Tag: Venezuela

• Tuesday, August 13th 2019 - 07:34 UTC

  Venezuela considers holding 2020 congressional elections earlier, to reclaim control of the National Assembly

  

  Venezuela's pro-government legislature on Monday agreed to create a commission to evaluate holding 2020 legislative elections early, which would create an opportunity for the government to reclaim control of the opposition-dominated congress.

• Thursday, August 8th 2019 - 22:22 UTC

  UN rights chief bemoans unilateral sanctions on Venezuela, fearing ‘far-reaching implications’

  

  A new set of unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States on Venezuela this week prompted the concern of the United Nations’ top rights official on Thursday, who said in a statement that she feared they would have a “potentially severe impact” on the human rights of the South American nation’s “long-suffering” people.

• Thursday, August 8th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Thousands march in support of Maduro chanting “Yankee go home”

  

  Thousands of supporters of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro marched through the capital Caracas on Wednesday in protest against attempts by US President Donald Trump to asphyxiate the ruling regime.

• Wednesday, August 7th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Trump will appeal to “every appropriate tool” to end the Maduro regime

  

  The White House said on Tuesday it would use “every appropriate tool” to end the presidency of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro after President Donald Trump ordered a freeze on the country's US-based assets.

• Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 10:20 UTC

  Trump blocks all assets of the Venezuelan government in US

  

  Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order “Blocking Property of the Government of Venezuela.”

• Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 10:08 UTC

  Uruguay joins Venezuela, recommends travellers visiting US to take extreme precautions because of violence and hate crimes

  

  After the weekend shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, which left more than 31 dead, Uruguay followed on Monday Venezuela and warned their citizens to exercise caution when traveling in the United States.

• Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Colombia grants nationality to 24.000 children from Venezuela refugees

  

  Colombia President Ivan Duque signed an order on Monday allowing 24,000 children born in the country to Venezuelan parents and risking statelessness to be given Colombian nationality.

• Saturday, August 3rd 2019 - 12:00 UTC

  Venezuela and opposition continue talks in Barbados, Norwegian minister reveals

  

  The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition are continuing talks in Barbados to try to find ways to resolve the Latin American country's political crisis, the Foreign Ministry of mediator Norway said on Friday.

• Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Maduro's former Vice President wanted by US for “international narcotics trafficking”

  

  United States immigration officials have added Venezuelan government minister Tareck El Aissami, a suspected drug smuggler, to their list of most wanted fugitives, they said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  Maduro and Guaidó desperate: Venezuela on the verge of losing Citgo to an arbitration award

  

  Venezuela could lose its largest U.S. asset after a court allowed a Canadian gold miner to seize shares of Citgo Petroleum Corp.’s parent to satisfy an arbitration award.