Tag: Nicolas Maduro

• Monday, May 13th 2013 - 04:21 UTC

  Maduro trying to deal with his main challenges: food scarcity and inflation

  

  President Nicolas Maduro accused Lorenzo Mendoza, owner of Empresas Polar SA, Venezuela’s largest privately held company, of reducing food production and creating shortages amid record scarcity and the region’s fastest inflation close to 30%.

• Friday, May 10th 2013 - 07:44 UTC

  Brazil endorses Maduro and pledged support to develop agriculture and infrastructure

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro got strong backing from regional heavyweight Brazil on a tour of Mercosur allies to cement his legitimacy as political heir to the late Hugo Chavez.

• Friday, May 10th 2013 - 07:35 UTC

  Paraguay discussing inviting Maduro to the inauguration of president-elect Cartes

  

  Paraguayan president elect Horacio Cartes transition team said that Venezuela should be present at the inauguration ceremony of the new head of state scheduled for 15 August, despite the ‘current circumstances’ of bilateral relations.

• Friday, May 10th 2013 - 06:05 UTC

  Peru promoting Unasur summit to address Venezuela’s political situation

  

  Peru which currently holds the chair of Unasur, Union of South American Nations is promoting a new meeting of country members’ heads of state to address the political situation in Venezuela, Foreign minister Rafael Roncagliolo said on Thursday.

• Thursday, May 9th 2013 - 05:25 UTC

  Maduro says he is a ‘Kirchnerite president’ and Venezuela’s ‘second Peronist president’

  

  President Nicolas Maduro said he was a ‘Kirchnerite president’ and the ‘second Peronist president’ of Venezuela during a political rally with Argentine trade unions and militant groups in a packed Buenos Aires stadium to recall the figures of the deceased Hugo Chavez and Nestor Kirchner.

• Wednesday, May 8th 2013 - 09:56 UTC

  Maduro promises Uruguay permanent supply of oil and full Mercosur commitment

  

  President Nicolas Maduro promised his Uruguayan counterpart Jose Mujica a “permanent” supply of petroleum from oil-rich Venezuela during the first leg of his visit to Mercosur member countries. Maduro also announced the signing of a strategic alliance in the energy sector with Uruguay.

• Monday, May 6th 2013 - 00:28 UTC

  Maduro visits Uruguay on his first overseas trip since becoming elected president

  

  Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro begins next Tuesday an official one visit to Uruguay when he will be meeting with head of state Jose Mujica and former president Tabare Vazquez.On Wednesday he plans to fly to Argentina and the following day, Brazil.

• Friday, May 3rd 2013 - 06:09 UTC

  Venezuelan opposition formally challenges Maduro’s victory in April’s snap election

  

  The Venezuelan opposition on Thursday challenged the results of last month's presidential poll won by the late Hugo Chavez's successor, further muddying an already messy transition to life without the divisive leader. The formal challenge was done with the Supreme Court, despite allegations the tribunal is loaded with pro-Chavez judges and certain to reject the challenge.

• Thursday, May 2nd 2013 - 07:12 UTC

  Following the beatings of opposition members, OAS calls for dialogue in Venezuelan congress

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) expressed concern over the acts of violence that took place on Tuesday in the National Assembly of Venezuela and noted that “this reflects, in a dramatic way, the absence of a political dialogue that could reassure the public and the branches of government, in order to resolve the outstanding issues in this country in a climate of peace between all Venezuelans”.

• Wednesday, May 1st 2013 - 06:04 UTC

  Major brawl in Venezuelan congress over the disputed presidential election

  

  Political tensions over Venezuela’s disputed presidential election boiled over Tuesday in the National Assembly as government and opposition lawmakers said they physically clashed.