Tag: Caracas

Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 20:09 UTC
The best and the worst city to live in Latin America

Caracas, in the last place, and Montevideo ranks as the two opposite poles of the list of cities ordered by quality of life in Latin America in 2019, according to Mercer. The capital of Austria, Vienna, ranked for the tenth consecutive year as the best in the world.
Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 09:24 UTC
Desperate Caracas residents look for water at the sewage system

As Venezuela's five-day power blackout left homes without water, Lilibeth Tejedor found herself looking for it on Monday in the last place she would have imagined: a drain pipe feeding into a river carrying sewage through the capital, Caracas.
Friday, March 8th 2019 - 08:44 UTC
Major blackout in Venezuela; Caracas in complete darkness: “light will return when Maduro is removed”

Most of Venezuela has been hit by a continuing electricity blackout that began on Thursday afternoon. The power cut plunged the capital Caracas into almost complete darkness during rush hour and has extended to the vast majority of the country.
Tuesday, February 19th 2019 - 09:46 UTC
Macri on a state visit to India condemns terrorism and signs ten agreements

India and Argentina inked ten agreements including in defense, agriculture, space, pharmaceuticals, Antarctic cooperation, agriculture, IT and nuclear cooperation. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Argentine President Mauricio Macri, accompanied by a high-level official delegation and around 100 top industry representatives of Argentine companies held bilateral talks on Monday.
Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 09:47 UTC
Guaido delivers a “symbolic” first cargo of humanitarian aid

Venezuela’s opposition leader, Juan Guaido, said on Monday his team had delivered a first cargo of the humanitarian aid that has become a flashpoint in his tussle with President Nicolas Maduro, without specifying how it had received it.
Tuesday, January 29th 2019 - 14:28 UTC
Guaidó on military option in Venezuela: All options are on the table

Consulted on possible military option in Venezuela, the declared interim President of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, told the CNN channel that all the options are on the table “to achieve the cessation of the usurpation”.
Thursday, January 24th 2019 - 06:04 UTC
Who is Juan Guaido?, proclaimed by the opposition as Venezuelan acting president

Juan Guaido has declared himself president of Venezuela — a move quickly endorsed by several Latin American countries, as well as Canada and the United States. Just two months ago, many people around the world, and even inside Venezuela, may not have known Guaido's name.
Monday, January 14th 2019 - 18:06 UTC
Uruguay: “Deep concern” about detention of the Venezuelan Parliament president

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed on Monday, through a statement, its “deep concern” regarding the “serious institutional crisis” and the “acts of intimidation” that led to the arrest and subsequent release of the president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó , by officials of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin).
Monday, January 14th 2019 - 00:50 UTC
Detention of the Venezuelan Parliament President shows the “rupture” in the Maduro regime

Officials of the Bolivarian Service of National Intelligence (Sebin) retained the deputy Juan Guaidó, President of the National Assembly (AN) and Venezuela’s President-in-charge, when he was going to an open Parliament hall in the north of the country. Minutes later, the parliamentarian was released and attended to the event with a wounded hand and ensuring that the Armed Forces do not want Nicolás Maduro, president considered “de facto” by the Parliament and part of the international community.
Thursday, December 27th 2018 - 09:01 UTC
Venezuela invites Russia to join in gold mining

Venezuelan authorities have offered Russian companies to take part in gold exploration and gold mining in the country, according to Russian Ambassador to Venezuela Vladimir Zaemsky.