Tag: Nicolas Maduro

• Saturday, March 5th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Financial sanctions on Russia expected to hit harder on its ally Venezuela

  

  Measures and sanctions targeting Russia's economy and banking system because of its military invasion of Ukraine, are having a great impact in world trade but the situation is anticipated will be particularly worse for some Latin American countries close to Moscow and the Vladimir Putin regime.

• Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 23:58 UTC

  Venezuelan leader strongly supports Putin

  

  Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro Tuesday called Russian President Vladimir Putin on the telephone to express his “strong support” and wish him well regarding the military deployment in Ukraine, according to Kremlin sources.

• Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 23:59 UTC

  Different reactions in Latin America to Russia's actions in the Ukraine conflict

  

  The escalation of the conflict between Russia and the West regarding Ukraine and two self-declared independent provinces, with military support from Moscow, has exposed different reactions in Latin America, as well as President Vladimir Putin's influence in the region.

• Wednesday, February 9th 2022 - 22:00 UTC

  Venezuela allows flights to and from Portugal to resume

  

  The Venezuelan government of President Nicolás Maduro Wednesday gave the nod to the resumption of commercial flights to and from Portugal, which were halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:03 UTC

  Venezuelan NGO claims political prisoners risk never-ending trials

  

  According to a Venezuelan Non-Government Organization, 13 inmates deemed to be political prisoners, have been transferred from the Ramo Verde detention center to regular jailhouses for ordinary criminals, which allegedly jeopardizes the judicial review of these cases.

• Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 20:35 UTC

  Argentina endorses request that Venezuela investigates human rights violations

  

  Argentina Wednesday supported from its role within the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) previous requests filed by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, who insisted the Venezuelan administration of Nicolás Maduro needed to investigate the numerous reports on violations and hold the perpetrators accountable.

• Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  OAS condemns presence in Nicaragua, of Iranian official accused of aggravated murder by Argentine justice

  

  Twenty-two-country members from the Organization of American States, OAS, on Wednesday approved a strong statement condemning the presence of the Iranian official Mohsen Rezai in Nicaragua during the taking office ceremony of president Daniel Ortega. Rezai has been indicted by Argentine Justice for his alleged masterminding of the 1994 attack on the Jewish organization Amia in Buenos Aires killing 85 people and injuring dozens.

• Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:22 UTC

  Venezuela's elderly demand better pensions

  

  Retired Venezuelan health care workers Wednesday staged a protest in demand for better pensions, claiming that what they were earning were “miserable salaries” with which they were being “starved to death”

• Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  Ortega sworn in for fifth term, fourth in a row, and second with his wife

  

  Commander Daniel Ortega Monday received the Nicaraguan presidential sash from Parliament Speaker Gustavo Porras at Managua's Plaza de la Revolución during a ceremony attended by allies such as Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro and Cuba's Miguel Díaz-Canel.

• Wednesday, December 29th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Maduro-appointed Venezuelan ambassador lands in Lima

  

  Peru's Foreign Minister Óscar Maúrtua de Romaña Tuesday received the credentials from Venezuela's new ambassador Alexander Yáñez Deleuze during a ceremony at Lima's Torre Tagle Palace.