Tag: Nicolas Maduro

• Monday, November 27th 2017 - 09:21 UTC

  Venezuela Oil ministry and PDVSA come under military control

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday tapped a National Guard major general to lead state oil company PDVSA and the Oil Ministry as the OPEC member labors under near 30-year lows in oil production.

• Monday, November 20th 2017 - 11:53 UTC

  Calls for an ICC investigation into abuses of murder and torture by Venezuelan leaders

  

  Venezuela’s former attorney general urged the International Criminal Court to launch an investigation into alleged abuses of murder and torture by the leaders of the crisis-hit country. President “Nicolas Maduro and his government must pay for this, for these crimes against humanity,” said Luisa Ortega, after handing over to the tribunal in The Hague a dossier containing 1,000 pieces of evidence.

• Monday, November 20th 2017 - 08:46 UTC

  Caracas ex mayor flees Venezuela and pledges to denounce the Maduro regime worldwide

  

  The ousted mayor of Caracas pledged to spread his protest against Venezuela's socialist government across the world as he arrived in Spain on Saturday, a day after escaping from house arrest and slipping past Venezuelan security forces into Colombia.

• Tuesday, November 14th 2017 - 09:02 UTC

  Powerful friends boycott UN Security Council meeting on Venezuela; EU approves arms embargo

  

  Russia, China, Egypt and Bolivia boycotted an informal public United Nations Security Council meeting on Venezuela on Monday organized by the United States, saying the 15-member body should not be involved in the situation.

• Monday, November 13th 2017 - 07:17 UTC

  Venezuela summons bond holders to a creditors' meeting in Caracas

  

  Venezuela's foreign debt renegotiation committee will meet with creditors at 2 p.m. (1800 GMT) on Monday at the government's “White Palace” in downtown Caracas, the finance minister said on Saturday.

• Friday, November 3rd 2017 - 07:58 UTC

  Maduro announces “restructuring of all future debt payments”; default round the corner?

  

  Venezuela on Thursday announced plans to restructure its burgeoning foreign debt, a move that may lead to a default by the cash-strapped OPEC nation whose collapsing socialist economy has left its population struggling to find food and medicine.

• Thursday, October 26th 2017 - 07:38 UTC

  Maduro manages to divide Venezuelan opposition; Capriles steps down from coalition

  

  Venezuela's Opposition appeared close to disintegration this week after a key leader ditched the main coalition opposed to President Nicolas Maduro, bolstering the socialist leader ahead of elections due next year.

• Tuesday, October 17th 2017 - 12:07 UTC

  “Neither Venezuelans or the world will swallow this fiction” blasts opposition

  

  Opposition leaders in Venezuela have alleged fraud after electoral authorities claimed that Nicolás Maduro’s socialist party won 17 of 24 governorships in Sunday’s regional elections. On Sunday evening, National Electoral Council President Tibisay Lucena announced that the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) had won 17 out of 24 governorships and 54 percent of the votes. Turnout was reportedly at 61%.

• Monday, October 16th 2017 - 11:10 UTC

  Maduro declares victory in 17 of 23 states; opposition demands a recount of votes

  

  President Nicolas Maduro’s government won a landslide victory in closely watched regional elections in Venezuela, according to official results that the opposition said were “suspicious” and rejected results. Maduro’s party on Sunday apparently won governorships of 17 of the 23 states with the opposition Democratic Union Roundtable (MUD) coalition taking only five, according to the results announced by the National Elections Council.

• Tuesday, September 26th 2017 - 10:00 UTC

  Canada will impose targeted sanctions against 40 Venezuelan top officials including Maduro

  

  Canada will impose targeted sanctions against 40 Venezuelan senior officials, including President Nicolás Maduro, to punish them for “anti-democratic behavior,” the foreign ministry announced. Canada’s move, which followed a similar decision by the United States, came after months of protests against Maduro’s government in which at least 130 people have been killed.