Rory Carrol, journalist for The Guardian, below covers the story of Eligio Cedeño’s release and the subsequent jailing of the judge who issued the order, the latest chapter in an intriguing case of corrupt leaders using corruption itself as a scapegoat for stifling political will. International attorney Robert Amsterdam is interviewed below on the arrest and [...]
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Venezuela has put up an illegal trade embargo that is becoming a “Berlin Wall,” cutting off the South American neighbors.
Uribe, in Portugal to attend a Heads of State Ibero-american Summit , criticized Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for not attending the meeting and spoke out against Venezuela’s suspension of trade with Colombia.
“People [...]
It seems Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is at it again.
Chavez has claimed he has seized the landmark Hilton hotel on Margarita Island because its owners dared to impose conditions on its use by his government to host a summit there last month.
“To hold the conference we had to ask for permission… and the owners tried [...]
It is hard to envisage what role Venezuela’s president, Hugo Chávez, has in mind for the dozens of Russian tanks on his latest military shopping list. The strategic purpose of a recent tour that took him to some of the world’s least salubrious regimes is, however, easier to discern. And it has led America’s State [...]
Unbeknownst to many, Igor Sechin allegedly worked with the famous arms dealer Viktor Bout back in Mozambique in the 1980s? As you probably already know and as RobertAmsterdam.com has documented, we have been monitoring orders for more Russian tanks from Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez while at the same time more and more FARC links to Caracas are surfacing.
It’s [...]
All enlightened governments should consider Venezuela a “no-go” zone. This is because the country, under Hugo Chavez, has descended into a kleptocracy. Industries, like coffee and rice, have just been nationalized and confiscations without compensation are underway.
Two Canadian mining companies are victims, as are Venezuelan business interests, and there are gross human rights abuses, says [...]
By CFP Founder Robert Amsterdam
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: “Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is above reproach for his authoritarianism because he is a model democrat, having won many majority elections.” Perhaps more commonly, you have heard this one: “We cannot dare to speak about human rights violations in Venezuela when Washington has [...]
Coke Zero has been a successful venture for Coca Cola around the world– but the drink’s name has turned out to be a prediction of its commercial prospects in Venezuela.
In a surprising move that bodes ill for foreign investment in Venezuela, President Hugo Chávez’s government has banned the sale of the calorie-free soft drink over apparent ‘health [...]
The New York Times has reported that yesterday in Zimbabwe, a court dismissed charges against a leading human rights lawyer accused of obstructing justice. The lawyer, Alec Muchadehama, was part of a legal team representing political activists who later faced charges of ‘plotting to overthrow’ Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. Mr. Muchadehama himself was arrested last month and accused [...]
Ecuador’s president Rafael Correa recently stated that when he takes office as head of Unasur he will sponsor the creation of organizations to monitor the unethical, irresponsible press and another to monitor human rights.
Hmm. So one organization to monitor (censor) ‘unethical and irrsponsible’ press, relative terms at best when they oppose political leadership and at [...]
