Tag: Tarek William Saab

• Tuesday, October 9th 2018 - 08:31 UTC

  Protests in Venezuela over the killing of a jailed opposition lawmaker

  

  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.

• Wednesday, August 15th 2018 - 07:23 UTC

  Venezuela arrests two high-ranking military officers in relation to an attack on president Maduro

  

  The investigation into an assassination attempt on Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro using drones has widened to include the arrest of two high-ranking military officers, the nation's top prosecutor said on Tuesday.

• Monday, August 6th 2018 - 20:57 UTC

  Venezuelan Prosecutor assures that the perpetrators of the “assassination attempt” against Nicolás Maduro were identified

  

  Last Saturday, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, described as “attempted assassination” the events that interrupted an official ceremony in Caracas in commemoration of the anniversary of the armed forces.

• Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 09:12 UTC

  Maduro and cronies “grey listed” as suspects of money laundering and terrorism financing

  

  Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro along with more than 50 Venezuelan nationals are considered “high risk” for laundering money and financing terrorism, according to an advisory issued by Panama's economy and finance ministry.

• Friday, March 30th 2018 - 09:49 UTC

  Mutiny and fire leave dozens dead in Venezuelan jail; UN calls for a “thorough investigation”

  

  68 inmates lost their lives and more than 30 were injured during a riot and a fire that occurred in an overpopulated police prison in Valencia, in central Venezuela.

• Friday, December 22nd 2017 - 09:17 UTC

  Passports of 130 Venezuelan children deemed void - no Xmas family gathering for them

  

  The Venezuelan government, through the first prosecutor of Vargas state and officers of the Autonomic Service of Identification, Migration and Foreign Affairs prevented the leaving of 130 children for Peru, where they were to meet with their parents last December 15.

• Friday, August 18th 2017 - 08:50 UTC

  Venezuela begins systematic purge of the regime's opponents

  

  Venezuela’s high court issued an arrest order for the ousted chief prosecutor’s husband on Thursday after authorities accused him of running a US$6 million extortion ring, a ruling promptly denounced by government critics as a move aimed at silencing opponents of President Nicolas Maduro.

• Sunday, August 6th 2017 - 00:10 UTC

  Maduro's assembly sacks dissident attorney general; next target elected members of the Legislative

  

  The newly installed constitutional assembly ousted Venezuela's defiant chief prosecutor on Saturday, a sign that President Nicolas Maduro's embattled government intends to move swiftly against critics and consolidate power amid a fast-moving political crisis.