Tag: Roraima

• Friday, May 10th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Developers rush to supply electricity to Brazilian state that depends on Venezuelan power

  

  Developers have presented more than 150 proposals for power plants ahead of an auction this month to supply electricity to the Brazilian state of Roraima, which has struggled with a rash of blackouts due to reliance on the shaky Venezuelan power grid.

• Thursday, March 28th 2019 - 09:01 UTC

  Venezuela has ceased to supply power to a Brazilian northern state

  

  Brazil Mines and Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque said that Venezuela had not complied with its contract to supply the northern state of Roraima with energy since March 7. Roraima is a neighbor of Venezuela and an international bridge has become an escape way for thousands of Venezuelans fleeing from the Nicola Maduro regime and the lack of food and medicines.

• Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Brazil ready to provide humanitarian aid to Venezuela through Roraima

  

  Venezuelan opposition envoy Maria Teresa Belandria was received as her country’s official ambassador in Brazil on Monday and said Brazil’s government would provide all possible support to get humanitarian aid to the border.

• Thursday, August 30th 2018 - 09:11 UTC

  Emergency in Brazil: 700/800 Venezuelans cross the border daily, claims Temer

  

  The Brazilian government may restrict entrance of Venezuelans at the border in the remote northwestern state of Roraima, President Michel Temer said on Wednesday, after a flood of migrants has strained local services and sparked violence with residents.

• Thursday, August 23rd 2018 - 09:12 UTC

  The democratic challenge to dictatorships and xenophobia in Latin America

  

  During the conference entitled “The democratic challenge to the autocracies of the 21st century in Latin America,” organized by the Center for the Opening and Development of Latin America (CADAL) on Tuesday at the Senate of Uruguay, the Government of Venezuela was described as a “dictatorship” and it was exhorted that the democratic governments of the region, especially the Uruguayan government, not be indifferent or “accomplices” against today’s Latin America’s autocratic governments.

• Tuesday, August 21st 2018 - 08:05 UTC

  Venezuelan refugees restarted pouring into northern Brazil

  

  Brazil's government has not ruled out closing its border with Venezuela at Pacaraima, in Roraima state, but sees obstacles to doing so because of international treaties it has signed, Political Affairs Minister Carlos Marun said on Monday.

• Monday, August 20th 2018 - 07:08 UTC

  Brazil sending troops to Venezuela border following clashes between locals and refugees

  

  Brazil is sending additional troops to its northern frontier after residents of one of its border towns attacked Venezuelan immigrants, forcing hundreds of them to flee back into their country. Brazil's Ministry of Public Security said over the weekend it would send an additional 60 soldiers to Roraima on Monday, reinforcing a contingent already operating in the northern state.

• Tuesday, August 7th 2018 - 07:31 UTC

  Brazilian judge blocks border to prevent Venezuelans flooding in

  

  A Brazilian federal court has ordered a block on Venezuelans crossing the border from their economically imploding country, but there was no indication on Monday of the suspension yet taking effect.

• Saturday, April 14th 2018 - 11:22 UTC

  Brazilian state asks Supreme Tribunal to “temporarily” close border with Venezuela

  

  The governor of Brazil’s northern state of Roraima on Friday asked the Supreme Federal Tribunal for permission to temporarily close the only land border crossing with neighboring Venezuela to halt the massive and disorderly arrival of refugees. But Brazil’s President Michel Temer, attending the Summit of the Americas in Lima, said closing the border was “unthinkable.”

• Wednesday, February 14th 2018 - 09:54 UTC

  Temer said that Brazil will continue to receive Venezuelan refugees

  

  Brazil will not block Venezuelans from entering the country through the border in the northern state of Roraima, but has launched a task force to organize the flow and provide resources for cities and states dealing with the refugees.