Tag: Diosdado Cabello

• 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.

• Monday, November 16th 2015 - 07:10 UTC

  Uruguay's ruling Broad Front coalition divided over Venezuela

  

  The strong 16 pages long letter sent by OAS (Organization of American States) secretary general Luis Almagro to Venezuelan electoral officials calling for transparency, international observers and freeing political prisoners, ahead of December 6 legislative elections, triggered an immediate furious insulting reaction from Venezuela's strongman Diosdado Cabello, but also again exposed a growing rift in the Uruguayan government.

• 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.

• Monday, June 1st 2015 - 07:32 UTC

  Cabello denies cocaine trafficking and will file complaints against media reports in Spain and US

  

  Venezuelan parliament chief Diosdado Cabello said in an interview on Sunday that he plans to file lawsuits in Spain and the United States following media reports that link him and other top officials to cocaine trafficking and money laundering.

• Thursday, May 21st 2015 - 06:45 UTC

  Venezuelan government targets opposition leader Capriles for making “false allegations”

  

  Barely one week after Venezuela’s President of the National Assembly of Venezuela Diosdado Cabello filed a defamation suit against 22 media executives and editors for publishing reports linking him to an international drug-trafficking, another high-level minister announced they would be filing suit against opposition leader Henrique Capriles for making “false allegations.”

• Wednesday, May 20th 2015 - 04:42 UTC

  US targets Venezuela's second strongest man for alleged cocaine trafficking

  

  Despite persistent denials of any wrongdoing from Caracas, US authorities are currently investigating Venezuela’s powerful parliamentary chief, Diosdado Cabello, and other senior officials over alleged cocaine-trafficking and money-laundering, the Wall Street Journal reported.

• Saturday, February 14th 2015 - 06:59 UTC

  Maduro claims a coup attempt was foiled, and blames the US

  

  Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro Thursday night went on the air and said the intelligence services had foiled a coup and arrested multiple people who were behind the attempt, which was backed by the United States.

• Friday, January 30th 2015 - 08:25 UTC

  Chavez died December 2012 and not March 2013, says former bodyguard

  

  A former bodyguard of Venezuela’s Socialist Party heavyweight Diosdado Cabello Leamsy Salazar, who fled the country earlier this week and was reportedly collaborating with US authorities investigating allegations of Venezuelan officials' involvement in drugs, said late president Hugo Chavez did not die on 5 March 2013 but on 30 December 2012.

• Tuesday, December 30th 2014 - 08:30 UTC

  Maduro loyals appoint new TSJ Justices in Venezuela

  

  No agreement reachable with opposition in three previous sessions. Nominations Committee must continue working.

• Saturday, November 16th 2013 - 07:25 UTC

  Next Tuesday Venezuelan president Maduro will begin governing by decree

  

  Venezuela's legislature gave initial backing this week to a measure granting extraordinary powers over the economy to President Nicolas Maduro, which means next Tuesday, when the second vote, he will be able to govern by decree without having to seek parliamentary approval.