Tag: Nicolas Maduro

• Wednesday, September 20th 2017 - 07:47 UTC

  Trump threatens “rocket man” with total destruction; warnings to Iran, Syria, Cuba and Venezuela

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States will be forced to “totally destroy” North Korea unless Pyongyang backs down from its nuclear challenge, mocking North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a “rocket man” on a suicide mission.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2017 - 09:48 UTC

  Venezuela “free of the dollar tyranny” publishes oil and fuel prices in Chinese Yuan

  

  Venezuela published the price of its oil and fuel in Chinese currency on Friday in what it called an effort to free the socialist-run country from the “tyranny of the dollar,” echoing a plan recently announced by President Nicolas Maduro.

• Friday, September 15th 2017 - 07:38 UTC

  Venezuela plans to abandon the dollar; greenback currently sells for 22.400 Bolivar

  

  Venezuela temporarily suspended the sale of U.S. dollars through its Dicom auction system, following an announcement last week that it was moving away from the greenback in response to U.S. sanctions. The United States in August prohibited dealings in new debt from Venezuela and state oil company PDVSA in response to the creation of a new legislative super-body that critics call the consolidation of a dictatorship.

• Wednesday, September 6th 2017 - 07:23 UTC

  Spain pushing EU to adopt measures against members of Venezuela's government

  

  Spain is pushing for the European Union to adopt restrictive measures against members of the Venezuelan government as a way of encouraging a return to constitutional order in the crisis-hit country, the Spanish foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

• Saturday, August 26th 2017 - 08:17 UTC

  Maduro reacts to Trump's sanctions: “we will sell our oil to other markets”

  

  Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has said that a preliminary analysis shows that new financial sanctions imposed by the United States will lead to a halt in oil exports to the US. President Trump's order bans trade in Venezuelan debt and blocks its state oil firm from selling bonds in the US.

• Thursday, August 24th 2017 - 10:07 UTC

  Venezuela ousted chief prosecutor says she has evidence of Maduro and allies corruption

  

  Venezuela's recently ousted chief prosecutor accused President Nicolas Maduro and several allies on Wednesday of participating in acts of corruption, saying she would turn over proof that would help other countries prosecute. Venezuela's government quickly fired back, accusing Luisa Ortega Diaz of “grave moral and ethical infractions.”

• Wednesday, August 23rd 2017 - 09:25 UTC

  British minister condemns removal of legislative powers from Venezuelan elected National Assembly

  

  The British Minister for Europe and the Americas, Sir Alan Duncan, strongly condemned the decision from the Venezuela Constituent Assembly announcing it will take over the established National Assembly's powers.

• 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.