End of preview - This article contains approximately 659 words.
Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article
Not a Subscriber?
Choose from one of the following options
Back
Weekly Report - 24 October 2024 (WR-24-42)
VENEZUELA: Former oil minister arrested in new power play
Another round of palace intrigue has adjusted the balance of power in President Nicolás Maduro’s government. Two months after a sweeping cabinet reshuffle that saw Maduro reward his closest allies following the disputed 28 July presidential election, a second purge saw the industry & production minister, Colonel Pedro Tellechea, arrested on 21 October and accused of working for the US government. Tellechea, who until the August reshuffle had enjoyed sweeping control over the oil sector, was replaced by Alex Saab – one of Maduro’s closest confidants who led efforts to circumvent international sanctions and who spent two years in a US prison before being released as part of a prisoner swap in December 2023.
- Chile’s security czar resigns on eve of elections
- VENEZUELA: Former oil minister arrested in new power play
- PERU: Ex-president Toledo gets 20 years for Odebrecht bribe
- BOLIVIA: Opposition attempts to capitalise on MAS turmoil
- ARGENTINA: Fernández enters Peronist presidential contest
- BRAZIL: Porto Alegre mayor expected to win re-election
- BRAZIL: UK court hears case on Brazil’s worst mining disaster
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: García Luna sentenced
- MEXICO: Chiapas priest killing draws outrage
- CUBA: No power for the Communist Party?
- REGION: Haiti-Dominican Republic tensions rising
- PANAMA: Blacklist removal tops Mulino’s agenda in France
- EL SALVADOR: Freedom for Santa Marta five
- Uruguay’s elections point towards Orsi-Delgado face-off
- Quotes of the week