Tag: Jorge Arreaza

• 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.

• Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 10:08 UTC

  Uruguay joins Venezuela, recommends travellers visiting US to take extreme precautions because of violence and hate crimes

  

  After the weekend shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, which left more than 31 dead, Uruguay followed on Monday Venezuela and warned their citizens to exercise caution when traveling in the United States.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:31 UTC

  Expelled German ambassador back in Caracas; Germany continues to recognize Guaidó

  

  Germany's ambassador to Venezuela has returned after being expelled by President Nicolas Maduro's government in March over Berlin's backing of opposition leader Juan Guaido's claim to the presidency, the German embassy said on Monday.

• Tuesday, July 2nd 2019 - 09:03 UTC

  Venezuela allows the return of expelled German ambassador

  

  The Venezuelan foreign ministry said on Monday it had agreed to the return of the German ambassador whom President Nicolas Maduro's government expelled in March after he had gone to Caracas airport to greet opposition leader Juan Guaido.

• Friday, April 12th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Venezuela ships a million barrels of oil to Cuba despite US sanctions

  

  Venezuela's state-run PDVSA has shipped one million barrels of oil to Cuba days after the United States imposed fresh sanctions on vessels and firms involved in exports to the island in an effort to halt oil trade between the political allies, according to a PDVSA document and tanker tracking data.

• Tuesday, April 9th 2019 - 07:29 UTC

  Venezuela pledges to fulfill its commitments to Cuba despite US sanctions

  

  Venezuela will “fulfill its commitments” to Cuba despite United States sanctions targeting oil shipments from Maracaibo to its ideological ally, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Monday.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  Venezuela orders US diplomats to leave within 72 hours; blames Trump for the “cyber sabotage”

  

  Venezuela ordered American diplomats to leave the country within 72 hours on Tuesday after President Nicolas Maduro accused US counterpart Donald Trump of cyber “sabotage” that plunged the OPEC nation into its worst blackout on record.

• Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 10:00 UTC

  Guaidó arrives to Brasilia as part of a continental tour

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido arrived in Brazil on Wednesday night to meet with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro as part of a tour of several nations to drum up international pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to step down.

• Wednesday, February 13th 2019 - 08:34 UTC

  Guaido announces humanitarian aid will enter Venezuela on February 23

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guido told a huge rally of supporters on Tuesday that humanitarian aid would enter the country on Feb. 23, setting the stage for a showdown with President Nicolas Maduro who has refused to let supplies in.