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The incredible shrinking summit
It could have been like getting back together with an old flame — but then Moscow ruined the date. The EU-Latin America summit, the first in eight years, was meant to symbolize a revived relationship....
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Why Latin America still won’t condemn Putin’s war in Ukraine
The ghosts of colonial history returned to haunt European and Latin American leaders at their summit in Brussels. For the guests, four hundred years of European colonial rule, economic exploitation...
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Why Western democracy faces a nightmare made online
In 2024 — for the first time ever — the U.S., the U.K. and the EU will hold major elections in the same calendar year. Dozens of other countries, including India and potentially Ukraine, are also...
View ArticleUAE plotted to use COP28 to push for oil and gas deals, leaked notes show
The world’s top climate summit has become embroiled in a hypocrisy scandal, days before the start of key talks. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) schemed to use its position as host country of the...
View ArticleVenezuela’s Maduro blasts ‘provocation’ as UK sends warship to Guyana
LONDON — Venezuela lashed out at “an act of hostile provocation” after the United Kingdom deployed a navy patrol ship to Guyana amid a simmering border dispute. The U.K. announced this week that its...
View ArticleBoris Johnson flew to Venezuela to hold secret talks with Maduro
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson flew to Venezuela last month to meet with the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, in unofficial talks. During the meeting, first reported by the Sunday...
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EU election needs to bring out the best of Europe — not the worst
David Miliband is the president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee. Any political consultant will tell you that all politics is local. However, this year’s European election will test that...
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EU top diplomat is ‘racist’ and a ‘warmonger,’ Venezuela’s Maduro says
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday called Europe’s top diplomat Josep Borrell “a racist” in a blistering attack against Europe’s view of South America. “Europe’s colonialist vision of...
View Article‘Evasive’ Boris Johnson broke lobbying rules in Venezuela trip
LONDON — Boris Johnson failed to answer questions about his relationship with a hedge fund that helped organize a trip to meet Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Britain’s revolving door watchdog...
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Poland’s Tusk guns for former oil company chief
WARSAW — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk opened fire Monday against the former CEO of state oil company PKN-Orlen, accusing him of losing 1.6 billion złoty (€370 million) in a botched energy deal...
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Fortress Hungary has a surprising answer to its population crisis: Migration
Photo-illustration by Mark Harris for POLITICO Fortress Hungary has a surprising answer to its population crisis: Migration Quietly and without much fanfare, Viktor Orbán’s government is allowing more...
View ArticleTrump returns to the stage. And stays and stays and stays
MILWAUKEE — When Donald Trump emerged on stage with a bandaged ear he somberly — and emotionally — recounted how he survived an assassination attempt. And then, he veered straight back into MAGA mode....
View ArticleHere are the world leaders Kamala Harris has on speed dial
President Joe Biden had the benefit of decadeslong personal relationships with world leaders as he sought to restore U.S. credibility on the global stage. Vice President Kamala Harris, if elected...
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Blinken says US has ‘serious concerns’ about declared result of Venezuelan...
FLORIANÓPOLIS, Brazil — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States has “serious concerns” about the veracity of an announcement by Venezuela’s election authority that President...
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EU diplomats, skeptical of Maduro’s election victory, to meet Tuesday
European diplomats will on Tuesday discuss President Nicolás Maduro’s self-proclaimed victory in Venezuela’s presidential election as leaders around the world decline to recognize his reelection....
View ArticleHungary blocks EU bid for unified statement on Venezuela election
The EU failed to put on a united front on Venezuela’s contested election after Hungary vetoed a statement that expressed concern about alleged “flaws and irregularities” in the voting and called for...
View Article7 EU countries press Venezuela to release voting records of contested election
PARIS — The leaders of seven EU countries on Sunday exhorted Venezuelan authorities to publish detailed voting results of last Sunday’s presidential election whose declared results granting incumbent...
View ArticleEU says it does not recognize Venezuela’s election result
BRUSSELS — The European Union said late Sunday that it does not recognize the proclaimed result of Venezuela’s election as the government in Caracas has failed to release the supporting voting records...
View ArticleAs Trump fumes, Republicans wince at ‘public nervous breakdown’
Donald Trump spent Monday morning labeling the turmoil in the global financial markets the “Kamala Crash,” giving Republicans hope that he might turn his focus to an economic message. It didn’t last....
View ArticleSmart Clinics: Bringing healthcare to where it’s needed most
We took on the challenge of bringing a care unit to Colombia to better serve the population.Francisco Vélez, Managing Director of Siemens Healthineers Colombia Faced with an ailing healthcare system...
View ArticleBiden joins calls for new elections in Venezuela
President Joe Biden joined the leaders of Brazil and Colombia on Thursday in calling for new elections in Venezuela, following an election both the U.S. and others have said appeared to have been...
View ArticleAnne Applebaum on dictators big and small
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music In this episode of EU Confidential, we speak to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anne Applebaum. Her latest book, “Autocracy Inc.,” explores how...
View ArticleMaduro’s gift to Putin: 2 mercenaries who fought for Ukraine extradited to...
Russia’s security service on Friday said it had detained two Colombian citizens for fighting on Ukraine’s side, in the first such case made public since the beginning of the Kremlin’s full-scale...
View ArticleHow Republicans and Democrats paint starkly different pictures of America
Democrats and Republicans aren’t just presenting starkly different visions for the country’s future — they offer wildly different depictions of what America looks like today. Republicans paint a...
View ArticleVenezuela opposition leader flees to Spain
The man considered by many the real winner of the recent election in Venezuela has fled the country and been granted asylum in Spain. Spain’s foreign ministry announced on Sunday that opposition...
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Guns, migrants, oil: Is it possible to oust Venezuela’s regime?
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — The spectrum of people gathered in a small, sparsely decorated building in this booming South American capital helps tell the story of the escalating crisis in the country next...
View ArticleVenezuela arrests US, EU citizens over alleged plot to kill Maduro
Venezuela on Saturday arrested three United States citizens, two Spaniards and a Czech national over their alleged participation in a U.S.-sponsored plot to kill President Nicolás Maduro and several...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament recognizes Venezuela’s exiled candidate as real president
The European Parliament on Thursday recognized Venezuela’s exiled presidential candidate Edmundo González as the country’s legitimate and democratically elected president. The joint resolution was...
View ArticleThe EU far right wants to give Elon Musk a free speech award
Controversial tech mogul Elon Musk got the backing of Europe’s far-right lawmakers for a European Union award on freedom of thought on Thursday. The owner of X and self-proclaimed “free speech...
View ArticleVenezuela’s opposition wins top EU human rights award
The European Parliament on Thursday awarded the Sakharov Prize to Venezuela’s opposition leaders. Democratic leader María Corina Machado and exiled presidential candidate Edmundo González won the top...
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Far-right ‘Venezuela majority’ signals new power balance in European Parliament
BRUSSELS — It’s being called the “Venezuela majority.” A loose alignment of political factions on the right to far right of the spectrum is controversially winning votes in the European Parliament,...
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