Tag: Venezuela

• Saturday, March 17th 2018 - 16:55 UTC

  Transparency International denounces “Venezuelan apartheid”

  

  NGO Transparency Venezuela denounced through a follow-up that the Carnet de la Patria (homeland card), identity document devised by the government of Nicolás Maduro, is a tool of social control that seeks, among other purposes, the loyalty to the ruling party at the polls.

• Thursday, March 8th 2018 - 18:51 UTC

  Venezuela: close to fraudulent elections

  

  Venezuela's National Assembly, with opposition majority, denounced on Wednesday the “undue” use of electoral material, noting that official papers that belongs to the National Electoral Council (CNE) was found in gambling centers to print bet vouchers and presented its final report about the investigation into the case of the ex-rebel agent, Oscar Pérez.

• Wednesday, March 7th 2018 - 09:40 UTC

  Venezuela oil production 1.5 million bpd short of its historic output

  

  Venezuela’s oil production is running 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) short of its historic output but it is something that the country must address itself, Ecuador oil minister Carlos Perez said. Caracas should address the shortfall on its own, added Perez on the sidelines of the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston.

• Sunday, March 4th 2018 - 15:58 UTC

  Oil Market Fears: War, Default And Nuclear Weapons

  

  The U.S. is one of the few areas of the world in which there is an energy investment boom underway, a development that could smooth out the uncertainties of geopolitical events around the world. At the same time, outside of the U.S., there is a deterioration of stability in many oil-producing regions, aggravating risks for both oil companies and the oil market, according to a new report.

• Sunday, March 4th 2018 - 15:49 UTC

  Sterile by obligation: “I cannot donate sperm because I am Venezuelan”

  

  I was stunned when the occupational assistant, with a form in hand and looking to me over her glasses, told me “is that if you are Venezuelan you cannot participate in this program”. We were just her, a newly purchased stretcher and a plate of donuts.

• Saturday, March 3rd 2018 - 10:35 UTC

  Venezuela postpones presidential election a month; ex Chavista challenges Maduro

  

  Venezuela's national election board announced the vote slated for April 22 had been pushed back to the second half of May, with a final date to be specified later, after a pact between Maduro’s government and some opposition parties.

• Wednesday, February 28th 2018 - 11:09 UTC

  UK academic cooperation with Venezuela on Climate Change

  

  On 21 February, the First Academic Report on Climate Change was presented in Caracas with a conference by Dr. Antonina Ivanova, member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

• Tuesday, February 27th 2018 - 09:30 UTC

  Venezuela Electoral Court admits it's not prepared to organize presidential and legislative on the same date

  

  The president of Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE), Tibisay Lucena, dismissed the idea of holding legislative elections on the same day as the presidential election scheduled for April 22, as the ruling party has proposed.

• Friday, February 23rd 2018 - 21:36 UTC

  OAS urges Venezuela to reconsider its electoral process

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) was meeting in Washington on Tuesday from 10:00 AM local time on the subject of Venezuela and “the latest events” that have occurred in the Caribbean country. 19 of the 24 members voted in favor of a resolution calling on Venezuela to postpone the elections scheduled for April.

• Friday, February 23rd 2018 - 00:12 UTC

  Venezuelan opposition to Boycott: won't contest on presidential elections

  

  The Venezuelan democratic opposition, represented by the Democratic Unity, announced that it will not be presented to the elections convened by the government of Nicolás Maduro for next April 22 and calls for a national boycott as it is considered a fraudulent process and without guarantees.