Section: Latin American Herald Tribune (Venezuela)
Putin Condemns “Civil War” in Ukraine Despite Minsk Agreements
Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned on Wednesday ongoing clashes between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country and said the situation in Ukraine has evolved into a “civil war.” …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
EC New Chief Plans to Pay First Foreign Visit to Kiev
The newly inaugurated president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker said on Wednesday that he intends to make Ukraine the destination of his first official trip outside the European Union. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Poroshenko Reaffirms Ukraine Adherence to Minsk Agreements
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko reaffirmed on Wednesday his government’s support for the Minsk agreements aimed at peacefully settling the conflict with pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Ukraine Mulls Abolishing Breakaway Regions’ Special Status
Ukraine’s Security and Defense Council is to debate scrapping a law that would have granted special status to eastern regions controlled by pro-Russian separatists, as a response to the elections held in those breakaway regions this past weekend. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Ban Considers Ukraine’s Separatist’ Elections “Unfortunate”
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday described the elections held by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine this past weekend as an “unfortunate and counterproductive development.” …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Zakharchenko Sworn In as Head of Self-Proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic
Pro-Russian rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko was sworn in Tuesday as head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine, after winning Sunday’s elections declared illegal by Kiev, the Ukrainian media reported. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Beatrice Rangel: Across Latin America, the Populist Beat Goes On
Sunday, October 26, was election day for more than one emblematical country in the world: Tunisia, the Arab Spring trigger held parliamentary elections. Ukraine, the Western party popper and halter of the European dream to extend the shores of the Old Continent into Eurasia also held parliamentary elections, while South America’s...
Russia Respects Results of Separatist Vote in Eastern Ukraine
Russia said on Monday that it respected the results of the elections held the day before by pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Two Soldiers Killed by Car Bomb in Eastern Ukraine
Two Ukrainian soldiers died on Sunday when a car bomb exploded at a checkpoint near the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, the National Security and Defense Council reported. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Russian Humanitarian Aid Reaches Eastern Ukraine
A Russian convoy with humanitarian aid Friday reached the troubled eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Lugansk, under control of pro-Russian separatists, Russian news agencies reported. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
