Tag: Nicolas Maduro

• Saturday, August 3rd 2019 - 12:00 UTC

  Venezuela and opposition continue talks in Barbados, Norwegian minister reveals

  

  The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition are continuing talks in Barbados to try to find ways to resolve the Latin American country's political crisis, the Foreign Ministry of mediator Norway said on Friday.

• Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Maduro's former Vice President wanted by US for “international narcotics trafficking”

  

  United States immigration officials have added Venezuelan government minister Tareck El Aissami, a suspected drug smuggler, to their list of most wanted fugitives, they said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  Maduro and Guaidó desperate: Venezuela on the verge of losing Citgo to an arbitration award

  

  Venezuela could lose its largest U.S. asset after a court allowed a Canadian gold miner to seize shares of Citgo Petroleum Corp.’s parent to satisfy an arbitration award.

• Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 14:01 UTC

  Maduro's government keeps flying voluntary refugees back to Venezuela

  

  Return to the Fatherland flights for migrants who want to return to Venezuela will resume Tuesday and Wednesday, the Nicolás Maduro administration announced.

• Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Uruguay's Mujica blasts Malaysia as “a dictatorship where they kill 25 people every day”

  

  Malaysia is a bloodthirsty dictatorship where they kill 25 people every day, according to Uruguay's ex president Jose Mujica. The Uruguayan leader speaking at a political rally put in the same bag, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, China as part of a poor defense of the regime of his good friend, the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro.

• Monday, July 29th 2019 - 09:22 UTC

  Maduro says Venezuela is open to receive Colombian ex FARC leaders

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday said two former FARC commanders from neighboring Colombia whose whereabouts are unknown were “welcome in Venezuela,” a statement likely to fuel criticism that he is providing a safe haven for armed groups.

• Saturday, July 27th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Maduro's Supreme Court annuls decision to rejoin regional defense treaty

  

  Venezuela's Supreme Court on Friday annulled a decision by the opposition-controlled legislature to re-join a regional defense treaty that could provide a legal framework for foreign military intervention.

• Thursday, July 25th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  Maduro blames “desperate” US for the latest blackout that plunged most of Venezuela in the dark

  

  Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday blamed the “desperate” United States for a major power cut that affected large parts of the crisis-wracked country on Monday.

• Wednesday, July 24th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  “Electromagnetic attack” behind massive power cut, Venezuelan minister explains

  

  Venezuela's Communication and Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez Tuesday revealed that according to preliminary inquiries, the probable cause of the massive blackout on Monday, which hit most parts of Venezuela, including the capital Caracas, was “an electromagnetic attack.”

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Caracas and other regions of Venezuela hit by a massive power blackout

  

  Caracas and other parts of crisis-wracked Venezuela were hit by a massive power cut on Monday foreign journalists and internet users said. The lights went out in most of Caracas at 4.41pm (2041 GMT) while people in other parts of the country took to social media to report the power had gone out there too.