Tag: Cilia Flores

• Wednesday, January 13th 2016 - 07:46 UTC

  Venezuela's First Lady claims her two 'narco-nephews' were kidnapped by DEA

  

  Venezuela's first lady on Tuesday broke her silence on the arrest of her two nephews on drug trafficking charges, saying they were kidnapped by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.Cilia Flores, who serves in congress, told Venezuelan weekly Tal Cual that the U.S. was seeking revenge and trying to force the socialists from power in Venezuela.

• Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 11:29 UTC

  Venezuelan military involved in cocaine transport, claims New York Attorney Office

  

  The latest developments in the drug trafficking case with relatives of Venezuela’s first lady Cilia Flores indicate that the Venezuelan military is involved in transporting cocaine to Haiti for trans-shipment into the US.

• Tuesday, November 17th 2015 - 08:37 UTC

  Venezuela claims Maduro's nephews held in the US on cocaine smuggling charges were 'kidnapped'

  

  Two men said to be relatives of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro who are being held in the United States on cocaine smuggling charges were “kidnapped,” a senior member of the ruling Socialist Party said on Monday.

• Saturday, November 14th 2015 - 11:37 UTC

  A Dominican connection in Venezuela's First Lady relatives drugs' case

  

  A drugs raid and bust in a yacht moored at a marina in the Dominican Republic is helping to understand the extent of the trafficking network business surrounding Venezuela's First Lady family connections, whose nephew and godson are under arrest in New York, according to media reports in Caracas.

• Saturday, November 14th 2015 - 11:07 UTC

  Venezuela's First Lady nephews unveil drug trafficking before New York court

  

  Two nephews of Venezuela's powerful first lady were ordered held without bail in New York on Thursday after being arrested in Haiti on charges of conspiring to smuggle 800 kilograms of cocaine into the U.S.

• Friday, November 13th 2015 - 08:32 UTC

  Venezuela calls OAS “the world's most perverted, corrupt and discredited organization”

  

  Key Venezuelan government officials launched a furious broadside at the Organization of American States (OAS), a day after its secretary general, Luis Almagro, criticized Caracas and questioned the fairness of the upcoming December 6 parliamentary polls.

• Thursday, November 12th 2015 - 07:29 UTC

  Nephews of Venezuela's First Lady face US drug trafficing charges

  

  Two nephews of Venezuela's first lady have been arrested in Haiti and taken to the US to face drug trafficking charges, US media reports say. Franqui Francisco Flores-de Freitas and Efrain Antonio Campo-Flores are accused of conspiring to smuggle 800kg of cocaine into the United States.

• Tuesday, April 9th 2013 - 05:21 UTC

  Maduro’s fiery partner is the most powerful woman in Venezuela

  

  A tough criminal and labor lawyer who helped win Hugo Chavez's release from prison after a failed coup two decades ago, Venezuela's former attorney general Cilia Flores has since never been far from the circle of power around the late populist leader.

• Tuesday, January 8th 2013 - 07:19 UTC

  Chavez “virtual taking office” next Thursday in Caracas with leaders from friendly countries

  

  The Venezuelan government is organizing a massive turnout for Thursday January 10 in support of re-re-elected president Hugo Chavez with the attendance of several Latinamerican leaders in what has been described as a “virtual taking office” ceremony.

• Sunday, December 9th 2012 - 19:55 UTC

  Maduro, the most faithful bus driver, but also the most powerful Bolivarian coupe

  

  The heir-designate of President Hugo Chavez is a former bus driver and trade unionist with the Caracas public transport. Nicolás Maduro, 50, has been foreign minister since 2006 and also was named vice president in October. As foreign minister Maduro has been a faithful ambassador of Chávez’ views, including often radical critiques of global affairs from a hard left-wing stance.