betinm Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gives a speech during a protest called by the opposition on the eve of the presidential inauguration, in Caracas on January 9, 2025. Venezuela is on tenterhooks facing demonstrations called by

UNDER FIRE AGAIN: File photo shows the Social Security Systems corporate headquarters in Quezon City. File photo from the Philippine Daily Inquirer MANILA, Philippines Opposition to the scheduled increase in member contributions to the Social Securi