Tag: Nicolas Maduro

• Monday, December 16th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Bolivarian countries call Evo's departure from presidency “a coup d'état”

  

  Dignitaries of several Latin America and Caribbean countries Saturday criticized the uprising that led the resignation of Evo Morales as president of Bolivia in - which was dubbed a “coup d'état” in a joint statement in Havanna on the closing day of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) summit to celebrate the grouping's 17th anniversary.

• Monday, December 2nd 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Guaidó admits “acts of corruption” among legislators from his opposition coalition

  

  Venezuela's opposition on Sunday said it will investigate alleged wrongdoing within its ranks after a media outlet reported that a group of opposition lawmakers had unduly advocated for a businessman linked to the government of President Nicolas Maduro.

• Tuesday, November 19th 2019 - 08:55 UTC

  Maduro publicly thanks God for the all mighty dollar as an escape valve for Venezuela's economy

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro embraced the currency of his bitter rival the United States on Sunday, calling it an “escape valve” that can help the country weather its economic crisis amid U.S. sanctions aimed at forcing him from power.

• Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Venezuelans take to the streets to protest against Maduro, but crowds are smaller and feel frustrated

  

  Venezuela's opposition staged nationwide protests against President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday and Sunday and called for a new wave of demonstrations to revive their stalled effort to topple the deeply unpopular ruling Socialist Party.

• Saturday, November 16th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Guaidó expects today a large protest march throughout Venezuela

  

  The widely recognized as interim president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, convened for this Saturday a great day of protest throughout the country to maintain the pulse in the street against the government of Nicolás Maduro, an initiative backed by the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (CEV), which also called for citizen mobilization.

• Monday, November 4th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  El Salvador and Venezuela: reciprocal expulsion of diplomats

  

  Venezuela ordered El Salvador's diplomats to leave the country in reprisal for President Nayib Bukele's expulsion of officials representing the government in Caracas. El Salvador does not recognize Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as legitimate and said on Saturday it would receive a new diplomatic corps representing opposition leader, Juan Guaido.

• Thursday, October 24th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Venezuela exodus on track to reach 5 million, says UN; 5.000 leave every day

  

  The exodus of Venezuelans is on track to reach 5 million people, as pressure grows on neighboring countries to provide them with long-term support, United Nations and European Union officials said on Wednesday.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Venezuelan opposition leader holding “exploratory” talks with Russia and China 

  

  Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido has asked China and Russia to help end a political crisis crippling the Latin American country during “exploratory” talks, his diplomatic representative in Brazil said on Monday.

• Friday, October 18th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Venezuela in Human Rights Council: US and Argentina deplore UN “embarrassment”

  

  Venezuela on Thursday won a seat on the controversial U.N. Human Rights Council -- a move that the U.S. quickly branded “an embarrassment” and further proof that its decision last year to leave the body last was the right one.

• Tuesday, October 1st 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Trump should be impeached a thousand times, claims Maduro

  

  Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, under fire all year to quit from the United States and its allies, exulted on Monday in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, though he did not expect the White House to let up against him.