Tag: military coup

• Tuesday, October 26th 2021 - 08:10 UTC

  Military forces take control of Sudan; arrest PM and politicians

  

  Sudan's Army Monday has taken control of the capital city of Khartoum and arrested acting Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok as well as members of the sovereign council and other leading politicians. The coup has been condemned around the world, and the US halted US $ 700 million in aid, it was reported.

• Wednesday, October 13th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Venezuelan political prisoner and former Chávez aide dies of COVID-19

  

  Venezuelan General Raúl Baduel, a former ally of President Hugo Chávez who later became one of the country's most notorious political prisoners, has died Tuesday of COVID-19 at the age of 66 and while still incarcerated.

• Monday, September 13th 2021 - 08:29 UTC

  Arrests, protests and looting in Santiago on the anniversary of the military coup

  

  Some eleven people were arrested in Chile following the rioting and looting in Santiago on the 48th anniversary of the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet that in September 1973 overthrew the government of democratically elected Socialist president Salvador Allende.

• Tuesday, August 24th 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Former top Macrist officials added to list of defendants in Argentine case for smuggling guns to overthrow Evo in 2019

  

  Argentine prosecutors Monday decided to indict top-ranking officials from the administration of former President Mauricio Macri for their alleged involvement in the supplying of weapons to Bolivian armed forces who helped overthrow Evo Morales in 2019.

• Saturday, July 20th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  US sanctions four Venezuela military officers for torturing to death a navy captain

  

  The United States on Friday stepped up its response following the death of a Venezuelan navy captain, sanctioning four top officials in Venezuela's military counterintelligence agency, the US Treasury Department said.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  OAS meets in Medellín and Maduro claims he derailed a coup sponsored by US, Chile and Colombia

  

  Venezuela's government said on Wednesday it had derailed a coup bid, claiming the United States, Colombia and Chile colluded in a military plot to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro and install a general and former defense minister in his place.

• Thursday, May 9th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Maduro's police arrest the Venezuelan Parliament vice president after the failed military uprising

  

  The intelligence of Nicolás Maduro's regime detained Edgar Zambrano, vice president of the National Assembly (AN) of Venezuela, on Wednesday, after having supported the military uprising on April 30 against the authoritarian mandatory in the framework of the final phase of Operation Freedom, led by Parliament’s president, Juan Guaidó.

• Wednesday, May 8th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  US lifts sanctions on Venezuelan general who broke ranks from Maduro's regime

  

  The US has lifted sanctions on a Venezuelan general who broke ranks from the Nicolás Maduro regime, saying it hoped it would push others to follow. Vice-President Mike Pence on Tuesday said the US would “consider sanctions relief for all those who step up”.

• Tuesday, May 7th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Five dead and 233 arrests, the official result of Venezuela's failed uprising

  

  Five people died and 233 were arrested in protests sparked by a failed military uprising against Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro last week, Attorney General Tarek William Saab said on Monday. “All those cases are being investigated,” Mr Saab said in a television interview.

• Friday, May 3rd 2019 - 13:47 UTC

  Venezuela will be a central issue of the Lavrov and Pompeo meeting

  

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the Arctic Council meeting, which begins Monday in the city of Rovaniemi. The tension in Venezuela will mark the meeting where