Tag: Jesus Torrealba

• Wednesday, November 16th 2016 - 11:22 UTC

  Venezuelan Supreme Court clears way to suppress National Assembly's right to impeach Maduro

  

  At the request of Attorney General Reinaldo Muñoz submitted last week, claiming that the legislative branch was violating the National Constitution by pronouncing the president politically responsible for his actions. The Venezuelan Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the National Assembly to drop its intentions to move forward with the impeachment of President Nicolás Maduro because it would be unconstitutional.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2016 - 02:29 UTC

  Maduro and opposition leaders meet under the mediation of Vatican envoys

  

  For the first time in at least two years, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his political team have met with several opposition leaders in attempt to defuse the country’s political crisis. The opposition’s main demand is to revive a suspended a recall referendum that could lead to the ouster of President Maduro. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in recent days to support to recall effort.

• Friday, September 2nd 2016 - 11:21 UTC

  A million Venezuelans take to the streets peacefully to protest against Maduro

  

  Opponents of President Nicolas Maduro flooded Venezuela's capital on Thursday in one of the biggest mass protests against socialist rule for more than a decade. Dressed in white and chanting “this government will fall,” hundreds of thousands rallied across Caracas to demand a recall referendum against Maduro and decry a deep economic crisis in the oil rich country.

• Thursday, September 1st 2016 - 10:58 UTC

  Fears the “Great March on Caracas” could trigger violent clashes between Chavistas and opposition

  

  Venezuela's opposition and government head into a crucial test of strength this Thursday with massive marches for and against a referendum to recall President Nicolas Maduro that have raised fears of a violent confrontation.

• Monday, December 7th 2015 - 07:43 UTC

  In peaceful voting Venezuelan opposition wins by a landslide; Maduro admits defeat

  

  Venezuela's opposition won control of the National Assembly by a landslide, delivering a major setback to the ruling party and altering the balance of power after almost 17 years of populist rule.

• Tuesday, January 13th 2015 - 07:30 UTC

  Arrests in Venezuela following protests over swelling lines for basic goods

  

  At least a dozen protesters arrested in Venezuela remained in jail and masked assailants burned a bus overnight amid scattered unrest over swelling lines for basic goods, activists said.