Tag: Nicolas Maduro

• Friday, September 18th 2020 - 09:36 UTC

  The attraction of oil: first ever US Secretary of State visit to Suriname and Guyana

  

  Mike Pompeo on Thursday became the first US secretary of state to visit Guyana and Suriname as the discovery of oil fuels a sudden new interest in the small South American nations.

• Saturday, September 12th 2020 - 10:11 UTC

  Maduro claims special forces captured a “US Spy” next to an oil refining complex

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday that a “US spy” was captured near an oil refining complex in the northwest of the country, which is going through a severe fuel shortage crisis.

• Tuesday, September 8th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Guaidó and 37 parties reject Venezuela congressional election and call for increased international pressure

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Monday announced a “unitary pact” supported by a coalition of parties calling for increased international pressure on President Nicolas Maduro as the country heads toward a congressional election in December.

• Monday, September 7th 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  Venezuelan government confident it will regain control of the Assembly and thus no need for a new constitution

  

  Venezuela's National Constituent Assembly will not deliver a new constitution, the legislature's chief Diosdado Cabello said on Sunday, despite repeated assurances from assembly members that the body was preparing to update the 1999 Magna Carta.

• Saturday, August 29th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Guaidó counts with US keeping pressure on Maduro whoever wins November election

  

  Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Friday he is counting on the United States to maintain pressure on President Nicolas Maduro no matter who wins the US' November presidential election.

• Friday, August 21st 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Trump accuses Venezuelan president Maduro of blocking humanitarian evacuation flights for US citizens

  

  The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is blocking US citizens in the country from leaving, rebuffing efforts by Washington to arrange humanitarian evacuation flights, a State Department spokeswoman said on Thursday.

• Friday, August 14th 2020 - 08:47 UTC

  Caracas district governor and close ally of Maduro died of Covid-19

  

  Dario Vivas, the governor of Venezuela's Caracas capital district and a strong ally of President Nicolas Maduro, died on Thursday of Covid-19 at 70 years old, officials said.

• Tuesday, August 11th 2020 - 09:54 UTC

  Venezuelan court sentenced two former US soldiers to 20 years in prison over a failed coup to oust Maduro

  

  A Venezuelan court sentenced two former US soldiers to 20 years in prison for their role in a failed incursion aimed at ousting President Nicolas Maduro in early May, chief prosecutor Tarek Saab said over the weekend.

• Wednesday, July 29th 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  US warns Maduro that Venezuela's December elections would be deeply fraudulent

  

  The United States warned on Tuesday that elections planned in Venezuela later this year would be deeply fraudulent, accusing leftist leader Nicolas Maduro of seeking to manipulate the outcome.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Venezuela reacts furiously at US decision to put a prize reward for Chief Justice accused of corruption

  

  Venezuela's government blasted a US$5 million US reward offer for information leading to the arrest of the country's Supreme Court president, likening it to something out of the Wild West.