Venezuela

• Tuesday, February 5th 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  European allies bend to join 'gringo empire' approach

  

  The decision to promote Juan Guaidó as a rival president to Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela was clearly made in Washington, not in Caracas. The speed with which U.S. allies in the Americas and western Europe recognised Guaidó’s claim on Jan. 23 to be the legitimate president of Venezuela would not have been possible without a lot of prior coordination — and a lot of pressure by the Trump administration.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2019 - 08:58 UTC

  Latin American countries call on Venezuelan military to support interim president Juan Guaidó

  

  A group of Latin American countries and Canada has urged the Venezuelan military to support opposition leader Juan Guaidó as interim president. In a statement, 11 of the 14 members of the Lima Group called for a change of power without the use of force and the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid.

• Monday, February 4th 2019 - 09:28 UTC

  Lima Group meets in Canada to plan pressure campaign against Venezuela's Maduro

  

  A major bloc of Latin American nations and Canada will discuss on Monday in Ottawa how to maintain pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to hold new elections as he faces widespread calls to resign after last year’s disputed presidential vote.

• Monday, February 4th 2019 - 07:34 UTC

  US sending humanitarian aid to Venezuela on request from interim president Guadió

  

  The US says it is sending aid to crisis-hit Venezuela following a request from Juan Guaidó, the opposition leader who has declared himself interim president. Mr Guaidó's move last month won swift backing from the US and others but triggered a power struggle.

• Saturday, February 2nd 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  EU members will support interim president Guaido, individually, and conditioned to elections

  

  European Union governments will move to recognize Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s interim president from next week, but using cautious language for fear of setting a precedent for political crises, EU diplomats said on Friday.

• Saturday, February 2nd 2019 - 08:58 UTC

  Oil traders anticipate they will comply with US Treasury sanctions on Venezuela

  

  U.S. sanctions will sharply limit oil transactions between Venezuela and other countries and are similar to but slightly less extensive than those imposed on Iran last year, experts said on Friday after looking at details posted by the Treasury Department.

• Friday, February 1st 2019 - 10:25 UTC

  EU Parliament recognizes Guaidó as de facto head of state: 90 days for Venezuela to hold new elections

  

  The European Parliament recognized Venezuela’s self-declared interim president Juan Guaido as de facto head of state on Thursday, heightening international pressure on the OPEC member’s socialist President Nicolas Maduro. EU governments, divided over whether to recognize Guaido, also agreed to lead an international crisis group with South American nations to seek new elections, setting a 90-day time limit, and threatening further economic sanctions.

• Friday, February 1st 2019 - 10:20 UTC

  Guaidó invites Russia and China to change sides: “your interests will be best served”

  

  Global jostling intensified on Thursday between countries that want Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in power and those trying to force him to resign, as opposition leader Juan Guaidó made overtures to his rival’s allies Russia and China.

• Friday, February 1st 2019 - 10:15 UTC

  Guaidó denounces Maduro intelligence forces intimidation against his family

  

  Declared interim president Juan Guaido said on Thursday that agents from a feared special police unit had called at his home and asked for his wife, who was out at an event with her husband while their 20-month-old daughter was at their residence.

• Thursday, January 31st 2019 - 16:42 UTC

  Venezuela: Journalists arrested and deported complied with accreditations

  

  The National Union of Workers of the Press (SNTP) of Venezuela reported that reporters from the Spanish international agency EFE who were detained by the National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) in Caracas will be deported despite fulfilling the necessary papers to carry out his journalistic work.