Tag: Nicolas Maduro regime

• Thursday, March 21st 2019 - 07:38 UTC

  Venezuela: UN human rights report confirms massive abuses and killings by government forces

  

  The U.N. high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, warns political divisions in Venezuela are worsening an already critical human right and humanitarian situation in the country. In a report presented to the U.N. Human Rights Council, Bachelet urged the dissenting factions to resolve their political differences.

• Tuesday, January 22nd 2019 - 08:37 UTC

  Venezuela foils uprising by National Guardsmen; massive protest march announced for Wednesday

  

  Venezuela plunged deeper into turmoil Monday as security forces put down a pre-dawn uprising by National Guardsmen that triggered violent street protests, and the Supreme Court moved to undercut the opposition-controlled congress' defiant new leadership. Socialist party chief Diosdado Cabello said 27 guardsmen were arrested and more could be detained as the investigation unfolds.

• Saturday, September 22nd 2018 - 06:54 UTC

  Mike Pompeo says US “preparing actions” to pressure the Maduro regime

  

  The United States is preparing a “series of actions” in the coming days to increase pressure on the Venezuelan government, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News on Friday.

• Tuesday, May 22nd 2018 - 06:19 UTC

  Lima Group does not recognize Maduro's reelection and recalls ambassadors

  

  The fourteen members of the Lima Group will not recognize the re-election of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in a Sunday vote marred by international accusations that it was rigged.

• Monday, November 20th 2017 - 19:22 UTC

  Venezuelan street markets trade staples in spoonful portions forced by poverty and scarcity

  

  Poverty and scarcity are so extended in Venezuela that people now sell and buy food by the spoonful in a desperate attempt to overcome a situation that has worsened as the economy has entered into a growing hyperinflationary cycle.