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On today's podcast... Venezuela Venezuela's Acting President, Delcy Rodríguez, toured the facilities of the Maiquetía International Airport, the country's main airport located on the outskirts of Caracas, to oversee the recovery work following the damage caused by the June 24th earthquakes.  During the inspection, the Acting President announced the activation of a comprehensive plan...

On today's podcast... Venezuela Venezuela's Acting President, Delcy Rodríguez, announced the creation of a specialized military unit dedicated to responding to emergencies and natural disasters.  The announcement was made during the ceremonies marking the 215th anniversary of Venezuela's independence.  The officers assigned to the new unit will be deployed to temporary shelters, dam...

On today's podcast Colombia - elections In Colombia, the president of the National Electoral Council confirmed that a vote-by-vote recount of the ballots cast by Colombians residing abroad in the second round of the presidential elections will not be carried out.  The electoral authority reported that the vote count will continue to be based on the official records submitted by consulates dur...

On today's podcast Colombia In Colombia, candidate Ivan Cepeda announced the challenge of 33,000 polling stations across the country and moved the presidential decision of the second round to the official vote count.  Cepeda framed the decision by pointing to the narrowest margin recorded in any run-off election in Colombian electoral history, making it clear that once the official count and...

On today's podcast. Ecuador In Ecuador, president Novoa extended the state of emergency for sixty days in 10 of the country's 24 provinces as well as three other localities, arguing that a serious internal disturbance persists due to acts of violence recorded throughout the nation. With this decree, Ecuador accumulates nearly nine hundred days under some form of emergency regime since th...

On today's podcast. Ecuador In Ecuador, president Novoa extended the state of emergency for sixty days in 10 of the country's 24 provinces as well as three other localities, arguing that a serious internal disturbance persists due to acts of violence recorded throughout the nation. With this decree, Ecuador accumulates nearly nine hundred days under some form of emergency regime since th...

On today's podcast. Colombia In Colombia, left wing candidate Iván Cepeda filed a criminal complaint against his rival, the far right politician Abelardo de la Espreja, accusing him of participating in the improper use of more than $46,000,000 from the national health care system, with only days remaining before the second round of the presidential election on Sunday. Meanwhile, voting by Col...

On today's podcast.  Iran-United States The announcement of a peace agreement between Iran and The United States marks a turning point in the stability of the Middle East. It will open the Strait Of Hormuz, immediately lift The US naval blockade, and bring an immediate end to the war on several fronts, including Lebanon. The official signing of the memorandum of understanding between Tehran a...

On today's podcast... FIFA World Cup The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, attends the inauguration of the Soccer World Cup in the capital's Zocalo. Together with the United States and Canada, Mexico will host the World Cup, the largest tournament in football history. In this edition, a record number of 48 national teams will participate and compete in 104 matches.  Middle East The...

On today's podcast... Peru In Peru, left-wing candidate Roberto Sánchez leads right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori by more than 42,000 votes as the vote count continues.  With only 4% of the votes left to be counted, the expected trend is that they will favor Sánchez since the incoming counted ballots come from rural areas and Sánchez has more support than Fujimori in Peru's remote interi...

On today's podcast Cuba - United States Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel condemned Washington's new threats against the country, as well as the expansion of economic sanctions against Cuban officials and their family members.  Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla stated that the new measures are part of a U.S. interventionist plan and constitute a threat to Cuba's independence...

On today's podcast Venezuela - India Venezuela's Acting President, Delcy Rodriguez, continues the second day of her visit to India with an agenda focused on the oil sector.  The visit includes meetings with senior Indian government officials aimed at expanding economic relations in order to attract new investments and trade exchanges in strategic sectors. Russia President Vladimir Putin...

On today's podcast Colombia - United States Colombian President Gustavo Petro responded harshly to Donald Trump's endorsement of far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella ahead of the runoff election, describing it as foreign interference.  Petro said, "when one country intervenes in the decision of another, freedom dies". He also called on Colombians to vote freely, without...

