Venezuela

• Friday, January 27th 2023 - 18:47 UTC

  Venezuelan human rights activist arrested after meeting with UN High Commissioner Volker Türk

  

  The arrest in Caracas of activist María Fernanda Rodríguez during the visit of the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights Volker Türk sparked an international uproar. She was released later on Friday with no comments.

• Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 10:15 UTC

  UN High Commissioner due in Venezuela to address the human rights crisis

  

  United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights Volker Türk is arriving Thursday in Caracas from Colombia for talks with the Nicolás Maduro administration about human rights, where the latest reports have been anything but favorable.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 09:37 UTC

  Chilean President wants free elections in Venezuela next year

  

  Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Tuesday called for free elections in Venezuela and said he was willing to sponsor dialogue between the administration of President Nicolás Maduro and the opposition. He also said he hoped Venezuela would soon once again participate in multilateral forums.

• Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 09:49 UTC

  Maduro not attending Celac summit after all

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro canceled his trip to Buenos Aires for the VII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac). Upon announcing his decision, Maduro spoke of an “aggression plan” from the “neo-fascist right” which endangered his presence in the Argentine capital.

• Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 07:12 UTC

  Bullrich asks DEA to arrest Maduro in Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina's opposition leader Patricia Bullrich, chairwoman of the Propuesta Republicana (PRO) party, a majority partner in the Together for Change (Juntos por el Cambio - JxC) alliance Sunday filed a request before the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) for the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro once he lands in Buenos Aires for the VII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac).

• Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 21:51 UTC

  Argentine opposition wants Maduro arrested if he attends Celac Summit

  

  Argentine opposition leader and presidential hopeful Patricia Bullrich Thursday called for the arrest of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro should he travel to Buenos Aires for next week's VII Celac Summit. Maduro's travel plans are yet to be announced.

• Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 10:14 UTC

  PDVSA suspends oil exports to review contract terms fearing no payment defaults

  

  Venezuela's PDVSA announced it was suspending most of its crude oil exports to review the contractual terms. The review aims to make sure there will be no payment defaults, pointing out that the imposition of U.S. sanctions on the trade in Venezuelan,

• Monday, January 16th 2023 - 10:27 UTC

  Millions of Venezuelans suffering from nutritional deficit, Maduro tells the National Assembly

  

  Some 2,3 million Venezuelans are exposed and suffering a serious nutritional deficit, according to stats presented by the government of Nicolas Maduro to Congress, but the situation has considerably improved since 2017, when a third of the Venezuelan population (some 11 million) was suffering some kind of food insufficiency.

• Friday, January 13th 2023 - 21:09 UTC

  Maduro highlights improvement in malnourishment - only 7.7% of Venezuelans

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Thursday insisted that his administration was tackling the issue of malnourishment suffered by nearly 2.3 million people nationwide, according to the government's latest reports.

• Monday, January 9th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

  Caracas issues arrest warrant against 2015 Assembly Board

  

  A Venezuelan court has ordered the arrest capture of members of the new board of the 2015 National Assembly, the body that once appointed Juan Guaidó as acting President after saying Nicolás Maduro had been re-elected in a rigged process.