Tag: United States

• Tuesday, October 1st 2019 - 09:37 UTC

  Maduro scoffs at EU sanctions and Trump's failed Venezuela policy

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday scoffed at sanctions imposed by the European Union and accused Brussels of doing US President Donald Trump's bidding. “I don't care about the European Union sanctions, the sanctions of the European Union make us laugh,” Maduro told a press conference, saying the EU was “sinking in the mud of Donald Trump's failed Venezuela policy.”

• Saturday, September 28th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  Maduro claims Trump is seeking a regime change in Venezuela to divert attention from his impeachment

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is accusing Donald Trump of seeking a regime change in Venezuela as a way to divert attention from calls for his impeachment. Maduro made the statement on the return of his trip to Russia where he met President Vladimir Putin.

• Saturday, September 28th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  China slams Trump for the trade disputes but says Beijing will act in a calm, rational manner

  

  China's top diplomat said on Friday that tariffs and trade disputes could plunge the world into recession and Beijing was committed to resolving them in a “calm, rational and cooperative manner.”

• Saturday, September 28th 2019 - 09:25 UTC

  Spanish company working for the CIA spied on Assange inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London

  

  A Spanish private security firm, which is under investigation in Madrid, spied on Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on behalf of the CIA while he was inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, El Pais daily reported Friday.

• Friday, September 27th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Raul Castro and family barred from visiting US; Fidel's brother accused of human rights violations

  

  The United States on Thursday announced travel sanctions against Cuba's Raul Castro and his family, accusing the former president of violations of human rights. In his continued role as the first secretary of the ruling Communist Party, “Raul Castro oversees a system that arbitrarily detains thousands of Cubans and currently holds more than 100 political prisoners,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.

• Thursday, September 26th 2019 - 13:35 UTC

  What is the economic fallout from the Saudi Arabia oil facility attack?

  

  A violent attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure was carried out earlier this month. Some 18 drones and seven cruise missiles were reportedly fired in the direction of several oil facilities in the region. The Abqaiq facility was the primary location of attack, while cruise missiles struck an oilfield in Khurais, just east of the city of Riyadh.

• Thursday, September 26th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Trump dismisses the impeachment inquiry on Biden-Ukrainian contacts, as “a joke”

  

  A downbeat Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed as a “joke” the grounds laid out for the impeachment inquiry into him, as Democrats stood firm in accusing the US president of a “mafia-style shakedown” of his Ukrainian counterpart.

• Thursday, September 26th 2019 - 08:40 UTC

  US and Colombia intercept homemade submarine with five tons of cocaine

  

  A homemade submarine carrying more than five tons of cocaine was intercepted in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America, the US Coast Guard said.

• Wednesday, September 25th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  US provides US$ 52 million in support funds for Venezuelan opposition

  

  The United States said on Tuesday it will provide US$52 million in funding to Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, an escalation of support even as his push to oust socialist President Nicolas Maduro stalls.

• Wednesday, September 25th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Fort Lauderdale Customs and Border Patrol catch Venezuelan smugglers of gold

  

  Two Venezuelans have been charged in US federal court with allegedly smuggling US$5 million worth of gold bars into the United States in a private airplane. Jean Carlos Sanchez Rojas and Victor Fossi Grieco, who piloted the airplane, were arrested on Sep 20 at Florida's Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport after US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents discovered the undeclared cargo in the airplane's nose.