Tag: Nicolas Maduro

• Thursday, November 28th 2024 - 10:46 UTC

  Orsi's inauguration: Inviting Maduro “will be seen when the time comes”

  

  Uruguay's President-elect Yamandú Orsi did not rule out inviting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro over to his inauguration during his first press conference after winning the runoff against Álvaro Delgado of the ruling Multicolor coalition. However, the former Mayor (Governor) of Canelones admitted some “diplomatic difficulties” with Caracas that he hoped to work out. In any case, he insisted that “relations are between States and not between presidents.” At any rate, the issue “will be seen when the time comes,” he added.

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• Tuesday, November 26th 2024 - 10:02 UTC

  Maduro says terrorist plan orchestrated by Machado foiled

  

  Venezuelan President Maduro said Monday during his broadcast show “Con Maduro +” that terrorist plans orchestrated by far-right groups against his country had been foiled. He insisted opposition leader María Corina Machado was behind these plots from Colombia with rogue elements linked to former presidents Álvaro Uribe and Iván Duque and that also the mafia leader in the Venezuelan State of Zulia José Enrique Rincón was involved.

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• Monday, November 25th 2024 - 10:24 UTC

  Venezuelan regime keeps targeting Argentine Embassy in Caracas

  

  Argentine authorities denounced during the weekend that the diplomatic mission in Caracas -now under Brazil's protection following the diplomatic breakup between the governments of Nicolás Maduro and Javier Miei- has been placed under siege, targetting the six aides of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado who sought asylum there earlier this year.

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• Thursday, November 14th 2024 - 10:06 UTC

  Brazil: FM heralds softer approach to Venezuelan crisis

  

  Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira insisted Wednesday that it was time to appease the diplomatic differences with Venezuela and not “repeat the mistakes we made with Guaidó's self-proclamation.” He was referring to the arguably illegal appointment of then-Congressman as interim head of state between Jan. 23 2019 and Jan. 25 2023 after not recognizing the elections' outcome. In the end, President Nicolás Maduro was never removed from the Miraflores Palace and Guaidó's legitimacy eventually faded away, with only some countries recognizing him.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Lula says Maduro not Brazil's problem

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said in an interview with RedeTV that Nicolás Maduro was “Venezuela's problem,” not his country's. “It seems to me that it was a wise reflection by Lula,” Maduro replied after recent incidents between the two Latin American nations resulting in Caracas being excluded from the BRICS associate membership granted to Bolivia and Cuba, among others.

• Thursday, October 31st 2024 - 10:45 UTC

  Venezuela pulls ambassador from Brasilia for consultations

  

  Venezuela's Bolivarian regime Wednesday summoned its Ambassador in Brasilia to Caracas for consultations in repudiation of statements by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's foreign affairs advisor Celso Amorim, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Tuesday, October 29th 2024 - 10:24 UTC

  Maduro lashes out at Itamaraty and Boric

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Monday accused Brazil's Foreign Ministry of being an agent at the service of the United States, which would explain his country not being admitted as an associate member of BRICS, unlike Cuba and Bolivia.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2024 - 22:22 UTC

  Maduro lands in Kazan for BRICS Summit

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro landed late Friday in Kazan, Russia, for a guest appearance at the BRICS Summit as he intends to have his country join the bloc shortly. Upon arriving alongside First Lady and Congresswoman Cilia Flores, he was welcomed by local authorities. Also at the airport were Venezuela's Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and Foreign Minister Yván Gil, who got to Kazan the day before.

• Thursday, October 17th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  María Corina Machado denies Maduro's claims of exile: “I am still in Venezuela”

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has categorically denied President Nicolás Maduro’s claims that she has fled the country and sought refuge in Spain. For days, Maduro had been pushing the narrative that Machado had left Venezuela, allegedly following the path of fellow opposition figure Edmundo González Urrutia, who sought asylum in Spain. On Wednesday, however, Machado dispelled these rumors, asserting in a televised interview, “Venezuelans know that I am still here, and Nicolás Maduro knows it too. They are desperate to know where I am, but I am protecting myself and caring for myself. I am not going to give them that pleasure.”

• Tuesday, October 15th 2024 - 09:29 UTC

  Maduro makes major military brass reshuffle

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Moros announced Monday that he was keeping Vladimir Padrino López as Defense Minister but was otherwise making a major reshuffle within the Bolivarian Armed Forces' brass, including the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM) and the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin). Padrino López has been Defense Minister since October 2014.