MercoPress https://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency en Copyright 2024, MercoPress. https://en.mercopress.com/web/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ <![CDATA[Protests in Venezuela over the killing of a jailed opposition lawmaker]]> Crowds were calling for justice at a rally outside the Sebin intelligence agency headquarters in Caracas where Fernando Albán had been held Protesters in Venezuela have accused the government of murdering a jailed opposition lawmaker, who the authorities say killed himself. Crowds were calling for justice at a rally outside the Sebin intelligence agency headquarters in Caracas where Fernando Albán had been held.

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Tue, 09 Oct 2018 08:31:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Maduro manages to divide Venezuelan opposition; Capriles steps down from coalition]]> Capriles said he would not stay in the coalition as long as another prominent figure, Henry Ramos Allup, leader of the Democratic Action Party, remained. Venezuela's Opposition appeared close to disintegration this week after a key leader ditched the main coalition opposed to President Nicolas Maduro, bolstering the socialist leader ahead of elections due next year.

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Thu, 26 Oct 2017 07:38:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Venezuela death toll climbs to 40; some military refuse to repress; statue of Chavez destroyed]]> Vowing to stay in the streets for as long as necessary, opposition leaders announced nationwide women's marches for Saturday with the biggest planned for Caracas. A 20-year-old Venezuelan protester died on Friday after being shot in the head, authorities said, taking fatalities from a month of anti-government unrest to at least 40 as the opposition geared up for more demonstrations. Hecder Lugo was hurt during fighting between demonstrators and security forces in Valencia on Thursday that also injured four others, the local opposition Mayor Enzo Scarano said in a series of tweets.

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Sat, 06 May 2017 08:04:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Venezuela opposition announced three more days of protests]]> Thousands of people waving Venezuelan flags and shouting “No more dictatorship” took to the streets in the capital and across the oil-rich nation. Venezuela's opposition renewed nationwide protests on Thursday to pressure President Nicolas Maduro to hold elections and improve a collapsing economy, and vowed to keep up pressure by staging three more protests in the next four days.

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Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:32:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Domestic (military) and foreign pressure force Maduro to revoke annulment of Congress]]> “This controversy is over,” Maduro said just after midnight to a specially convened state defense security committee that ordered the top court to reconsider. Venezuela's pro-government Supreme Court on Saturday revoked its controversial annulment of the opposition-led Congress amid international condemnation and protests against populist president Nicolas Maduro. Unprecedented pressure from other Latin American nations and dissent within its own ranks, and the military, appear to have been the catalyst for the court reversing its Wednesday ruling.

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Sat, 01 Apr 2017 23:12:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Chavism divided: Chief prosecutor says there has been a ”rupture of constitutional order]]> Loyalist Luisa Ortega said it was her “unavoidable historical duty'' as top judicial authority to denounce what she called a ”rupture'' of the constitutional order. Venezuela's chief prosecutor broke with the government on Friday and rebuked a Supreme Court decision stripping Congress of its last vestiges of power, showing a crack in the unity of the embattled populist government of President Nicolas Maduro as it came under a torrent of international condemnation over what many decried as a major step toward dictatorship.

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Sat, 01 Apr 2017 09:09:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Venezuela opposition leader in Latin American tour in search for support]]>  Capriles called on UNASUR and MERCOSUR to back his side's constitutional efforts to remove Maduro via a recall referendum. One of Venezuelan top opposition leader on Monday launched a tour of Latin American countries to rally support for his side in its bid to remove President Nicolas Maduro from office. Henrique Capriles, a senior figure in the opposition MUD coalition, was in Paraguay, Argentina and planned to move on to Brazil.

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Tue, 14 Jun 2016 08:40:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Maduro prepared to escalate state of emergency following massive protests]]> “I will not hesitate if necessary to make such a decree to fight for the peace and security of this country,” pledged Maduro Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday he was prepared to escalate a state of emergency imposed this week after opposition-led protests in the capital and other cities. Maduro told supporters he would give the order - which implies suspending laws and rights to maintain public order - if “violent” anti-government acts occurred.

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Thu, 19 May 2016 08:14:00 GMT
<![CDATA[The Army must decide is they side "with the Constitution or with Maduro", says Venezuelan opposition]]> “I say to the armed forces: the moment of truth has arrived - to decide whether they are with the constitution or with Maduro,” Capriles told a news conference. The army in crisis-hit Venezuela has to choose whether it is "with the constitution or with [President Nicolas] Maduro," opposition leader Henrique Capriles said on Tuesday.He made the statement to journalists after Maduro decreed a state of emergency broadening the powers of soldiers and police - and a day before opposition-led marches demanding a referendum to oust the president.

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Wed, 18 May 2016 11:39:00 GMT
<![CDATA[It's official: Venezuelan opposition wins a two thirds majority in the legislature]]> Opposition leaders had been assuring the press they’ve captured 112 spots in the legislature — just above the 111 needed for a two-thirds super majority. Venezuela said the opposition coalition MUD has won a two-thirds super majority in the country’s legislature, a major victory in Sunday’s elections.

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Wed, 09 Dec 2015 08:06:00 GMT