Tag: Nicolas Maduro

• Thursday, April 10th 2014 - 06:22 UTC

  Venezuela invites Cardinal Parolin to become “mediator of good will”

  

  The Venezuelan government formally invited today the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, to join the exploratory talks with the opposition as “mediator of good will” in order to find a solution to the violent situation in the country.

• Monday, April 7th 2014 - 06:21 UTC

  UN 'deep concern' over violence in Venezuela; supports people's right to protest peacefully

  

  The United Nations office in Venezuela expressed deep concern over the “high human cost” of anti-government protests which have left 39 people dead during two months of unrest. Hundreds more have been detained or injured in clashes with security forces.

• Thursday, April 3rd 2014 - 07:03 UTC

  Maduro takes his case to a New York Times column: “a call for peace”

  

  Venezuela: A Call for Peace - By Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela - The recent protests in Venezuela have made international headlines. Much of the foreign media coverage has distorted the reality of my country and the facts surrounding the events.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 08:23 UTC

  Venezuelan opposition lawmaker and supporters cleared from square with tear gas

  

  Venezuelan troops dispersed opposition demonstrators with tear gas on Tuesday and blocked anti-government activist Maria Corina Machado, recently stripped of her seat in the National Assembly, from reaching the legislature.

• Saturday, March 29th 2014 - 06:06 UTC

  Venezuela opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez will remain in a military prison

  

  The Caracas Court of Appeals rejected on Friday the defense attorney's plea for the release of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, locked up in a military prison since last Feb. 18, Venezuela's Supreme Court said Friday.

• Saturday, March 29th 2014 - 05:50 UTC

  Venezuela’s Failing State

  

  By Leopoldo López - Los Teques, Venezuela — As I compose these words from the Ramo Verde military prison outside Caracas, I am struck by how much Venezuelans have suffered.

• Friday, March 21st 2014 - 09:50 UTC

  Unasur 'democratic clause' comes into force after ratification by Uruguay and Colombia

  

  Any country that suffers an interruption to its democratic order will be automatically excluded from Unasur (Union of South American Nations), the bloc announced this week, after its “democratic clause” came into force and as Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro claimed that a US-funded campaign is trying to ouster him.

• Tuesday, March 18th 2014 - 06:41 UTC

  Unasur delegation begins dialogue-contacts next week to help with Venezuelan situation

  

  Uruguayan foreign minister Luis Almagro confirmed that next week a delegation from Unasur (Union of South American Nations) will be ready to sponsor dialogue and help de-compress the situation in Venezuela as was agreed at the recent foreign ministers meeting held in Santiago de Chile when the inauguration of president Michelle Bachelet.

• Saturday, March 15th 2014 - 04:26 UTC

  February annual inflation in Venezuela soars to 57.3%; Maduro blames the 'economic war'

  

  Venezuela's annual inflation rate rose to 57.3% in February, the central bank said as violent opposition demonstrations during the month disrupted the economy. However the bank also pointed out that despite the protests inflation slowed on a month-on-month basis to 2.4% from 3.3% in January.

• Thursday, March 13th 2014 - 06:28 UTC

  Three more fatal shootings in Venezuela raise the death toll to 25

  

  Protesters battled soldiers on Wednesday in the streets of Caracas again as three more fatal shootings raised to 25 the death toll from a month of demonstrations against Venezuela's populist government.