International
Trumpism embraces the European far-right at its annual convention
The great annual convention of the American right, which for years has served as a political platform for the movement of President Donald Trump, turns this year to Europe with the presence of leaders such as the Italian Giorgia Meloni and other far-right leaders such as the French Jordan Bardella.
Also on the agenda is the Argentine president, Javier Milei, who repeats as the maximum reference of the Latin American far right, despite the crisis unleashed in his country by the launch of the cryptocurrency $LIBRA.
The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) will take place between Wednesday and Saturday on the outskirts of the city of Washington.
It is not known if Trump, undoubtedly the star in previous editions, will participate this year, since the president is not yet announced on the official agenda of the event.
Who will be there is its vice president, JD Vance, who will inaugurate the agenda of presentations of the CPAC on Thursday.
In addition to Vance, the convention will be loaded with Trump’s faithful squires, from his ‘border tsar’, Tom Homan, to Steve Bannon, considered the architect of the ultra-conservative movement that represents the CPAC internationally.
In fact, this year’s CPAC will be a celebration of the seizure of power in the United States by the US right-wing movement or ‘Trumpism’, since it will be the first edition after the victory in the November elections and the president’s oath a month ago.
After the prominence that the CPAC gave in 2024 to Latin America, with the invitation of Salvadoran President, Nayib Bukele, in addition to Milei, which served ‘Trumpism’ to approach the Latin electorate, the convention this year turns towards Europe, which faces disunited and somewhat disoriented this new diplomatic era marked by Trump.
According to the official agenda, the Italian Giorgia Meloni, as well as the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, or the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Hristijan Mickoski, will travel to Washington.
In total, with Milei, four foreign leaders will lend themselves to the CPAC, which can boast year after year of attracting important international guests.
Also invited are the British far-right leader Nigel Farage, the president of the French party Agrupación Nacional (former National Front), Jordan Bardella, or the president of the Spanish Vox party, Santiago Abascal.
Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss will also give a presentation, as well as other politicians from countries such as Poland or Hungary.
Milei is expected in Washington on Saturday and is scheduled just before the presentation of Stephen Miller, the mastermind of the White House’s controversial immigration policies.
Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and current congressman, also repeats at this year’s convention; and Eduardo Verástegui, a very famous actor and singer in Mexico and converted into a far-right political activist.
International
MPV Denounces Electoral Blockade as Secretary-General is Disqualified for May Elections
The anti-Chavista party Movement for Venezuela (MPV) denounced on Monday that it was “prevented” from submitting its candidates for the regional and legislative elections on May 25, elections rejected by opposition leaders Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado.
“MPV, being an active and recognized party in the National Electoral Council (CNE), was prevented from submitting candidates for the current electoral process,” stated the political group through a communiqué on X.
Additionally, the group denounced that its Secretary-General, Simón Calzadilla, was “suddenly disqualified,” as the opposition leader warned last Friday. He also explained that he attempted to access the CNE’s automated candidate submission system but, as he added, the portal showed that he was not authorized to create a user and submit the MPV candidates.
For the party, its “strong decision” to participate in the May elections “highlighted the true nature of this electoral process,” which it described as “extremely flawed.”
International
Maduro Plans Major Workers’ March on May 1st to Defend Venezuela’s Freedom
Nicolás Maduro, who swore in for a third term in January following his controversial re-election, called on Monday for the “working class” and the “armed people” to gather for a concentration on May 1st for peace, as part of the celebration of International Workers’ Day.
“Let’s have a powerful march of the working class, the combat bodies, and the Bolivarian National Militia in all the cities of the country, from end to end, working class and armed people in the streets shouting for peace,” said the chavista leader in a broadcast on the state channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), surrounded by military authorities.
He also stated that Venezuela is more armed than “ever” to “defend the sacred dream of a free homeland, the sacred soil of a heroic land, Venezuela.”
Maduro called on all military personnel to “stay in shape” with a “deployment capacity” and also to have “a very clear view of the entire national territory.”
International
Venezuela accuses Guyana of “warlike intentions” after UK defense deal
Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez denounced what she called “warlike intentions” from Guyana on Saturday (April 12, 2025), following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Guyana and the United Kingdom aimed at strengthening bilateral defense cooperation.
“Guyana threatens Venezuela with its founding fathers. The UK and the U.S. are the architects behind the territorial dispossession of our Guayana Esequiba. These are the same actors who forged a fraudulent arbitration award in 1899 to strip Venezuela of its land,” Rodríguez stated via Telegram.
Rodríguez, who also serves as Venezuela’s Minister of Hydrocarbons, warned the region about “these drums of war, in clear violation of the CELAC declaration that recognizes Latin America and the Caribbean as a zone of peace.”
“Venezuela will stand firm in defending its legitimate rights, sovereignty, and territorial integrity in all scenarios,” she added.
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