Tag: Nicolas Maduro

• Friday, July 23rd 2021 - 09:38 UTC

  Venezuela rejects accusations of “hosting” armed groups that attempt against Colombian institutions

  

  Venezuelan foreign minister Jorge Arreaza rejected accusations from the Colombian government regarding the recent attack on the helicopter of president Ivan Duque in the city of Cúcuta and claimed Bogotá is using his country to hide the tragedy of its neighbour.

• Tuesday, July 13th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Venezuela government arrests Deputy Freddy Guevara, breaks into Juan Guaidó's home

  

  The Venezuelan government's intelligence service took Deputy Freddy Guevara into custody on Monday, accusing him of “terrorism” and “treason” and broke into the home of opposition leader Juan Guaidó, the latter's wife informed.

• Tuesday, July 6th 2021 - 09:36 UTC

  Biden reaffirms support for Guaidó on Venezuela's Independence Day

  

  On the anniversary of Venezuela's independence, July 5, President Joe Biden sent a letter reaffirming US support for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido.

• Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  New Bachelet report says abuse and torture still in force in Venezuela

  

  A new report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) released Thursday has pointed out that the Venezuelan regime of Nicolás Maduro continues to apply systematic abuse and torture, particularly to political opponents.

• Saturday, June 26th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Mexican government accused of spying on non-acquiescent columnists

  

  The Mexican government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has been accused this week of mounting an espionage scheme to intimidate journalists, it was reported by the newspaper El Universal.

• Friday, June 25th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Russia to the world: Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua are our Latin American allies

  

  Russia reiterated this week its support for Latin American allies, mainly Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua given the standing “external threats,” stated Moscow's defence minister General Sergey Shoigu who underlined the historic links with the three countries.

• Thursday, May 27th 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  Argentina withdraws from lawsuit against Maduro before the International Criminal Court

  

  The Government of Argentina Wednesday withdrew from a joint lawsuit filed against the regime of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro before the International Criminal Court (ICC) brought forward by the previous administration of President Mauricio Macri.

• Friday, May 21st 2021 - 08:51 UTC

  Biden picks for Western Hemisphere career diplomat who favors sanctions against Venezuela

  

  US President Joseph Biden's candidate for the office of Undersecretary of the State Department for the Western Hemisphere, Brian A. Nichols, has said sanctions against the Nicolás Maduro regime must continue.

• Wednesday, May 19th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentine President Fernández says human rights issue in Venezuela is “disappearing little by little”

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday said the “problem” of human rights in Venezuela “disappearing” and insisted there was no need for blockades when the way to solve these issues is through dialogue.

• Thursday, April 22nd 2021 - 09:25 UTC

  Uruguayan President: competition between countries must not prevail to fight covid-19

  

  During his speech at the XXVII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government, which is held in Andorra although most participants make only video appearances, Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou Wednesday launched an appeal to his fellow leaders to find new ways in the fight against the covid-19 pandemic.