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Montevideo, January 16th 2026 - 17:56 UTC

Venezuela

  • Monday, December 1st 2025 - 09:06 UTC

    Venezuelan coffee exports grow 500% from 2024

    Heredia congratulated the producers on the feat

    Venezuelan officials have reported a 500% rise in coffee exports this year compared to 2024. The announcement was made during the recent IV International Meeting of Venezuelan Specialty Coffees (Eicev 2025).

  • Saturday, November 29th 2025 - 18:20 UTC

    Trump announces total closure of Venezuela’s airspace amid rising military tensions

    The White House described the airspace closure as a “security measure” aimed at preventing “illicit activity and threats to international aviation”

    US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday the complete closure of Venezuela’s airspace, further isolating the country and marking the most severe escalation in tensions between Washington and Caracas in decades.

  • Saturday, November 29th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Trump and Maduro talked last week, says NYT

    The NYT cited people in the know as confirming the phone conversation

    US President Donald Trump reportedly spoke with Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro last week to discuss a potential meeting, according to an article published by The New York Times (NYT) on Friday.

  • Thursday, November 27th 2025 - 21:21 UTC

    Venezuela revokes licenses from foreign airlines abiding by FAA warning

    Cabello said Caracas has the right to decide who flies and who does not

    Venezuela's Chavista regime has revoked the operating concessions from the foreign carriers Iberia, Air Europa, TAP, Avianca, LATAM, Turkish, and GOL after they abided by the United States' Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) not to serve the South American country, given the ongoing military developments there, which pose a “potentially dangerous situation” in the Caribbean.

  • Thursday, November 27th 2025 - 09:06 UTC

    US endangers International Law, Venezuela claims

    Rodríguez accused Washington of holding double standards regarding flights to Venezuela

    Venezuelan officials issued strong condemnations this week regarding the expanded US military presence in the Caribbean, accusing the United States of violating international law through attacks on civilian vessels and attempting to destabilize the government of Nicolás Maduro.

  • Tuesday, November 25th 2025 - 19:36 UTC

    Uruguay's Economy Minister hopeful about EU-Mercosur FTA deal

    Oddone also hoped peace would prevail in the conflict escalating in Venezuela

    Uruguay’s Economy Minister Gabriel Oddone said Tuesday in Madrid that he was strongly confident that the long-delayed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) will be signed shortly. Additionally, he voiced his concerns over the escalating military tensions in the Caribbean.

  • Tuesday, November 25th 2025 - 10:43 UTC

    US B-52 approaches Venezuelan coast as tension mounts

    There was no military response from Caracas to the US B-52's mission

    Just hours after designating the Cartel of the Suns as a terrorist organization of which Nicolás Maduro would be its leader, the United States forces conducted one of its closest flyovers of Venezuelan territory since the start of its military deployment in the southern Caribbean.

  • Monday, November 24th 2025 - 16:34 UTC

    US labels Maduro a terrorist as Venezuela slams ‘fabricated pretext’ for intervention

    Four senior US officials said the operation’s “second phase” — including covert missions and possible ground actions — could begin within days

    The United States escalated its confrontation with Caracas on Monday, officially designating Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and senior members of his government as part of an international terrorist organization. The move places the so-called Cartel of the Suns on the US State Department’s list of foreign terrorist groups — alongside Al-Qaeda and ISIS — and provides “new tools” for Washington’s expanding military campaign in the Caribbean.

  • Monday, November 24th 2025 - 08:07 UTC

    So far, 7 airlines halt services to and from Venezuela

    Venezuelan carriers are keeping business as usual

    Seven international airlines suspended their connections with Venezuela over the weekend after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a security warning concerning potential risks in the South American country's airspace.

  • Tuesday, November 18th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Maduro dares Trump to “face-to-face” conversation

    Maduro spoke in English when he said “face to face”

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro responded on Monday to recent comments by U.S. President Donald Trump regarding the possibility of talks, insisting that any future dialogue must be conducted “face to face.”