Tag: Nicolas Maduro

• Friday, October 17th 2014 - 06:15 UTC

  Venezuela celebrates Security Council seas as “a victory of Hugo Chavez”

  

  Venezuela celebrated on Thursday as a great diplomatic success “and a victory of Hugo Chavez”, having been voted by the UN General Assembly to join the Security Council for two years as a non permanent member.

• Thursday, October 2nd 2014 - 06:24 UTC

  Mysterious outbreak of hemorrhagic fever syndrome in Venezuela kills ten

  

  An outbreak of a mysterious hemorrhagic fever syndrome in the Venezuelan state of Aragua and the country’s capital Caracas has left ten people dead in the last three weeks. Reports indicate that nine people have so far succumbed to the disease in the northern state and a tenth person has died in the capital.

• Monday, September 29th 2014 - 09:22 UTC

  Venezuela's Bolivar hits a record low of 100 to the US dollar

  

  Venezuela's Bolivar currency hit a record low 100 to the U.S. dollar on the black market on Friday, making the dollar 16 times more expensive than the strongest official rate, according to a website that tracks it.

• Tuesday, September 23rd 2014 - 04:56 UTC

  “Just you wait; I'm coming” president Maduro tells US main newspapers

  

  Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro has said he will travel to New York this week for his debut appearance as president at the United Nations General Assembly despite “racist” editorials against him in major US newspapers.

• Saturday, July 26th 2014 - 07:05 UTC

  Mercosur to consider forming an 'economic forum' with ALBA and Petrocaribe

  

  Uruguay's president Jose Mujica will be attending the next Mercosur presidential summit scheduled for Tuesday, 29 July in Caracas, when the creation of an economic forum Mercosur/ALBA/PetroCaribe will for consideration as part of the agenda.

• Thursday, July 24th 2014 - 23:27 UTC

  Hard-line opposition leader Lopez on trial; defense evidence thrown out

  

  The trial against Venezuelan hard-line opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, who is accused of inciting violence at anti-government protests has began in Caracas. Lopez could face up to 13 years in jail if convicted.

• Tuesday, July 22nd 2014 - 06:25 UTC

  Venezuela admits its ever growing dependency from China

  

  Venezuela confirmed Monday that its relations with China have become a fundamental pillar for making progress in almost all sectors of its economy. With a new portfolio of accords and almost 5.7 billion in loans, Beijing will provide support in many key areas.

• Saturday, July 12th 2014 - 10:13 UTC

  CFK invites regional presidents to the official dinner for Russia's Putin

  

  President Cristina Fernandez, CFK, invited her peers from Bolivia, Uruguay and Venezuela, Evo Morales, Jose Mujica and Nicolas Maduro respectively to participate in a special dinner after her meeting with the Russian head of state, Vladimir Putin on Saturday.

• Saturday, June 28th 2014 - 10:36 UTC

  Venezuela blackout interrupts live-television broadcast from President Maduro

  

  A blackout cut electricity in various parts of Venezuela on Friday and twice interrupted the live television broadcast of a speech by President Nicolas Maduro, who said authorities were seeking more information about the outage.

• Saturday, May 24th 2014 - 07:22 UTC

  Maduro blames the World Cup for airlines decision to cut flights to Venezuela

  

  President Nicolás Maduro said the World Cup is to blame for international airlines’ decision to cut flights to Venezuela and denied that the move had anything to do with his government's refusal to allow them to repatriate proceeds from ticket sales inside the country.