Tag: Nicolas Maduro

• Tuesday, December 18th 2018 - 09:20 UTC

  Maduro boasts that the civilian militia has grown to 1.6 million members

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday the country’s civil militia had grown to 16 million members - more than tripling in size from the beginning of the year - and that its mission was to defend the country against external aggression.

• Monday, December 17th 2018 - 09:27 UTC

  Venezuelan FM says Brazil did invite Maduro over to Bolsonaro's inauguration

  

  Venezuela Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza Sunday announced President Nicolás Maduro had been invited to the presidential inauguration of Jair Bolsonaro on January 1 in Brasilia.

• Saturday, December 15th 2018 - 09:34 UTC

  UN forecasts 2 million Venezuelans will emigrate in 2019

  

  Around two million more Venezuelans are expected to flee their country during 2019, according to a United Nations forecast released Friday in Geneva. If true, the total number of Venezuelan migrants could reach 5.3 million a year from now.

• Saturday, December 15th 2018 - 04:32 UTC

  ALBA - TCP renews commitment against US influence in the region at Havanna Summit

  

  Latin American leftwing governments which strongly oppose Washington's policies for the region gathered in Havanna at the XVI Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples and the Treaty of Commerce of the Peoples (ALBA - TCP) to renew their regional commitment.

• Friday, December 14th 2018 - 20:07 UTC

  Attack on Venezuelan opposition leader said to be slow-motion assassination

  

  Former Colombian President Andrés Pastrana said Wednesday's attack against Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was to poison her with a delayed-effect substance.

• Friday, December 14th 2018 - 09:39 UTC

  Venezuelan Foreign Minister formalises complaint against US Chargé d'Affaires

  

  Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza Thursday handed an official note of protest to the Chargé d'Affaires of the United States in Caracas -James Story- against the coup d'état and assassination plan against President Nicolás Maduro Moros, it was announced.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 14:59 UTC

  Study reveals that 8 million Venezuelans would migrate during 2019

  

  A study carried out by Harvard University economists Dany Bahar and Douglas Barrios reveals that at least 8.2 million Venezuelan citizens would leave during 2019 their country to escape the economic and political crisis that Venezuela is experiencing.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 08:36 UTC

  Russian strategic bombers land in Venezuela; Maduro applauds, Washington furious

  

  Two Russian strategic bomber aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons have landed in ally Venezuela, a show of support for Venezuela’s socialist government that has infuriated Washington

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 10:47 UTC

  Maduro will disclose details of US-led plans to overthrow him if NYT, WaPo do not

  

  Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro has announced that in the coming days he is to hold a press conference to release details about a coup d'état against him in the making under coordination from the United States.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 09:31 UTC

  Maduro consolidates his power with victory in the municipal elections

  

  President Nicolás Maduro consolidated his power even more by sweeping the elections to elect the municipal councils before an opposition that mostly decided to boycott the process since they consider that there are no conditions to guarantee a transparent election.