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Bogota CNN  —  A growing number of US citizens are being detained in Venezuela – and though exactly how many is unknown, the detentions could give authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro leverage in frosty relations with Washington. Since 2019, the US and dozens of other countries around the world have said …

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Tuesday it would slightly loosen the crippling economic sanctions against Venezuela’s government to help restart stagnant talks between President Nicolás Maduro and opposition leaders aimed at easing the country’s political and humanitarian crisis. Senior U.S. officials said resumption of the negotiations were expected to …

Children and adolescents in a Yanomami community in Parima, on the southern border with Brazil, the area where four indigenous people were shot dead and others injured when they confronted military troops last March. CREDIT: Wataniba by Humberto Marquez (caracas) Thursday, May 12, 2022 Inter Press Service CARACAS, May 12 (IPS) …