Tag: Venezuela

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.
Thursday, August 29th 2013 - 01:02 UTC
Unasur summit will formally receive Paraguay at its summit in Suriname

Unasur leaders will welcome Paraguay’s return to the group and will honour the memory of deceased Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez during this week’s summit in Suriname that will be taking the chair of the group from Peru.
Wednesday, August 28th 2013 - 01:22 UTC
Mujica and Cristina Fernandez seal peace at a de-sulphuring plant inauguration

Uruguay and Argentina presidents Jose Mujica and Cristina Fernandez seem to have ironed out differences, at least in public and in the pictures, during the inauguration of a gasoline and diesel de-sulphuring plant in Montevideo, which was financed with Venezuelan funds and Argentine technology.
Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 19:36 UTC
After inflation hits 42%, Maduro names a more pragmatic president to the Central bank

Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro appointed the third central bank president this year as Latin America’s biggest oil exporter seeks to rein in the fastest inflation among the world’s major economies.
Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 02:35 UTC
Ecuador regrets Paraguay did not invite President Maduro to Cartes inauguration

Ecuador regrets that Paraguay has not invited Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro (who is also currently president of Mercosur) to the inauguration of president Horacio Cartes next Thursday, 15 August, said Ecuadorean foreign minister Ricardo Patiño,
Wednesday, August 7th 2013 - 03:11 UTC
”Christ the Redeemer became flesh…in Hugo Chavez”, says President Maduro

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Monday compared Hugo Chavez to Christ and said that the late president, just like Jesus, “came to protect those who had nothing”, in a tribute to the fallen leader on the fifth month anniversary of his death.
Wednesday, August 7th 2013 - 03:07 UTC
Rough going in Venezuela: opposition leader killed; media group suspends activities

Venezuela is becoming a rough environment for those dissenting with the Bolivarian revolution: in the last few hours a leading Venezuelan opposition was killed and on Monday media group announced the suspension of activities following the freezing of bank accounts and arrest of the owner and publisher.
Monday, August 5th 2013 - 01:51 UTC
Iran after closer relations with Latinamerica, says new president Rouhani

New Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met in Tehran on Sunday with Cuban Vice President Ricardo Cabrisas and said his country wanted to expand its relations with Latin America, “especially with Cuba,” Iran's Isna news agency reported.<br />
Cabrisas traveled to Iran for Rouhani's inauguration on Sunday.
Tuesday, July 30th 2013 - 03:03 UTC
Eclac joins the club of Argentine government official stats disbelievers and says inflation is 20.5%

Following on the steps of the IMF (and World Bank) which has strongly questioned Argentine official stats (mainly inflation and GDP growth), the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Eclac, also joined the club of disbelievers since in its last report on the regional economy appealed to other stats’ sources.
Tuesday, July 23rd 2013 - 08:15 UTC
Santos and Maduro agree to open a new chapter of neighbourly relations

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos on Monday agreed to turn the page on a diplomatic dispute triggered when Santos met with Venezuela's main opposition leader in May.