Tag: Nicolas Maduro

• Friday, August 18th 2017 - 08:50 UTC

  Venezuela begins systematic purge of the regime's opponents

  

  Venezuela’s high court issued an arrest order for the ousted chief prosecutor’s husband on Thursday after authorities accused him of running a US$6 million extortion ring, a ruling promptly denounced by government critics as a move aimed at silencing opponents of President Nicolas Maduro.

• Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 08:14 UTC

  Corbyn condemns “violence by all sides”, but avoids criticizing Maduro

  

  Jeremy Corbyn has condemned the “violence done by all sides” in the Venezuela conflict but stopped short of criticising president, Nicolas Maduro.

• Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 07:49 UTC

  Latin American foreign ministers will address Venezuelan situation in Peru

  

  Latin American foreign ministers are scheduled to hold an extraordinary meeting this Tuesday in Lima to address the current state of affairs in Venezuela, Peruvian foreign minister Ricardo Luna announced.

• Sunday, August 6th 2017 - 00:23 UTC

  Venezuela suspended indefinitely: “Without democracy, you can't be part of Mercosur”

  

  Mercosur foreign ministers meeting on Saturday in Brazil suspended Venezuela indefinitely for failing to uphold democratic norms amid an intensifying crackdown on dissent in the country. The bloc previously suspended Venezuela in December for failing to uphold commitments it made when it joined the group in 2012.

• Sunday, August 6th 2017 - 00:10 UTC

  Maduro's assembly sacks dissident attorney general; next target elected members of the Legislative

  

  The newly installed constitutional assembly ousted Venezuela's defiant chief prosecutor on Saturday, a sign that President Nicolas Maduro's embattled government intends to move swiftly against critics and consolidate power amid a fast-moving political crisis.

• Friday, August 4th 2017 - 07:45 UTC

  British Labour party divided on support for Venezuela's Maduro regime

  

  Labour MP close to Jeremy Corbyn has criticized the US's decision to impose sanctions on the Venezuelan president. Chris Williamson said it would be “better to facilitate talks” between the government and opposition amid ongoing political unrest and violence.

• Thursday, August 3rd 2017 - 07:53 UTC

  Beijing support for Maduro: “the election was generally held smoothly”

  

  Venezuela's close ally China said it believed voting in the country's Constituent Assembly election was “generally held smoothly”, brushing off widespread condemnation from the United States, Europe and others and evidence of voting irregularities.

• Thursday, August 3rd 2017 - 07:45 UTC

  Venezuela military publicly express continued loyalty for president Maduro

  

  Venezuela's military and cabinet expressed their continued support for President Nicolas Maduro, a day after the United States announced sanctions against the president. The sanctions were in retaliation for defying the White House by refusing to cancel elections for a National Constituent Assembly (ANC) to rewrite the Constitution.

• Tuesday, August 1st 2017 - 08:22 UTC

  UK calls on Maduro to stop the division in the Venezuelan society

  

  British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson called on Monday on Venezuela’s government to take urgent action to stop the division in society following Sunday's the Constituent Assembly vote. “Venezuela stands on the brink of disaster and Nicholas Maduro’s government must stop before it is too late. The country is turning on itself – more than 100 have died already – and democracy and basic rights are in jeopardy”, said Boris Johnson.

• Tuesday, August 1st 2017 - 06:46 UTC

  “Dictator” Maduro mocks “imperialist” Trump's sanctions

  

  United States has imposed sanctions on Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, over what it called his “illegitimate” election of an assembly to rewrite the constitution. All of Maduro's assets in the United States are frozen and Americans are forbidden from doing any business with him.