Get our news on your inbox! x

Remember me Forgot password

MercoPress, en Español

Montevideo, December 5th 2024 - 02:22 UTC

Tag: Nicolas Maduro

  • Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 09:37 UTC

    Chilean President wants free elections in Venezuela next year

    Since his accession to power, Boric has harshly criticized authoritarian regimes in the region, due to which he is perceived as the new Latin American left

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Tuesday called for free elections in Venezuela and said he was willing to sponsor dialogue between the administration of President Nicolás Maduro and the opposition. He also said he hoped Venezuela would soon once again participate in multilateral forums.

  • Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 09:49 UTC

    Maduro not attending Celac summit after all

    The Venezuelan leader said he endorsed the initiative by Argentina and Brazil to work on a common currency

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro canceled his trip to Buenos Aires for the VII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac). Upon announcing his decision, Maduro spoke of an “aggression plan” from the “neo-fascist right” which endangered his presence in the Argentine capital.

  • Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 07:12 UTC

    Bullrich asks DEA to arrest Maduro in Buenos Aires

    “Human Rights have no ideology; and not because you are a left-wing dictator, can you not respect them,” Bullrich said

    Argentina's opposition leader Patricia Bullrich, chairwoman of the Propuesta Republicana (PRO) party, a majority partner in the Together for Change (Juntos por el Cambio - JxC) alliance Sunday filed a request before the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) for the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro once he lands in Buenos Aires for the VII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac).

  • Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 21:51 UTC

    Argentine opposition wants Maduro arrested if he attends Celac Summit

    “We want an Argentina free of dictators!” Bullrich said

    Argentine opposition leader and presidential hopeful Patricia Bullrich Thursday called for the arrest of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro should he travel to Buenos Aires for next week's VII Celac Summit. Maduro's travel plans are yet to be announced.

  • Friday, January 13th 2023 - 21:09 UTC

    Maduro highlights improvement in malnourishment - only 7.7% of Venezuelans

    “We must continue with food policies, care, and investment in our people,” Maduro insisted.

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Thursday insisted that his administration was tackling the issue of malnourishment suffered by nearly 2.3 million people nationwide, according to the government's latest reports.

  • Monday, January 9th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

    Caracas issues arrest warrant against 2015 Assembly Board

    The three women live abroad: Figuera and Vásquez in Spain, and Fernández in the United States.

    A Venezuelan court has ordered the arrest capture of members of the new board of the 2015 National Assembly, the body that once appointed Juan Guaidó as acting President after saying Nicolás Maduro had been re-elected in a rigged process.

  • Friday, December 30th 2022 - 19:44 UTC

    Brazil lifts entry ban: Maduro may attend Lula's inauguration

    Lula will reopen Brazil's embassy in Caracas, which was closed under Bolsonaro's administration

    Brazilian authorities have lifted the restrictions banning Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and other high-ranking officials since 2019 from entering the country so that they can attend Sunday's inauguration of President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, it was published Friday in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette).

  • Friday, December 30th 2022 - 10:05 UTC

    Venezuelan opposition leader Guaidó experiment coming to an end as US interests change

    Guaido, who rose to prominence in the aftermath of Venezuela's disputed 2018 presidential election, has faced waning support after failing to dislodge president Nicolás Maduro

    The United States-sponsored experiment with Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido is coming to an end. Lawmakers who supported his “interim government” are close to officially dissolve it with a vote on the move now postponed until the new year.

  • Tuesday, December 27th 2022 - 09:33 UTC

    Venezuela closer to Mercosur and Argentina

    Ambassador Oscar Laborde has already organized several trade missions to Caracas

    Venezuela's return to Mercosur, the resumption of flights between Buenos Aires and Caracas, and an invitation to President Nicolás Maduro to attend the CELAC summit in Buenos Aires next month are some of the signs showing the Argentine government's rapprochement with Chavismo. In addition to that, a rise in bilateral trade of up to 60% is expected.

  • Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 01:20 UTC

    Venezuela: opposition majority calls for the termination of Juan Guaidó's “interim government”

    The opposition pointed out that the vast international support Guaidó counted on in his proclamation in 2019 dwindled.

    An opposition majority called this Wednesday for the cessation of functions of the “interim government” of Juan Guaidó in Venezuela by considering that, after four years of his self-proclamation, the mechanism was weakened without achieving the objectives of political change set out. This represents a change for dozens of countries that formaly still recognize the parliamentary leader and host opposition ambassadors in their territory.