SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia—Near the exit door of immigration at the Viru Viru International Airport, a crowd of Bolivian and Ukrainian supporters gathered during a March 13 demonstration to celebrate the arrival of two refugees deported the day prior by immigration officials. Ukrainian citizens Mykhailo and Oksana Karpenko arrived at the same port on March 12…

Attempting to further sequester Russia’s economy U.S. President Joe Biden announced on March 8 the ban of all Russian oil imports as part of a multi-faceted response to the eastern nation’s military invasion of Ukraine. While strict sanctions on Russian exports remain a cornerstone of Western efforts to stop President Vladimir Putin’s attack, it comes with a…

Officials from the United States have discussed sending fighter jets to Ukraine as weapons, ammunition, and supportive defense equipment, continue to flow into the European nation while Russia’s invasion nears the end of its second week. In a March 6 statement, U.S. Secretary of Defense Antony Blinken said Poland had the “green light” to send…

A high-powered delegation from the United States met with Venezuelan socialist President Nicolas Maduro and Vice President Delcy Rodriguez on March 5 to discuss the potential easing of sanctions and alternative oil resources. The group of emissaries from the United States—led by top White House Latin America adviser Juan Gonzalez and ambassador James Story—also included…

After Russia fired shots on Ukraine on Feb. 24, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared a video two days later saying he needs “ammunition, not a ride,” referring to the United States’ offer of asylum to the besieged head of state. Since then 15 countries have sent military hardware to Ukraine amid Russia’s further invasion. The majority of arms…

After eight days of what Russian President Vladimir Putin called “special military operations,” a think tank of leading Ukrainian experts has suggested potential outcomes as artillery continues to rain down on cities in the European nation. Civilians are reeling from the devastation, which has left parts of Kharkiv and Kyiv in ashes as families huddle…

SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia—During official visits to Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba last week, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov spoke of deepening economic and military ties with the respective socialist and communist governments of its allies in the Americas. Russia’s chairman of the State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, also visited Cuba on Feb. 23—and Nicaragua on Feb….

SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia—China’s reach within Latin America continued to expand in 2021, capping a 20 year trend of the Asian giant’s growth and influence through trade. From 2000 to 2020 trade with China sprouted from $12 billion to $315 billion. Last year bilateral exchanges grew by another 31.6 percent. By 2035 projections from China’s business relationships in…

SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia—Peru’s socialist President Pedro Castillo made cryptic remarks during a live interview on Jan. 25 about potentially granting a sea outlet to the landlocked nation of Bolivia. Castillo indicated he’d heard the cry for equal access from their southern neighbor, then added he’d “consult the people” of Peru through a referendum without giving…

NEW DELHI—Ahead of the May 1 troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the country’s Ambassador to India and the former senior political advisor to the Afghan National Security Council told The Epoch Times in an exclusive interview that the Afghans are not fighting a civil war but international terrorism. The withdrawal of troops shouldn’t be time-bound, he said….