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 by AFP Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Sept 9, 2022
The United States on Friday demanded the "immediate and unconditional" release of a former US serviceman detained for two years in Venezuela. "Today marks two years since US citizen and Marine veteran Matthew Heath was wrongfully detained in Venezuela," State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement. Heath was labeled a spy by authorities in Caracas who accused him of trying to attack oil and power facilities. Price descried the charges as "specious." "We continue to press the (President Nicolas) Maduro regime for the immediate and unconditional release of Matthew and all other wrongfully detained US nationals in Venezuela," the statement continued. According to the United States, 11 American citizens are being held in the country. Two Americans were released in March, just after a high-level White House delegation visited Caracas. Venezuela and the United States broke off relations in early 2019, as Washington did not recognize Maduro's re-election.
Greenpeace blocks unloading of Russian gas in Sweden Stockholm (AFP) Sept 8, 2022 Activists from environmental group Greenpeace blocked a shipment of Russian gas from unloading at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Sweden on Thursday, the terminal owner and Greenpeace said. "Activists climbed up on the loading arms at the terminal and they have boats in the water", a spokeswoman for terminal owner Gasum, Olga Vaisanen, told AFP. She said the protest at the Nynashamn terminal near Stockholm began around 10:00 am (0800 GMT) and was still going on more than five hours lat ... read more
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