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Montevideo, December 4th 2024 - 19:13 UTC

Tag: Nicolas Maduro

  • Saturday, February 17th 2024 - 16:13 UTC

    Pepe Mujica criticizes Venezuelan Government's authoritarianism: “You can call him a dictatorship”

    Mujica expressed during the press conference that “Venezuela's misfortune is that it has a lot of oil and has felt encircled and has an authoritarian government”

    In the wake of Venezuela's recent wave of repression and arrests, former Uruguayan President and leftist regional leader José “Pepe” Mujica has spoken out against the Government of Nicolás Maduro, denouncing it as authoritarian. In an address to journalists, Mujica highlighted the concerning developments in Venezuela, stating, “Venezuela has an authoritarian government that goes the other way.”

  • Friday, February 16th 2024 - 11:14 UTC

    Joint statement issued against the arrest of Venezuelan opposition activist

    San Miguel has been accused of plotting to kill President Nicolás Maduro

    Given the arrest in Venezuela of opposition activist Rocío San Miguel last week, the governments of Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Uruguay issued a joint statement Thursday calling for her release.

  • Tuesday, January 30th 2024 - 11:01 UTC

    Disqualification of María Corina Machado shadows Venezuela's path to reconciliation

    The government's suspension of Machado's candidacy, citing corruption allegations, echoes previous disqualifications in 2021 and 2014.

    The disqualification of Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado from the Supreme Court Justice (TSJ) threatens the international aperture the South American country has experienced. The United States Government has issued a two-month ultimatum to the Maduro government, demanding the inclusion of barred opposition candidates in the upcoming presidential elections.

  • Saturday, January 27th 2024 - 10:31 UTC

    Venezuela's Supreme Court upholds Machado's electoral ban

    With Friday's ruling, “the regime decided to end the Barbados Agreement,” Machado argued on X

    Venezuela's Supreme Court (TSJ) Friday upheld a decision by the Comptroller General's Office whereby opposition leader María Corina Machado may not run in this year's elections after having been disenfranchised despite garnering 92.35% of the votes in the Oct. 22 primaries. The TSJ also confirmed Friday the disqualification of two-time presidential candidate Henrique Capriles.

  • Thursday, January 25th 2024 - 15:05 UTC

    UN fact-finding mission blasts Maduro's Venezuela for reiterated human rights violations

    The State’s repressive structures have not been dismantled, and the Government has recently intensified efforts to reduce civic and democratic space

    Attacks on civic and democratic space in Venezuela are intensifying through State policies aimed at silencing opposition and criticism of President Nicolás Maduro’s Government, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela said in its latest report released this week.

  • Tuesday, January 23rd 2024 - 11:03 UTC

    Venezuelan gov't arrests 32 alleged “traitors to the homeland” who planned to kill Maduro

    There will be more arrests, Tarek William Saab warned

    Venezuelan authorities have arrested 32 people who were said to be involved in a plot to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro with backing from the United States, it was reported in Caracas. “Treason” charges were filed against the detainees, the Public Prosecutor's Office said.

  • Tuesday, January 16th 2024 - 10:17 UTC

    Venezuela: Maduro says Milei a “fatal mistake”

    Milei thinks that “by shrinking the State prosperity will be born by spontaneous generation,” Maduro explained

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Monday said his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei was a “fatal error” because of his State-capping economic policies. “You are a mistake in the history of Latin America, Milei, a fatal mistake in the history of Argentina,” Maduro said during his annual message before the National Assembly in Caracas.

  • Tuesday, January 2nd 2024 - 10:34 UTC

    UK, Guyana mocking Venezuela, Maduro warns

    Maduro also said Milei wanted to turn Argentina into the new colony in South America

    In a year-ending interview with Le Monde Diplomatique's Ignacio Ramonet, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said his Guyanese counterpart Irfaan Ali was mocking his country and other regional multilateral organizations who sponsored the St Vincent and the Grenadines understanding whereby the dispute over the oil-rich Essequibo area would not escalate.

  • Saturday, December 30th 2023 - 10:38 UTC

    UK says Venezuela's military maneuvers “unjustified”

    The UK sent the HMS Trent in support of its former colony “for a series of routine engagements in the region”

    The United Kingdom said Venezuelan President Nicolàs Maduro's decision to up his country's military readiness over the Essequibo dispute with Guyana was “unjustified.” The Bolivarian forces deployed over 5,000 troops in response to the arrival in the area of the Royal Navy's HMS Trent.

  • Wednesday, December 27th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Maduro touts Venezuela's economic recovery

    In the third quarter of 2023, Venezuela achieved its lowest inflation rate since 2014, Maduro claimed

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro insisted Tuesday that his country is continuing its economic recovery despite sanctions and other obstacles. He spoke of a “war economy” that has led Venezuela to diversify its activities and achieve 100% national production