Section: Venezuela
Democrats: Trump’s Conduct Is Not America First, It’s Trump First
The Democratic lawmakers who are acting as “managers” – or prosecutors – in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate continued on Thursday to present their argument to try and show that the president has abused his office and that the only thing that has guided him in his relationship with Ukraine has been his...
More Politicians Than Survivors at Jerusalem Holocaust Memorial
Ukraine has given up its seats at a Holocaust memorial on Thursday after it emerged that there would be more politicians than survivors at the event. …read more Source:: Latin American Herald...
Trump Calls for Senate Trial to Be Halted, Says Supreme Court Can Stop It
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that his impeachment trial in the US Senate should not be allowed to go forward and that the Supreme Court can halt it, his comments on Twitter coming just days before the anticipated start of the trial on counts of abusing his office and obstructing Congress’s investigation of his withholding of...
Brazilian ‘Che Guevara’ of Donbass Freed in Ukraine Prisoner Swap
The first foreigner tried in Ukraine for fighting on behalf of pro-Russian rebels in the Donbass conflict was among those liberated in a prisoner swap between Kiev and the breakaway Luhansk republic. …read more Source:: Latin American Herald...
Putin, Zelensky Back Another Bilateral Prisoner Swap
The presidents of Russia and Ukraine have given their backing to another prisoner swap between the two countries. …read more Source:: Latin American Herald...
US Secretary of State to Visit Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sets off next Friday on a four-day tour that will take him to Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Cyprus, the US government announced this Monday. …read more Source:: Latin American Herald...
Republicans Try, Fail to Eliminate Abuse of Power Charge against Trump
The Republican minority on the House Judiciary Committee tried on Thursday – but failed – to eliminate the “abuse of power” accusation against President Donald Trump in the debate before the vote on the articles of impeachment against him for exerting improper pressure on Ukraine. …read more Source:: Latin American Herald...
Moscow, Kiev Pledge to Honor Ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine
Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky agreed on Monday to implement a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and carry out a second exchange of prisoners of war before the end of the year. …read more Source:: Latin American Herald...
White House Official Raised Legal Concerns about Ukraine Aid Freeze
A top White House budget official tasked with freezing security aid to Ukraine raised legal concerns about the hold before another official assumed responsibility for the funds, according to the transcript of his testimony to impeachment investigators released Tuesday. …read more Source:: Latin American Herald...
Trump Opposes Public Hearings during Impeachment Inquiry
US President Donald Trump said this Friday that there should be no public hearings during the House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry against him, and directed White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney not to appear before the committees investigating Trump’s phone call to Ukraine. …read more Source:: Latin American Herald...
