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Socialist Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro called libertarian economist and Argentine President-elect Javier Milei a “neo-nazi.”

The Chinese Communist Party, which has invested heavily in exerting influence over Argentina, issued a cold statement of congratulations on Monday to President-elect Javier Milei, hoping to continue its “friendship” with the South American nation.

Polls taken as the presidential campaigns of libertarian economist Javier Milei and socialist Economic Minister Sergio Massa conclude in Argentina this week found the candidates practically tied, offering no clear indication of who would emerge as the nation’s next chief executive.

U.S. Sens. Jim Risch (R-ID) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday, requesting an update on what legal actions the U.S. Department of Justice and State Department have taken toward the arrest and extradition of Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro since 2021.

Argentina’s presidential candidates – libertarian economist Javier Milei and socialist current Economy Minister Sergio Massa – faced off on Sunday night in the third and final debate ahead of November 19’s runoff election.

Spain’s establishment right-wing Popular Party (PP) convened protests nationwide on Sunday, reportedly attracting millions of people, in opposition to a reported proposed amnesty for individuals involved in an attempt by the northern region of Catalonia to secede from the country.

Police in Madrid, Spain, deployed tear gas and rubber bullets on Tuesday night against a protest that reportedly attracted 7,000 people to the front of the headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party of Spain (PSOE), objecting to a proposed amnesty for Catalonian separatist rioters and taunting police with anti-Muslim chants.

Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa said Tuesday he is resigning after being involved in a widespread corruption probe.

Lawmakers from Albania’s center-right opposition Democratic Party disrupted a session of the legislature on Thursday by tossing firecrackers, building chair barricades, and physically confronting members of the governing Socialist Party. 

President Joe Biden “stressed the importance” of supporting Ukraine during a meeting Wednesday with Chilean President Gabriel Boric, who is in Washington to attend a series of economic engagements and to expand Chile’s trade ties to America.

CARACAS, Venezuela — Socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro officially decreed the “start of Christmas” here on Wednesday evening, urging citizens to prepare for the celebrations.

The leftist, Iran-allied government of Bolivia cut diplomatic ties with Israel on Tuesday in response to Israel’s “disproportionate” operation against the jihadist terrorist group Hamas.

It only took the socialist Maduro regime a few days, a crooked “opposition” lawmaker, and a rigged court ruling to remind everyone that as long as it is in power, there will be no such thing as a free and fair election in Venezuela.

Venezuela’s Supreme Justice Tribunal issued a ruling that suspends “all of the effects” of the “opposition” primary election on October 22.

Colombian right-wing and centrist candidates obtained sweeping victories in Sunday’s regional elections, dealing a huge blow to the leftist government coalition led by President Gustavo Petro, the nation’s first leftist president.

Defeated Argentine presidential candidate Patricia Bullrich, who led the main conservative coalition in the country prior to this weekend, endorsed libertarian opponent Javier Milei on Wednesday ahead of the upcoming runoff.

The government of Spain announced on Monday that it is planning to urge the European Union to lift sanctions on socialist Venezuela during the next E.U. ministerial meeting, a response to leftist American President Joe Biden doing the same.

Socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro declared on Monday that the primary election held by the Venezuelan opposition on Sunday was a “fraud” and part of a “coup” plot against him.

CARACAS, Venezuela — Former lawmaker María Corina Machado obtained an overwhelming majority of the votes cast in the opposition’s Sunday primary election as of tallies available on Monday, making her the expected nominee-elect to run against socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro in a 2024 presidential election.

Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said Brazil is worried about a possible victory by conservative Javier Milei in Argentina’s Sunday presidential election.

The five candidates in Sunday’s presidential election in Argentina ended their campaigns on Thursday, observing a mandated period of silence beginning on Friday as polls show a tight race at the top.

Colombian far-left president and former Marxist M19 guerrilla member Gustavo Petro threatened to cut ties with Israel on Sunday after the country suspended security exports to Colombia, a response to Petro comparing the government in Jerusalem to Nazi Germany.

Daniel Noboa, the 35-year-old heir to one of the world’s most lucrative banana companies, will become the next leader of Ecuador after winning Sunday’s presidential election, one marred by widespread political violence and the assassination of a then-frontrunner in the race.

Colombian far-left President Gustavo Petro compared Israel to Nazi Germany in remarks on Monday, accusing it of turning Gaza into Auschwitz in a series of posts made on his personal Twitter account.

Nicolás Maduro announced the creation of a special national “peace” council in Venezuela to silence the “extreme right.”

Bolivia’s ruling Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party ousted the president of the country, Luis Arce, during a meeting on Wednesday and declared former President Evo Morales its candidate in the 2025 election – officializing a growing rift between the incumbent and the party’s former leader.

Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro ordered top officials to open accounts on the Chinese social media platform TikTok.

The rogue governments of Iran, Syria, and Venezuela have signed an agreement to build an oil refinery in the former rebel stronghold of Homs, Syria, Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reported on Sunday.

In Venezuela, the United States dollar has been vilified by the socialist regime time and time again for nearly a quarter of a century, and yet, at the end of the day, the Maduro regime can’t get enough of it.

California-based oil company Chevron is planning to boost its oil production in Venezuela by adding at least two new oil rigs in the country, Reuters reported Monday.

CARACAS, Venezuela — Colombia, Peru, Chile, and other Latin American countries are on high alert after the escape of Héctor “the Child” Guerrero, the leader of Venezuela’s largest known criminal organization, the Tren de Aragua (“Aragua Train”).

CARACAS — The socialist regime of narco-dictator Nicolás Maduro, in a surprising move, stormed the country’s infamous gang-run Tocorón prison on Wednesday as part of a crackdown on the Tren de Aragua (“Aragua Train”), Venezuela’s largest known criminal organization.

A group of largely Hispanic protesters organized a peaceful demonstration on Tuesday against the presence of delegations from the communist regimes of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua in New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly.

Far-left President Gabriel Boric of Chile used his platform at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday afternoon to denounce the communist regime of Nicaragua’s human rights abuses — while at the same time making calls to lift sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela.

Outgoing conservative President Guillermo Lasso of Ecuador used his address at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday to ask the world to help his country house Venezuelan migrants.

Brazil’s radical leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva opened Tuesday’s U.N. General Assembly declaring, “Brazil is back.”