Yearly Archives: 2015

TODAY VENEZUELA (Fusion.net) CARACAS — In Venezuela, grocery shopping has literally become a test of endurance. Venezuelans are fuming as long lines at the country’s supermarkets worsen, with people even camping out overnight — some in hammocks — to try to buy hard-to-find basic items such as bread, toilet...

CENTRAL AMERICA NEWS (Fusion.net) What was expected to be a rubber-stamp vote of approval in El Salvador’s Congress came up one vote shy. Opposition lawmakers from the right-wing ARENA party refused to vote in favor of a resolution to pardon Guadalupe. "Guadalupe" currently serving a 30-year sentence for a 2007...

The postponement of the payment of sales tax on some activities, approval of pending projects and the creation of a Tourism Competitiveness Council are some of the points that entrepreneurs want to prioritize. Private trade union for tourism has raised at least five actions points it hopes will be addressed...