Tag: Yván Gil

Wednesday, November 20th 2024 - 18:52 UTC
Blinken recognizes González Urrutia as Venezuelan President-elect

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that his country was recognizing opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as the winner of the July 28 elections in Venezuela despite announcements -albeit with little credibility- by authorities in Caracas that the incumbent Nicolás Maduro had prevailed. González Urrutia, who ran on behalf of the Unitarian Democratic Platform (PUD) given María Corina Machado's disenfranchisement, sought asylum in September in Spain after the Chavista regime issued an arrest warrant against him.
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Monday, September 30th 2024 - 08:54 UTC
Brazilian FM asks Venezuelan colleague to let refugees go to Argentina

Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira asked his Venezuelan counterpart Yván Gil for a safe-conduct for the six opposition leaders staying at the premises of what used to be Argentina's Embassy in Caracas but has been left up to Itamaraty after the expulsion of Buenos Aires' mission.
Tuesday, September 3rd 2024 - 22:02 UTC
US seizes aircraft belonging to Maduro's fleet

Venezuela's Chavista Government Tuesday argued that the seizing in the Dominican Republic by US authorities of an aircraft occasionally used by President Nicolás Maduro constituted a “criminal” act of “piracy.”
Tuesday, August 27th 2024 - 08:47 UTC
Foreign Ministers of Iran and Venezuela ratify partnership

The Foreign Ministers of Venezuela, Yván Gil, and Iran, Abbas Araghchi, held a telephone conversation during which their countries' willingness to expand bilateral cooperation.
Monday, July 29th 2024 - 23:55 UTC
Venezuela expels ambassadors from Chile, Uruguay, and other countries following election controversy

The regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has expelled ambassadors from Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, the Dominican Republic, and Uruguay. This move follows widespread international condemnation of the recent presidential election results, which declared Maduro the victor amidst allegations of significant irregularities.
Monday, June 24th 2024 - 09:58 UTC
Venezuelan FM contests remarks from Canadian Commissioner in Guyana

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil was heavily critical of Canada's stance regarding his country's territorial dispute with Guyana over the oil-rich Essequibo region and insisted Ottawa played a destabilizing factor in the Caribbean region. According to Gil, Canada's “failed” position served the interests of ExxonMobil.
Friday, January 26th 2024 - 11:24 UTC
Venezuela and Guyana to keep discussing Essequibo issue peacefully

After more than five hours of conversations, diplomatic delegations from Venezuela and Guyana agreed on Thursday in Brasilia to discuss the dispute over the oil-rich Essequibo territory peacefully. The gathering at the Itamaraty Palace resulted from talks between Presidents Nicolás Maduro and Irfaan Ali on December 14 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Thursday, January 25th 2024 - 15:45 UTC
Guyana and Venezuela discussing Essequibo in Brazil

Diplomatic teams from Venezuela and Guyana are to discuss Thursday in Brazil the dispute over the oil-rich Essequibo area in control of the latter since the 1890s.
Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:23 UTC
Venezuela supports Argentina's claim to Malvinas

Despite criticizing a judge's decision to hand over to the United States the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 freighter aircraft seized in Buenos Aires, Venezuela's Foreign Ministry also issued Wednesday a declaration insisting that the Malvinas [Falkland] Islands were Argentine.
Monday, May 1st 2023 - 09:59 UTC
Venezuela wants to rescue migrants stranded in border between Chile and Peru

Venezuela's Foreign Ministry started talks with its Chilean and Peruvian counterparts to coordinate flights whereby migrants stranded on the border between these two countries can be flown back to Caracas, it was reported.