Tag: Unasur observe Venezuela

• Friday, November 27th 2015 - 08:21 UTC

  Maduro blames killing of opposition leader to score-settling among gangs

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Thursday the fatal shooting of an opposition leader appeared to be a gangland score-settling dismissing claim it was politically motivated ahead of elections. An attacker shot Luis Manuel Diaz dead on Wednesday evening in the central Guarico region at a campaign rally for the December 6 legislative elections, party officials said, ratcheting up fears that violence could erupt in the lead-up to the polls.

• Saturday, October 31st 2015 - 10:12 UTC

  Chavistas “will not surrender the revolution”, even in defeat in December's elections, warned Maduro

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro warned that he wouldn’t let a defeat in December congressional elections derail his government even as his socialist party faces the possibility of losing control of the national assembly for the first time in 16 years.