Caracas Archbishop Raúl Biord opened the jubilee year in Venezuela with a call for “respect for human and citizen rights.”

On Friday, Jan. 10, according to Venezuelan law, the new president of the republic who won the July 28, 2024, election for the 2025–2031 term must be sworn in. While the country’s National ...

Hundreds of Guatemalan faithful found the sounds and colors of their tropical homeland during the biggest-yet celebration of the Black Christ of Esquipulas in the heartland farming town of Worthington,

Venezuelans have been striking for more than five weeks to force Chavez to resign or call for early elections. A work stoppage led by the state oil company has paralyzed the oil industry and crippled Venezuela, the world's fifth largest oil exporter.

President Joe Biden notified Congress of his intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House announced, as part of a deal facilitated by the Catholic Church to free political prisoners on the island.

President Joe Biden notified Congress of his intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House announced, as part of a deal facilitated by the Catholic Church to free political prisoners on the island.

The inauguration of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has left his opponents grappling with conflicting feelings of hope and disappointment, pondering why the leftist leader could not be stopped despite credible evidence that he had lost the election last year.

President Joe Biden has informed congress of his intention to remove Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism as part of an effort to secure the release of Political prisoners through an agreement facilitated by the Catholic Church.

In addition to removing Cuba from the terror list, the White House will also issue the country a waiver from Title III of the 1996 Helms-Burton Act, which strengthened embargo provisions against Cuba. Title III of the law allows U.S. citizens to sue individuals allegedly trafficking in property expropriated by the country’s communist government.

An Americas expert says Biden's deal removing Cuba from the state sponsor of terrorism list may encourage more unjust detentions.

President Biden's last-minute executive order Tuesday to undo sanctions on Cuba and delist the socialist nation as a terrorism sponsor is outraging already dispirited Florida Democrats. Why it matters: Biden's order will be undone almost as soon as Donald Trump replaces him on Monday,

The tradition dates back to 1931 when it was officially established and stems from the Catholic Church's Council of ... Uruguay, and Venezuela. Suriname holds the festivity on May 13 and Bolivia ...