Tag: Nicolas Maduro

• Friday, February 1st 2019 - 10:25 UTC

  EU Parliament recognizes Guaidó as de facto head of state: 90 days for Venezuela to hold new elections

  

  The European Parliament recognized Venezuela’s self-declared interim president Juan Guaido as de facto head of state on Thursday, heightening international pressure on the OPEC member’s socialist President Nicolas Maduro. EU governments, divided over whether to recognize Guaido, also agreed to lead an international crisis group with South American nations to seek new elections, setting a 90-day time limit, and threatening further economic sanctions.

• Friday, February 1st 2019 - 10:20 UTC

  Guaidó invites Russia and China to change sides: “your interests will be best served”

  

  Global jostling intensified on Thursday between countries that want Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in power and those trying to force him to resign, as opposition leader Juan Guaidó made overtures to his rival’s allies Russia and China.

• Friday, February 1st 2019 - 10:15 UTC

  Guaidó denounces Maduro intelligence forces intimidation against his family

  

  Declared interim president Juan Guaido said on Thursday that agents from a feared special police unit had called at his home and asked for his wife, who was out at an event with her husband while their 20-month-old daughter was at their residence.

• Thursday, January 31st 2019 - 16:42 UTC

  Venezuela: Journalists arrested and deported complied with accreditations

  

  The National Union of Workers of the Press (SNTP) of Venezuela reported that reporters from the Spanish international agency EFE who were detained by the National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) in Caracas will be deported despite fulfilling the necessary papers to carry out his journalistic work.

• Thursday, January 31st 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Humanitarian aid to Venezuela caught in a divided UN Security Council

  

  Three days after proclaiming himself Venezuela’s head of state, Juan Guaidó wrote to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres asking for help in tackling the country’s urgent humanitarian crisis.

• Thursday, January 31st 2019 - 09:25 UTC

  Washington warns traders not to deal with gold or oil “stolen from the Venezuelan people”

  

  The White House warned traders on Wednesday not to deal in Venezuelan gold or oil following its imposition of stiff sanctions aimed at forcing socialist President Nicolas Maduro from power.

• Thursday, January 31st 2019 - 09:11 UTC

  Juan Guaidó: Venezuelans, Strength Is in Unity

  

  To end the Maduro regime with the minimum of bloodshed, we need the support of pro-democratic governments, institutions and individuals the world over.

• Wednesday, January 30th 2019 - 20:55 UTC

  Venezuela: Socialist International recognizes Guaidó and calls Maduro “illegitimate”

  

  The Council of the Socialist International (SI) approved a communique on Tuesday where they recognize deputy Juan Guaidó and the Venezuelan National Assembly as the only legitimate power of leading a process of democratic transition in Venezuela.

• Wednesday, January 30th 2019 - 10:03 UTC

  Venezuelan Supreme Court bans Guaidó from leaving the country and freezes his bank accounts

  

  Venezuela's Supreme Court has banned opposition leader Juan Guaidó from leaving the country and frozen his bank accounts. The move comes amid an escalating power struggle, after Mr Guaidó declared himself interim president last week.

• Wednesday, January 30th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  UN chief Guterres ready to facilitate dialogue and negotiations in Venezuela

  

  Following a meeting with a delegation from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres has offered to facilitate discussion to help resolve the ongoing political crisis in Venezuela.