Tag: Caracas

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Caracas and other regions of Venezuela hit by a massive power blackout

  

  Caracas and other parts of crisis-wracked Venezuela were hit by a massive power cut on Monday foreign journalists and internet users said. The lights went out in most of Caracas at 4.41pm (2041 GMT) while people in other parts of the country took to social media to report the power had gone out there too.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:31 UTC

  Expelled German ambassador back in Caracas; Germany continues to recognize Guaidó

  

  Germany's ambassador to Venezuela has returned after being expelled by President Nicolas Maduro's government in March over Berlin's backing of opposition leader Juan Guaido's claim to the presidency, the German embassy said on Monday.

• Tuesday, July 2nd 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  Maduro says it has arrested two military for the death in custody of a naval officer

  

  Two suspects are to face justice over the death in custody of a navy officer accused of plotting to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's attorney general announced on Monday. Tarek William Saab identified the two men as a lieutenant and a sergeant in Venezuela's General Directorate of Military Intelligence.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  OAS meets in Medellín and Maduro claims he derailed a coup sponsored by US, Chile and Colombia

  

  Venezuela's government said on Wednesday it had derailed a coup bid, claiming the United States, Colombia and Chile colluded in a military plot to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro and install a general and former defense minister in his place.

• Saturday, June 8th 2019 - 08:30 UTC

  Venezuela and Cuba make a display of unity with Cabello's visit to Havana

  

  Venezuela's ruling Socialist Party Vice President Diosdado Cabello met with Cuban government officials on Friday during a trip to Havana in a show of unity even as Cuba is being courted to help resolve the political crisis facing its ally.

• Thursday, May 2nd 2019 - 18:01 UTC

  Maduro on the hunt: Court of Venezuela orders apprehension against Leopoldo Lopez

  

  A Caracas Court released this Thursday an arrest warrant against the leader of the opposition party Voluntad Popular, Leopoldo López, for “violating” the domiciliary arrest measure, Venezuelan Supreme Court announced.

• Wednesday, May 1st 2019 - 05:00 UTC

  The military revolt against Maduro fizzling out; Guaido calls for a major protest rally on Wednesday

  

  Demonstrators clashed violently with police on the streets of the Venezuelan capital on Tuesday, spurred by opposition leader Juan Guaido's call on the military to rise up against President Nicolas Maduro, whose government said it was putting down an attempted coup.

• Monday, April 29th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Guaidó forced to cancel a Sunday rally since he was blocked from attending

  

  The leader of Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly, Juan Guaido, canceled a rally scheduled to be held in the country's fourth-largest city on Sunday and said the “dictatorship” had prevented him from entering.

• Monday, April 15th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Maduro increasing the civilian militia by a million to three million by end of 2019

  

  Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has said he wants a million more people to join his civilian militia by the end of the year. The call to expand the militia - which answers directly to Mr. Maduro - comes as opposition leader Juan Guaidó seeks to persuade the Venezuelan military to abandon the president. So far the military has stayed loyal.

• Saturday, March 16th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  Venezuelan continued oil fallout presents a challenge for global markets, says IEA

  

  A major advisor to energy producing nations has suggested that the continued fallout from Venezuela could present a “challenge” for global oil markets. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned that crude supplies from Venezuela are at risk of falling sharply in the midst of an electricity crisis which has paralyzed the country recently.