Tag: Venezuela

• Friday, March 14th 2014 - 08:52 UTC

  Venezuela reassures fearful Caribbean allies about ALBA and PetroCaribe

  

  Venezuela said the current political unrest in the country poses no danger to the future of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas(ALBA) and the oil initiative PetroCaribe.

• Friday, March 14th 2014 - 08:49 UTC

  Death toll in a month of violent protests in Venezuela has risen to 28

  

  Venezuela's state prosecutor said on Thursday the death toll from a month of violent protests had risen to 28, after the nation's top court ordered opposition mayors to dismantle barricades set up by street protesters.

• Thursday, March 13th 2014 - 06:28 UTC

  Three more fatal shootings in Venezuela raise the death toll to 25

  

  Protesters battled soldiers on Wednesday in the streets of Caracas again as three more fatal shootings raised to 25 the death toll from a month of demonstrations against Venezuela's populist government.

• Wednesday, March 12th 2014 - 07:22 UTC

  Unasur foreign ministers expected to call for dialogue and peace talks in Venezuela

  

  Foreign ministers from Unasur (Union of South American Nations) will be drafting a statement calling for peace and dialogue to end the month-long clashes in Venezuela when they be meeting on Wednesday in Santiago de Chile. The meeting and agenda have the support from the Venezuelan government.

• Tuesday, March 11th 2014 - 05:52 UTC

  A '99% chance' that Venezuela's Maduro visits Uruguay later this week

  

  Despite strong criticism from the opposition the Uruguayan government said it is prepared to receive Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro on an official visit, and there is a 99% chance that this could occur next Thursday, said foreign minister Luis Almagro.

• Saturday, March 8th 2014 - 06:53 UTC

  US Vice-president Biden expected to address Venezuelan situation while in Chile

  

  US Vice President Joe Biden will hold talks with Latin American leaders about protest-hit Venezuela during his trip to Chile from Sunday for the inauguration of President Michelle Bachelet scheduled for Tuesday and which is expected to convene regional leaders.

• Saturday, March 8th 2014 - 05:54 UTC

  OAS agrees on declaration calling for peace and an end to violence in Venezuela

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) Permanent Council approved late Friday night after a whole day of discussions and by an ample majority, a statement in support of peace and an end to violence in Venezuela, where street protests and clashes have left at least 22 dead and hundreds injured and arrested.

• Friday, March 7th 2014 - 05:10 UTC

  With an eye on Argentina and Venezuela, Brazil private sector wants Mercosur trade in local currencies

  

  Brazil's private sector concerned with harsh times ahead, particularly with exports to Argentina and Venezuela are proposing that Mercosur trade should be done with local currencies leaving aside the US dollar. The initiative was launched by the president of the Brazil-Argentina Commerce Chamber.

• Friday, March 7th 2014 - 03:15 UTC

  Two more dead in Venezuelan streets as protests continue

  

  A Venezuelan soldier and a motor cyclist were killed in a standoff with opposition demonstrators who had set up a barricade along an avenue of Caracas, the vice president of the ruling Socialist Party said on Thursday.

• Thursday, March 6th 2014 - 20:57 UTC

  UN human rights experts ask to visit Venezuela to check in situ allegations of abuses

  

  A group of UN-appointed human rights experts has asked Venezuela for “prompt clarification” of allegations of abuse against anti-government protesters. The six independent experts said that they were “deeply disturbed” by allegations of cases of arbitrary detention of protesters.