On today's podcast Colombia - election Colombia will head to a runoff of presidential elections on June the 21st between progressive candidate Ivan Cepeda and far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella .  Cepeda denounced serious irregularities, 880,000 additional identification records in the system compared to the official voter registry and suggested foreign interference.  Meanwhile, Pre...

On today's podcast. Colombia Amid two polarized visions of the country, Colombia heads this Sunday to presidential elections in which 41,000,000 citizens are being called to the polls. On one side, the progressive movement represented by candidate Iván Cepeda, the favorite in the polls, hopes to secure victory and continue the project of president Gustavo Petro. On the other, the right wing h...

On today's podcast Bolivia In Bolivia, roadblocks have more than doubled in recent days, rising from 62 to a 150, according to the national police, as discontent grows with the right wing neoliberal government of president Rodrigo Paz and calls for his resignation continue. Meanwhile, in the tropical region of Cochabamba, a power outage was reported during a failed attempt to kidnap former pr...

On today's podcast. Colombia Colombian citizens living in New Zealand have already begun early voting on Monday in this Sunday's presidential elections. They are part of the 1,400,000 Colombians eligible to vote abroad. Meanwhile, in Colombia, Carlos Aixedo, the former governor of the De Magdalena Department, withdrew his presidential candidacy and joined the campaign of leftist Iván Cep...

On today's podcast.  Colombia Colombia is entering the final stretch toward the presidential elections just five days before this Sunday's vote. The Colombian electorate is preparing to decide between deepening the path of structural transformations initiated by president Gustavo Petro by voting for the candidate leading the polls, leftist Iván Cepeda, or returning to the neoliberal poli...

On today's podcast... Colombia Invamer, Colombia's leading polling firm, published this Thursday its final survey before the first round of the presidential elections on May the 31st.  The poll shows leftist Iván Cepeda leading voter in tension with 44%, 13 points ahead of his closest rival, the far-right candidate Abelardo de la Ebrilla, and 30 points ahead of Paloma Valencia, Uribe&apo...

On today's podcast... Cuba In Cuba, Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío denounced what he called a U.S. smear campaign against former President Raúl Castro.  The Deputy Foreign Minister stated that the accusations presented by the U.S. Department of Justice lack both legal and moral foundation and are being used as a political pretext for a possible military intervention. Bolivia...

On today's podcast... Colombia In Colombia, Iván Zepeda, the presidential candidate considered the political successor of President Gustavo Petro, reiterated accusations regarding the presence of armed groups in Colombian territories, seeking to influence citizens' votes less than two weeks before the presidential elections.  Zepeda, who is leading the polls, stated that those responsibl...

On today's podcast... China-Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin, ahead of his Wednesday visit with his counterpart Xi Jinping, released a video message to the Chinese people in which he emphasized that cooperation between Moscow and Beijing is not directed against any third country, but instead, he said, seeks to contribute to global stability and prosperity.  During the two-day meeting,...

On today's podcast... Bolivia In Bolivia, after two weeks of protests, rejection of the government of right-wing neoliberal President Rodrigo Paz is increasing as social organizations reject an agreement and announce new mobilizations.  This comes after the President hardened his rhetoric and threatened to send to prison those who, in his words, want to destroy democracy. Cuba Cuba has announ...

On today's podcast Colombia In Colombia, presidential candidate Ivan Cepeda, the favorite in the polls ahead of the presidential elections in two weeks, denounced pressure from armed groups seeking to influence the election results. The political successor of president Gustavo Petro stated that he will present this information to the authorities so that those responsible are investigated and...

On today's podcast China - United States At the summit in Beijing between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, the Chinese president stated that Taiwan is the most important issue in the relations between Beijing and Washington.  The Chinese president emphasized that if this issue is not handled properly, friction and even conflict could arise between the two countries. Mexico In Mexico, President Cl...