Tag: Jorge Arreaza

• Friday, February 26th 2021 - 12:01 UTC

  EU declares Venezuela ambassador persona non grata and expels her

  

  The European Union has declared Venezuela's ambassador in Brussels as a “persona non grata” in a tit-for-tat diplomatic move. A EU statement said member states had agreed that Venezuela's ambassador would no longer be welcome as an envoy to the bloc.

• Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 10:05 UTC

  Venezuela declares EU's head of delegation persona non grata and gives her 72 hours to leave the country

  

  Venezuela announced on Wednesday that the head of the European Union's delegation in Caracas had 72 hours to leave the country and declared her persona non grata after the bloc imposed new sanctions on Venezuelan officials this week.

• Tuesday, February 23rd 2021 - 08:37 UTC

  European Union adds 19 senior Venezuelan officials to its list of sanctions

  

  The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on 19 senior Venezuelan officials, lawmakers and members of the security forces in response to December's legislative election that the bloc said was rigged in favor of President Nicolas Maduro.

• Thursday, September 17th 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  UN report slams Venezuela government for methodical extrajudicial executions, forced disappearances and torture

  

  The Venezuelan government was accused of committing crimes against humanity in a report published on Wednesday by a United Nations-backed fact-finding mission.

• Friday, July 3rd 2020 - 08:49 UTC

  Venezuela back steps on its decision to expel the EU ambassador

  

  Venezuela has reversed its decision to expel the European Union’s ambassador to Caracas ordered by President Nicolas Maduro, a statement said on Thursday, ending a tit-for-tat diplomatic row.

• Saturday, June 20th 2020 - 10:10 UTC

  US blacklists Mexican companies involved in failed oil-for-food contract with Venezuela's Maduro

  

  The United States blacklisted Mexican company Libre Abordo and a related firm, accusing them of helping Caracas evade US sanctions in the first formal action taken by the US Treasury Department against Mexican companies involved in trading Venezuelan oil.

• Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:49 UTC

  “Overwhelming similarity” in Hong Kong and Venezuelan protests

  

  Protests in Hong Kong bear an “overwhelming” similarity to political unrest that has wracked Venezuela in recent years, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Friday.

• Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 10:42 UTC

  Venezuela “ready” to defend itself, says foreign minister after meeting with US rights chief Bachelet

  

  Venezuela is “ready” to defend itself, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Friday, after Washington invoked a regional defense pact that might justify such a move.“We are ready to protect ourselves, we are ready to react,” Arreaza told a news conference after meeting in Geneva with UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet.

• Friday, September 13th 2019 - 12:40 UTC

  Maduro will not attend UN General Assembly but will deliver 12m signatures denouncing US sanctions

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he will not travel to New York for the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly later this month, but that two of his envoys would attend to denounce U.S. sanctions on the OPEC nation.

• Friday, August 16th 2019 - 07:00 UTC

  Maduro wants to resume talks with Venezuelan opposition under Norwegian mediation

  

  Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Thursday the government would meet with Norwegian mediators in an effort to restart talks with the opposition aimed at resolving the country's political crisis.