Tag: Nicolas Maduro

• Thursday, October 10th 2013 - 02:34 UTC

  Venezuela insists in re-establishing full relations with Paraguay, but legal obstacles remain

  

  Venezuela and Paraguay need to re-establish full relations and overcome “all the obstacles that need to be overcome”, said Foreign minister Elías Jaua currently in Asunción, a special guest of his counterpart Eladio Loizaga.

• Thursday, September 26th 2013 - 05:32 UTC

  Maduro skips UN speech alleging ‘two highly serious provocations’ against his life

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday he had scrapped his plan to take part in the UN General Assembly in New York to “protect my life” after purported threats on it. Just back from a visit to China Maduro said that on a layover in Vancouver he received intelligence on what he said were “two highly serious provocations”, which prompted him to scrap his UN trip.

• Tuesday, September 24th 2013 - 08:19 UTC

  Paraguay and Venezuela discussions to re-establish full relations and on Mercosur

  

  Representatives from Paraguay and Venezuela are scheduled to re-take bilateral and Mercosur related discussions on the sides of the UN General Assembly this week in New York, according to Deputy foreign minister Manuel María Cáceres

• Monday, September 23rd 2013 - 16:50 UTC

  Venezuela takes over toilet paper factory in order to avoid “nationwide shortage”

  

  The Venezuela government has temporarily taken over a toilet paper factory in order to avoid a nationwide shortage. The decision was implemented by the National Guard which took control of the ‘Manufacturas de Papel’ plant and authorities will now oversee and monitor its production.

• Monday, September 23rd 2013 - 16:41 UTC

  China/Venezuela cooperation agreements involving 20bn dollars including 5bn credit

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, said they were committed to consolidating the strategic alliance between their two countries during a meeting in Beijing at which they signed a dozen cooperation and investment agreements worth 20 billion dollars.

• Thursday, September 19th 2013 - 19:06 UTC

  Venezuelan youth crime: blame it on Spiderman and other ‘idolized super.-heroes’

  

  President Nicolas Maduro blamed Spiderman and other ‘idolized super heroes’ of US television cartoons for the growing youth crime in Venezuela, which has become one of the most violent countries in Latinamerica.

• Tuesday, September 3rd 2013 - 23:25 UTC

  Blackout leaves half of Venezuela in the dark; Maduro claims an “electrical coup”

  

  President Nicolas Maduro blamed Venezuela’s right-wing opposition for what he called “sabotage” and an ‘electrical coup’ that he said caused blackouts that plunged much of the country into chaos.

• Monday, September 2nd 2013 - 12:35 UTC

  Venezuela and Guyana agree to resume border dispute negotiations under UN umbrella

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ended a one-day visit to Guyana on Saturday in a move that strengthens the relationship between the two countries that have had a long standing border dispute. The two countries have agreed to ask the Jamaica-born academic, Professor Norman Girvan to continue as the United Nations (UN) Good Officer as they seek to settle their border dispute.

• Monday, September 2nd 2013 - 12:00 UTC

  Maduro apologizes to Paraguay for any ‘pain’ caused and promises ‘to repair the error’

  

  Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro apologized to his peer Paraguayan peer Horacio Cartes for any ‘pain’ caused to Paraguay and promised a ‘sacrifice’ to repair the ‘error’, according to sources from both presidents and from Brazilian leader Dilma Rousseff who sponsored the meeting between the two heads of state in the framework of the recent Unasur VII summit in Suriname.

• Saturday, August 31st 2013 - 00:29 UTC

  Paraguay and Venezuela resume political dialogue at Unasur summit

  

  Paraguay and Venezuela presidents Horacio Cartes and Nicolas Maduro met on Friday for over half an hour following the mediation of Brazilian leader Dilma Rousseff during the Unasur summit taking place in Paramaribo, Suriname. The meeting was made official by the Paraguayan presidency office and twits from the Planalto Palace, seat of the Brazilian executive.