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A spy memo implicates Trump on the relationship with Venezuela
The FBI, The Times and American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU) have criticised the US for deporting 137 Venezuela citizens without giving them a proper due process. The Trump administration invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport the citizens without giving them a proper due process. “Some in the media remain Intent on twisting and…
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In Texas borderland, Trump has had his immigration push suffer its worst legal defeat yet
A US judge said that President Donald Trump cannot unilaterally declare an ‘invasion’ of the country and invoke wartime authority during peacetime. Judge Sergio Rodriguez’s comments came after the Supreme Court blocked the deportation of Venezuelans held at a detention facility in Texas. Rodriguez said there was no reference to a threat of an armed…
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Venezuela says it will resume accepting flights from the U.S
The US has agreed to resume the deportation flights to Venezuela following President Donald Trump’s order to halt the deportations, a government official said. The move comes a day after the Trump administration said it would end the DACA programme that allowed hundreds of thousands of people in the US lawfully and work for up…
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There are 4 things that you need to know about the Judge
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday tweeted that he has called for the impeachment of a federal judge over his recent order to stop the deportation of 238 migrants from Venezuela. Trump added, “I would like to see the judge impeached!” Boasberg had earlier ruled against Trump’s efforts to deport migrants from Venezuela who had…
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Who is the Judge who wants to put President Trump in jail for deportations?
A judge in Washington DC has ordered the US Justice Department to give a sworn declaration by noon on Tuesday about how planeloads of alleged members of Tren de Aragua gang were deported. Three planes carrying people from Venezuela to El Salvador were sent by the Trump administration despite his order to stop the deportations.…
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The election results could end one-party rule in Venezuela
Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro, who is contesting the presidential elections against opposition candidate Leopoldo Lopez, said that he was “humbled and proud” that the people have “expressed their will”. “There are no winners, there are no losers…We’re going to work to make this election a victory for all Venezuelans,” he further said. Venezuela’s opposition had…
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Why America should not give up on Venezuela
Venezuela’s opposition has said that the upcoming presidential elections will be the “most undemocratic election since Venezuela became a democracy in 1958”. Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro is running for re-election in the July 28 polls amid the country’s economic crisis, which has led to the deaths of over 3,000 people so far. The opposition had…
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The final legal battle is about avoiding being extradited to the U.S
A UK court on Wednesday refused a US extradition request to send WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange back to Venezuela, saying it would be in the “interest of the public” to send him back. Assange is accused of helping US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning steal diplomatic cables and military files that WikiLeaks later published, putting…
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The DOJ charges 5 Russian and 2 US people with scheming to violate sanctions
The US has charged a group of Russians and Venezuela’s oil brokers with setting up shell companies to illegally send US military technology to Russia and millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil to Chinese buyers, avoiding US sanctions. Five Russian nationals and two oil brokers for Venezuela are accused of setting up networks of shell…
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Hundreds of political prisoners are sent to the US by Nicaragua
The US has said the announcement of the release of Americans from Iran and Venezuela at the same time was coincidental. This comes after Iran released an Iranian-American businessman Siamak Namazi and the US released seven Americans from Venezuela. In Nicaragua, the government released more than 200 political prisoners, many of which arrived in the…
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Many people end up in El Paso after a long journey.
Thousands of migrants have arrived in the US city of El Paso in the past week after fleeing Venezuela. Over 2,500 people have arrived each day in the past week, city officials said, warning that the number is expected to double after the federal policy was lifted. The shelters serve as a point of convergence…