Tag: Nicolas Maduro

• Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  Another blackout in Venezuela: government blames “attack” on the power system

  

  
Venezuela blamed an “attack” on its electric system for a blackout on Monday, the second to hit the OPEC nation this month, that shuttered businesses, plunged the main airport into darkness and left commuters stranded in the capital. Power went out in much of Caracas and nearly a dozen states in the early afternoon, stirring memories of a week-long outage earlier in the month that was the most severe in the country's history.

• Monday, March 25th 2019 - 08:50 UTC

  Russian military planes in Venezuela's main airport reportedly with troops and equipment

  

  Two Russian military planes landed in Venezuela's main airport on Saturday, reportedly carrying dozens of troops and large amounts of equipment. The planes were sent to “fulfill technical military contracts”, Russia's Sputnik news agency reported.

• Saturday, March 23rd 2019 - 09:24 UTC

  IADB annual meeting cancelled after China refused to allow a Venezuelan opposition representative attend

  

  The Inter-American Development Bank on Friday called off next week’s meeting of its 48 member countries in China after Beijing refused to allow a representative of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido to attend.

• Friday, March 22nd 2019 - 08:41 UTC

  US threatens to pull out of IADB meeting in China if Guaidó's representative is not allowed to attend

  

  The United States on Thursday threatened to pull out of the annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank in China next week if Beijing refuses to allow a representative of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido to attend.

• Thursday, March 21st 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Citigroup plans to sell US$ 1.6bn of Venezuelan gold held on collateral

  

  Citigroup Inc plans to sell several tons of gold placed as collateral by Venezuela’s central bank on a US$ 1.6 billion loan after the deadline for repurchasing them expired this month, sources said Reuters, a setback for President Nicolas Maduro’s efforts to hold onto the country’s fast-shrinking reserves.

• Tuesday, March 19th 2019 - 20:59 UTC

  Venezuelan gold crisis: US imposes sanctions on state mining company

  

  United States Treasury Department announced new sanctions on Venezuelan state-run ferrous metals mining Company, Minerven, and its President, Adrián Antonio Perdomo on Tuesday for promoting “illicit” gold operations that have continued to prop up the regime of President Nicolas Maduro.

• Tuesday, March 19th 2019 - 05:52 UTC

  Guaidó's representatives move into Venezuela offices in Washington and New York

  

  Representatives of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido have taken control of three of the country's diplomatic properties in the United States, Guaido's US envoy said on Monday, as the opposition presses its bid to oust President Nicolas Maduro.

• Monday, March 18th 2019 - 08:50 UTC

  Maduro requested the resignation of his cabinet to make a “restructuring”

  

  On Sunday, the Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, asked his executive cabinet to make his charges available to carry out a “restructuring”. This was confirmed by the vice president of the oil country, Delcy Rodríguez through her Twitter account, where she noted that “the President has requested the entire Executive Cabinet to put their charges to order for the purposes of a thorough restructuring of the methods and Bolivarian government operation to shield the Homeland from any threat!”

• Monday, March 18th 2019 - 08:05 UTC

  Brazilian generals in standing contact with their Venezuelan counterparts, reveals Defense minister

  

  The Brazilian Armed Forces maintain an open communication channel with Venezuela’s military even though Brasilia no longer recognizes Nicolas Maduro as president of the neighboring Latin American country, according to Brazil’s Defense Minister.

• Friday, March 15th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  US considering banning Visa and Mastercard transactions in Venezuela

  

  The United States is considering imposing financial sanctions that could prohibit Visa, Mastercard and other financial institutions from processing transactions in Venezuela, a senior Trump administration official said on Thursday. The move, which has not been finalized, would represent another step in tightening the financial noose on the government of President Nicolas Maduro and his supporters.