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Montevideo, April 23rd 2024 - 20:03 UTC

Tag: Nicolas Maduro

  • Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:16 UTC

    Maduro appoints new Petroleum Minister

    Tellechea has been President of PDVSA since Jan. 2023

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Tuesday appointed Col. Pedro Tellechea as the new Minister of Energy and Petroleum.

  • Saturday, January 28th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

    Maduro reviews human rights situation in Venezuela with Türk

    The meeting between Türk and Maduro lasted for about one hour

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights Volker Türk reviewed the situation in the South American country during a meeting Friday at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas.

  • Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 18:06 UTC

    Díaz-Canel visits Maduro on his way back home from Celac Summit

    “It is always comforting to return to the Homeland of Bolivar and Chavez,” Díaz-Canel told

    Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Thursday said his meeting the day before with his Venezuelan colleague Nicolás Maduro was highly successful. Díaz-Canel made a stop on his way back from the VII Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) Summit in Buenos Aires.

  • Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 09:37 UTC

    Chilean President wants free elections in Venezuela next year

    Since his accession to power, Boric has harshly criticized authoritarian regimes in the region, due to which he is perceived as the new Latin American left

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Tuesday called for free elections in Venezuela and said he was willing to sponsor dialogue between the administration of President Nicolás Maduro and the opposition. He also said he hoped Venezuela would soon once again participate in multilateral forums.

  • Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 09:49 UTC

    Maduro not attending Celac summit after all

    The Venezuelan leader said he endorsed the initiative by Argentina and Brazil to work on a common currency

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro canceled his trip to Buenos Aires for the VII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac). Upon announcing his decision, Maduro spoke of an “aggression plan” from the “neo-fascist right” which endangered his presence in the Argentine capital.

  • Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 07:12 UTC

    Bullrich asks DEA to arrest Maduro in Buenos Aires

    “Human Rights have no ideology; and not because you are a left-wing dictator, can you not respect them,” Bullrich said

    Argentina's opposition leader Patricia Bullrich, chairwoman of the Propuesta Republicana (PRO) party, a majority partner in the Together for Change (Juntos por el Cambio - JxC) alliance Sunday filed a request before the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) for the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro once he lands in Buenos Aires for the VII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac).

  • Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 21:51 UTC

    Argentine opposition wants Maduro arrested if he attends Celac Summit

    “We want an Argentina free of dictators!” Bullrich said

    Argentine opposition leader and presidential hopeful Patricia Bullrich Thursday called for the arrest of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro should he travel to Buenos Aires for next week's VII Celac Summit. Maduro's travel plans are yet to be announced.

  • Friday, January 13th 2023 - 21:09 UTC

    Maduro highlights improvement in malnourishment - only 7.7% of Venezuelans

    “We must continue with food policies, care, and investment in our people,” Maduro insisted.

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Thursday insisted that his administration was tackling the issue of malnourishment suffered by nearly 2.3 million people nationwide, according to the government's latest reports.

  • Monday, January 9th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

    Caracas issues arrest warrant against 2015 Assembly Board

    The three women live abroad: Figuera and Vásquez in Spain, and Fernández in the United States.

    A Venezuelan court has ordered the arrest capture of members of the new board of the 2015 National Assembly, the body that once appointed Juan Guaidó as acting President after saying Nicolás Maduro had been re-elected in a rigged process.

  • Friday, December 30th 2022 - 19:44 UTC

    Brazil lifts entry ban: Maduro may attend Lula's inauguration

    Lula will reopen Brazil's embassy in Caracas, which was closed under Bolsonaro's administration

    Brazilian authorities have lifted the restrictions banning Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and other high-ranking officials since 2019 from entering the country so that they can attend Sunday's inauguration of President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, it was published Friday in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette).