Tag: Hugo Chávez

• 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.

• Friday, April 26th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  US Envoy sees a role for Chavismo in a Democratic Venezuela

  

  Supporters of the late Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, should have a place at the table in a democratic Venezuela, US Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams said at the Atlantic Council in Washington this week.

• Monday, March 11th 2019 - 08:55 UTC

  Fourth day of blackout in Venezuela; Maduro blames cyber-attacks

  

  Venezuelans woke up to a fourth day of an unprecedented nationwide blackout on Sunday, leaving residents concerned about the impacts of the lack of electricity on the South American country's health, communications and transport systems.

• Wednesday, March 6th 2019 - 10:30 UTC

  Guaido talks to public sector unions to stage strikes and held bring down Maduro

  

  Opposition leader Juan Guaido held talks with Venezuela’s public sector unions on Tuesday about staging strikes to help bring down the government, as President Nicolas Maduro said a “crazed minority” bent on destabilizing the country would be defeated.

• Friday, February 22nd 2019 - 10:56 UTC

  Who is Padrino López, Maduro’s strong man

  

  After the strong support of the armed forces to the president, Nicolás Maduro, highlighted the figure of Vladimir Padrino López, the Defense Minister of that country, who responded to the president of the United States, Donald Trump, after his remarks on Monday about the danger that ran the military that was next to the Venezuelan leader.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2019 - 09:03 UTC

  Venezuela approves a new, privately run, foreign exchange system; dollar sells at 3.200 Bolivars, 34% dearer

  

  Venezuelan authorities on Monday approved a new, privately run foreign exchange system that will operate in parallel to the official currency control system, as an emboldened opposition challenges President de facto Nicolás Maduro.

• Thursday, January 10th 2019 - 10:03 UTC

  Claims of Uruguayan ruling coalition involvement in money laundering with Chavista regimes

  

  Uruguay and Bolivia will be the only South American countries attending this Thursday the inauguration of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro for a second five year mandate. A regime which has become an increasingly international pariah for its non democratic practices, human rights abuses, and disastrous management of the economy creating a major humanitarian crisis with food and essential pharmaceutical shortages while some three million of Venezuelans have fled the country in desperation.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2018 - 09:20 UTC

  Maduro boasts that the civilian militia has grown to 1.6 million members

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday the country’s civil militia had grown to 16 million members - more than tripling in size from the beginning of the year - and that its mission was to defend the country against external aggression.