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Montevideo, May 26th 2025 - 04:41 UTC

Tag: Diosdado Cabello

  • Friday, May 23rd 2025 - 20:42 UTC

    Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa arrested ahead of Sunday elections

    A lawyer and former member of the Parliament, Guanipa has long been a prominent voice within the Venezuelan opposition. In recent months, he had frequently appeared alongside Machado at rallies

    Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Pablo Guanipa, a close ally of presidential candidate María Corina Machado, was arrested by government forces on Friday, just two days before the country’s regional and legislative elections.

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  • Thursday, May 22nd 2025 - 18:45 UTC

    Argentine national among alleged conspirators arrested in Venezuela

    “We are deployed all over Venezuela,” Cabello warned

    Nationals of Argentina, Bulgaria, and Spain have been arrested in Venezuela. They were accused of plotting to “sabotage, by violent means,” the country ahead of the May 25 regional and legislative elections. According to Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, the group was intercepted at sea with 200 kilos of gunpowder, allegedly part of a conspiracy linked to fugitive former commissioner Iván Simonovis and opposition leader María Corina Machado.

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  • Tuesday, May 20th 2025 - 10:21 UTC

    Venezuelan gov't arrests 38 suspected terrorists

    Cabello ordered all flights from Colombia suspended, citing the terrorists were entering as tourists

    Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello announced Monday the arrest of 38 suspects, including 17 foreigners, for planning to sabotage regional elections with explosive attacks targeting embassies, hospitals, police stations, and public figures from both the ruling Chavismo and opposition.

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  • Saturday, March 22nd 2025 - 11:11 UTC

    Venezuela is bluffing about Essequibo elections, Guyana's TNC argues

    Venezuela's threat is handled by Georgetown at the highest level on a daily basis, Jagdeo said

    Guyana's National Toshaos’ Council (NTC), representing the country's Indigenous Peoples, has rejected Venezuela's claims of holding elections in the disputed Essequibo region on May 25, 2025, as announced by the Bolivarian regime's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello.

  • Tuesday, December 17th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Caracas confirms arresting Argentine Gendarmería NCO

    “It is not that [Gallo's] mission has been aborted. We have given him a hard blow thanks to the State security agencies,” Cabello underlined

    Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello Monday confirmed that Argentine Border Guard (Gendarmería Nacional) First Corporal Nahuel Gallo had been arrested by the Chavista regime because “he came to fulfill a mission.” Cabello added that Gallo's social media activity showed a lifestyle unfitting his salary, which raised doubts about his ultimate intentions.

  • Tuesday, September 24th 2024 - 10:10 UTC

    Buenos Aires court orders arrest of Maduro, Cabello, and other Chavista leaders

    Interpol will now have to decide whether to issue a red alert against the Bolivarian leader

    An Argentine court ordered Monday the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello for their systematic plan to detain, kidnap, and torture people, which escalated after the controversial July 28 elections which the incumbent leader claims to have won despite producing no tangible evidence attesting to that. The measure also reaches over 30 Chavista leaders.

  • Tuesday, September 17th 2024 - 10:29 UTC

    EU monitoring arrest in Venezuela of two Spaniards and one Czech national

    Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello announced on nationwide TV this weekend saying the suspects belonged to a mission arranged by the CIA to overthrow the Bolivarian government

    The arrest by the Venezuelan regime of President Nicolás Maduro of two Spanish and one Czech national accused of planning alongside three US citizens to kill the head of state sparked a reaction from the European Union Monday, which condemned these events and said it was monitoring the case closely.

  • Monday, September 16th 2024 - 08:39 UTC

    Six arrested in Venezuela said to plan Maduro's murder

    These detentions came just two days after the US Treasury imposed sanctions on 16 of Maduro's acolytes accused by Washington of obstructing voting during Venezuela's July 28 elections

    Venezuelan authorities arrested three Americans, two Spaniards, and one Czech national allegedly involved in a plot to kill President Nicolás Maduro, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello announced on nationwide TV this weekend saying the suspects belonged to a mission arranged by the CIA to overthrow the Bolivarian government. Cabello also showed footage of the guns seized from the would-be perpetrators.

  • Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 21:42 UTC

    María Corina Machado's arrest ordered, Venezuelan opposition warns

    The political climate in Venezuela has grown increasingly volatile following the contested election results

    The Venezuelan government under President Nicolás Maduro has ordered the arrest of opposition leader María Corina Machado, a prominent figure in the Plataforma Unitaria Democrática (PUD). This move, denounced by leaders within PUD, comes amid a turbulent post-election period marked by accusations of irregularities and widespread unrest.

  • Thursday, May 16th 2024 - 14:42 UTC

    Venezuela denies safe-conducts to asylum seekers in Argentine embassy

    “There are no safe-conducts for those who do not love this homeland,” Cabello stressed

    Venezuela's regime Wednesday denied Argentina's request for safe-conducts whereby six dissidents housed in the diplomatic mission in Caracas would be able to reach the airport and take a flight to Buenos Aires, government strongman Diosdado Cabello confirmed while calling Argentine President Javier Milei a “fascist.”

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