Tag: Nicolas Maduro

Thursday, January 10th 2019 - 08:41 UTC
Differences between Maduro and the military, according to US intelligence sources

Venezuela’s defense minister told socialist President Nicolas Maduro to step down last month, and said he would offer his own resignation if he did not, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing an anonymous U.S. intelligence official.
Monday, January 7th 2019 - 09:13 UTC
Venezuelan Justice and close advisor of Maduro flees with family to Miami

Venezuela Supreme Court judge Christian Zerpa has fled to the United States to protest over President Nicolás Maduro's second term in office. Last year's election “was not free and competitive”, the former Maduro loyalist told a Florida radio station, and he accused President Maduro of systematically manipulating the affairs of the Supreme Court.
Saturday, January 5th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Lima Group, without Mexico, urges Maduro to refrain from taking office next Thursday

Mexico’s new government on Friday called on its peers to refrain from interfering in Venezuela’s internal affairs, declining to back a regional declaration that urged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro not to take office on Jan. 10.
Saturday, January 5th 2019 - 09:37 UTC
Brazil seeks supremacy in South America, said Bolsonaro, who did not discard a US military base in Brazil

Brazil’s new President Jair Bolsonaro said that he would be open to the possibility of the United States operating a military base on his country’s soil, a move that would form a sharp shift in direction for Brazilian foreign policy.
Monday, December 31st 2018 - 12:23 UTC
Venezuela: Maduro regime will be a “facto government” since 2019

Academics of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) debated between December 20 and 26 on the constitutional end of Nicolás Maduro's office term between 2014-2019 and propose three clear lines against the question of the oath of office on the 10th of January. The new period (2019-2025) won't be recognized by the International Community.
Monday, December 24th 2018 - 13:18 UTC
Bolsonaro adds Nicaraguans to the list of unwanted guests for his inauguration

Brazil's Presdient-elect Jair Bolsonaro will not welcome any Nicaraguan delegation at the inauguration ceremony in Brasilia on January 1, his future Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo announced on Twitter.
Thursday, December 20th 2018 - 17:00 UTC
Colombia expels Venezuelan citizen with a FARC past

Colombian migration authorities Wednesday confirmed Venezuelan national Carlos Manuel Pino García was in custody in Bogotá, to be eventually deported Thursday.
Wednesday, December 19th 2018 - 14:30 UTC
Macri urges Mercosur to take action against “Venezuelan dictatorship”

Argentine President Mauricio Macri Tuesday launched an appeal in Montevideo to find solutions to the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and called for the “return of democracy” in that country. He delivered that speech during the Mercosur summit where he is to take up the bloc's rotating presidency from host Tabaré Vázquez.
Tuesday, December 18th 2018 - 09:35 UTC
Creditors demanding payment of US$ 1.5 billion Venezuelan bond in default

A group of creditors has demanded payment on a US$ 1.5 billion Venezuelan bond that is in default, their lawyer said on Monday, kicking off a long-awaited showdown between creditors and the crisis-wracked OPEC nation. President Nicolas Maduro’s government and state-owned companies owe nearly US$ 8 billion in unpaid interest and principal following this year’s default on bonds amid a hyperinflationary collapse of the country’s once-wealthy socialist economy.
Tuesday, December 18th 2018 - 09:25 UTC
Bolsonaro disinvites Venezuelan and Cuban presidents to his swearing in

The Brazilian Foreign Ministry on Monday confirmed that it had called off invitations sent to Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel and his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, for the inauguration of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, local media reported.