legislative Palace before a session for the installation of the National Parliament for the legislative period 2023-2024 at the Federal Legislative Palace in Caracas, on Jan 5, 2023. (FEDERICO PARRA / AFP) CARACAS — Venezuela's splintered opposition, which appointed new leadership this week, […]
Panoramic view of the city of Caracas, on Sept 12, 2022. (YURI CORTEZ / AFP) MADRID – The Spanish government has appointed a new ambassador to Venezuela, signalling a thaw in relations that comes two years after Madrid vacated the post to protest over what it said was the absence of free elections in the […]
Jorge Rodriguez, head of Venezuela's National Assembly, attends a session to create a work team to the request of the Senate of Colombia to restore trade relations between both countries in Caracas, Venezuela, Oct 21, 2021. (LEONARDO FERNANDEZ VILORIA / REUTERS) CARACAS – Venezuela's National Assembly, or Congress, on Thursday approved a second partial agreement […]
Jorge Rodriguez, President of Venezuela's National Assembly and Head of Nicolas Maduro's negotiating team, along with Nicolas Maduro Guerra, son of Venezuela's President, and members of Venezuela's government, talks to the media, in Mexico City, Mexico November 26, 2022. (HENRY ROMERO / REUTERS) CARACAS — Venezuela's socialist President Nicolas Maduro will enter upcoming talks with […]
A woman casts her vote in the popular neighborhood of Yoff in Dakar on July 31, 2022. (JOHN WESSELS / AFP) DAKAR – Senegal's ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar (BBY) coalition has lost its comfortable majority in parliament, securing just two seats more than two allied opposition coalitions in a legislative election at the weekend, the […]