Tag: Marco Rubio

• Thursday, January 8th 2026 - 10:29 UTC

  Rubio outlines three-phase plan for Venezuela's recovery

  

  US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described on Wednesday before his country's Senate the President Donald Trump administration's three-phase plan for Venezuela’s political and economic future.

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• Thursday, January 8th 2026 - 10:14 UTC

  Trump orders US out of 66 “wasteful” international organizations

  

  US President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Wednesday directing the United States to withdraw from 66 international organizations. The White House characterized the targeted entities as “redundant,” “wasteful,” or “hostile to American sovereignty.”

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• Tuesday, July 29th 2025 - 10:29 UTC

  World leaders express solidarity with Uribe

  

  Many rightwing leaders expressed their solidarity with former Colombian President Álvaro Urive (73) after he was convicted of bribery and procedural fraud by a Bogotá court earlier Monday.

• Saturday, July 19th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

  US revokes visas of De Moraes and his family

  

  US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered the visas of Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes and his family revoked following the magistrate's latest ruling regarding former President Jair Bolsonaro, whom he placed under house arrest with a tracking device around his ankle.

• Friday, June 6th 2025 - 10:48 UTC

  US sanctions International Criminal Court judges over Israel probe

  

  Four International Criminal Court (ICC) judges (Solomy Balungi Bossa of Uganda, Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza of Peru, Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini Gansou of Benin, and Beti Hohler of Slovenia) were slapped with sanctions Thursday by the US Government of President Donald Trump, Secretary of Sttate Marco Rubio announced.

• Thursday, May 29th 2025 - 20:05 UTC

  Rubio announces visa restrictions for foreigners who exert censorship

  

  The US government is taking action to protect free speech by introducing a new visa restriction policy targeting foreign officials who engage in censorship of protected expression, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday.

• Saturday, May 24th 2025 - 10:26 UTC

  Former Argentine Embassy refugees meet with US Secretary of State

  

  “Their bravery inspires all those who fight for a more democratic future,” Rubio said while condemning the arbitrary detention of opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa and over 70 others amid Maduro's ongoing repression

• Thursday, May 22nd 2025 - 19:00 UTC

  US sanctions against De Moraes not to be ruled out

  

  US Secretary of State Marco Rubio admitted he was considering the possibility of sanctioning Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes under the Global Magnitsky Act for alleged human rights violations. The magistrate is targeting former President Jair Bolsonaro for the alleged Jan. 8, 2023, coup attempt, together with many of his aides and followers.

• Wednesday, May 7th 2025 - 10:28 UTC

  Asylum-seekers at Argentina's Embassy extracted from Venezuela

  

  Venezuelan opposition leaders Pedro Urruchurtu, Humberto Villalobos, Claudia Macero, Omar González, and Magalí Meda, who had been under asylum at the Argentine Embassy in Caracas since March 20, 2024, have left Venezuela, it was reported Tuesday.

• Thursday, March 27th 2025 - 16:50 UTC

  India and China no longer buying crude from Venezuela after Trump's threats

  

  The United States imposing a 25% tariff on countries importing oil and gas from Venezuela starting next month has already taken its toll on Caracas' coffers as India and China —accounting for over 50% of its crude exports— have halted purchases. China, which imported 351,000 barrels per day (bpd) last year, and India, with 254,000 bpd in January, are stepping back, with companies like India’s Reliance Industries planning to stop imports.