Tag: Nicolas Maduro

• Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 09:43 UTC

  Venezuelan teachers and senior citizens stage yet another protest

  

  A group of pensioners and teachers marched Wednesday again through the streets of Caracas to protest against their meager income and to demand the payment of overdue adjustments and bonuses agreed upon through collective bargaining with President Nicolás Maduro's administration.

• Monday, August 29th 2022 - 10:29 UTC

  Maduro sends letter of support to CFK

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro sent a letter expressing his solidarity to Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) after prosecutors requested a 12-year jail sentence against her.

• Friday, August 26th 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  Relatives of Emtrasur's 747 crewmembers land in Buenos Aires

  

  A group of relatives of the crew members of the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 freighter seized by Argentine authorities since early June Thursday landed in Buenos Aires to step up the pressure on the Judiciary.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 19:24 UTC

  Venezuela and Colombia appoint ambassadors to resume full ties

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro has announced he had picked former Senator Armando Benedetti to become Colombia's new ambassador to Caracas following his decision to resume full diplomatic ties with the administration of Nicolás Maduro.

• Wednesday, August 24th 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  Venezuelan civil servants march against salary-deteriorating instructions

  

  Retired and active Venezuelan civil servants marched Tuesday through the streets of Caracas to protest against the Government's policies that “are starving us to death.” They were greeted by pickets and blockades by the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) and the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB).

• Wednesday, August 10th 2022 - 09:23 UTC

  Venezuelans demand release of Emtrasur's 747

  

  Scores of supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Tuesday staged a rally across the streets of Caracas to demand that Argentina's judiciary releases Emtrasur's Boeing 747-300 cargo aircraft seized at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza International Airport.

• Thursday, August 4th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

  Maduro says US wants to steal Emtrasur 747 held in Buenos Aires

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Wednesday that the United States meant to “steal” the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 seized by Argentina's Judiciary at the Ezeiza International Airport pending investigations into the presumed to lie under the transport of auto parts.

• Saturday, July 30th 2022 - 08:01 UTC

  London court rules against Maduro-appointed BCV board to handle gold

  

  London High Court Judge Sara Cockerill Friday ruled against that President Nicolás Maduro's stance in the case involving Venezuela's gold reserves deposited in the Bank of England.

• Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Maduro picks Air Force man linked to Emtrasur for Tehran embassy

  

  Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro has picked a new ambassador to Teheran, who happens to be a military colleague of one of the crew members of the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 held in Buenos Aires since June, it was reported.

• Tuesday, July 26th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  New Argentine Ambassador welcomed in Caracas as full ties resumed

  

  The Venezuelan government of Nicolás Maduro Monday welcomed Argentina's new ambassador Oscar Laborde, as full diplomatic ties between the two countries were resumed following a decision by the administration of former President Mauricio Macri (2015-2019) to join the so-called Lima Group which recognized opposition leader Juan Guaidó as interim head of state.