Tag: Venezuela's failed uprising

• Wednesday, May 8th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  US lifts sanctions on Venezuelan general who broke ranks from Maduro's regime

  

  The US has lifted sanctions on a Venezuelan general who broke ranks from the Nicolás Maduro regime, saying it hoped it would push others to follow. Vice-President Mike Pence on Tuesday said the US would “consider sanctions relief for all those who step up”.

• Tuesday, May 7th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Five dead and 233 arrests, the official result of Venezuela's failed uprising

  

  Five people died and 233 were arrested in protests sparked by a failed military uprising against Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro last week, Attorney General Tarek William Saab said on Monday. “All those cases are being investigated,” Mr Saab said in a television interview.