By Chris White Nearly 50 animals have starved to death in Venezuelan zoos due in large part to food shortages ravaging the country. The Caricuao zoo in Caracas includes Vietnamese pigs, rabbits and birds. Many of the animals have not eaten in several weeks, according toMarlene Sifontes, a union leader for the state agency controlling…
If there is one thing Bernie Sanders is trying to avoid it’s comparisons between his brand of socialism and what is happening in Venezuela. Sanders has skirted the issue, even admitting he should know more about how socialism has worked in Latin America. But all that is lost now as Nicolas Maduro, the authoritarian leader…
By JP Carroll The embattled socialist government of Venezuela has sent out troops to fight anti-government protesters and justified it by claiming the U.S. could invade the country soon. Venezuela has been dealing with widespread protests since Wednesday, a response to Socialist President Nicolas Maduro’s rejection of 1.85 million signatures submitted by the conservative opposition to start the recall…
By JP Carroll President Rafael Correa of Ecuador will not be running for re-election as the leader of his oil rich OPEC member country which he has ledsince 2007 and is facing economic turmoil due to low global oil prices. The country’s National Electoral Council announced Feb. 19 that elections would be held a year from…
By JP Carroll As we’ve recently reported, Venezuela is in a world of hurt. Their socialist government can’t hold up under the weight of a bottoming out oil price, oil being their primary source of income. To make matters worse, news broke Wednesday that their currency is of such little value, they literally need to…
Steve Birr The Zika virus, which has prompted a global health scare, has spread to the nation’s capital with three confirmed cases. The Washington, D.C. Department of Health revealed Thursday afternoon that three residents are infected with the virus, including a pregnant woman. One of the individuals contracted the illness in 2015 while traveling in South America. The…