Tag: Hugo Chávez

• Sunday, October 17th 2021 - 08:29 UTC

  Spain agrees to extradite former Venezuelan treasurer to the US

  

  Spain's Judiciary Friday gave the green light for the extradition to the United States of Venezuelan national Claudia Patricia Díaz Guillén, to account for crimes of money laundering and criminal organization.

• Wednesday, October 13th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Venezuelan political prisoner and former Chávez aide dies of COVID-19

  

  Venezuelan General Raúl Baduel, a former ally of President Hugo Chávez who later became one of the country's most notorious political prisoners, has died Tuesday of COVID-19 at the age of 66 and while still incarcerated.

• Monday, March 30th 2020 - 07:27 UTC

  Retired Venezuela general charged with drug-trafficking turned himself to US authorities

  

  A retired Venezuelan general has turned himself over to Colombian authorities after the United States charged him with drug-trafficking and offered a reward for his capture, local media reported. Cliver Alcala turned himself in on Friday to the Colombians, who in turn handed him over to US authorities, the El Tiempo de Bogota newspaper said.

• Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Bolivian interim government cuts relations with Venezuela and orders Cuban medical teams out of the country

  

  Bolivia's interim leadership says it has broken diplomatic ties with the Government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and ordered Cuban medical teams to leave Bolivia.

• Saturday, November 16th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Guaidó expects today a large protest march throughout Venezuela

  

  The widely recognized as interim president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, convened for this Saturday a great day of protest throughout the country to maintain the pulse in the street against the government of Nicolás Maduro, an initiative backed by the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (CEV), which also called for citizen mobilization.

• Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 08:43 UTC

  Venezuela ex intelligence chief missing after Spanish court agrees to his extradition to the US

  

  Venezuela's former military intelligence chief has gone missing in Spain just days after a court-approved a request for his extradition to the United States on drug trafficking charges, police said on Wednesday

• Saturday, September 21st 2019 - 12:41 UTC

  Alberto Fernández on tour, meets with Evo in Bolivia

  

  Bolivia's President Evo Morales and Argentina's presidential frontrunner Alberto Fernández met Thursday evening in Santa Cruz de la Sierra to discuss Latin American region and possible future joint actions.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 08:52 UTC

  Spain's High Court rules against extraditing to the US ex Venezuelan intelligence chief

  

  Spain's High Court ruled on Monday that the government should refuse a request from the United States to extradite Venezuela's former military intelligence chief.

• Monday, July 29th 2019 - 08:52 UTC

  Followers of Chavez and Guaidó celebrated on Sunday the birthdays of their leaders

  

  Venezuelans paid homage on Sunday to the late socialist leader Hugo Chávez on the day of his birth — which coincides with the birthday of one of the nation’s leading opposition figures.

• Saturday, June 8th 2019 - 22:19 UTC

  Argentina: Overprices of up to 90% in sales to Venezuela detected

  

  Inconsistencies were found in binational businesses for overpricing and irregular billing for more than 20,000 million dollars between Venezuela and Argentina. According to a report from the General Syndicature of the Nation (Sigen), which was accessed by the newspaper La Nación, between 2012 and 2016 at least 15 Argentine companies would be involved in the escrow between the two countries.