Venezuela

Friday, November 20th 2020 - 09:05 UTC
US names first ambassador in a decade to Venezuela, but he will operate from Bogotá

Amid a breakdown in relations and absence of US diplomats in Venezuela, Washington has named its first ambassador for the South American country for the first time in a decade. However he will carry out his duties from the capital of neighboring Colombia, Bogotá.
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Friday, November 6th 2020 - 09:50 UTC
Iran, Venezuela's close ally proclaims 'US can no longer control what's happening in the world'

Iran believes the U.S. government no longer can “control what’s happening in the world” or show other countries how to protect citizens’ rights, the Iranian foreign minister said on Thursday during a visit to ally Venezuela.
Monday, October 26th 2020 - 08:55 UTC
Leopoldo López arrives in Madrid; Maduro accuses the Spanish ambassador of assisting a “terrorist”

After more than six years in confinement, Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López is a free man and has been reunited with his family in Madrid. López arrived Sunday in the Spanish capital following what aides described as a whirlwind escape from the Spanish ambassador's residence in Caracas where he had been holed up since leading a failed U.S.-backed military putsch against Nicolas Maduro in April 2019.
Sunday, October 25th 2020 - 08:40 UTC
Evo Morales leave Argentina for Venezuela

Bolivia's former president Evo Morales has traveled to Venezuela from Argentina, where he was living in exile, according to media reports.
Sunday, October 25th 2020 - 08:30 UTC
Prominent opposition activist in embassy refuge flees Venezuela and is expected in Spain

Prominent opposition activist Leopoldo López has abandoned the Spanish ambassador's residence in Caracas and left Venezuela after years of frustrated efforts to oust the nation's socialist president, his party said Saturday.
Thursday, October 22nd 2020 - 09:24 UTC
Venezuela plans massive immunization with Russian and Chinese vaccines

Venezuela plans to vaccinate citizens with Russian and Chinese coronavirus vaccines, which could arrive in the South American nation in December or January, President Nicolas Maduro said.
Wednesday, October 21st 2020 - 09:40 UTC
Venezuelan tanker listing dangerously: fears of a catastrophic spill of 1,3 million barrels of crude

Concerns are growing that an oil tanker carrying millions of gallons of oil could spill its load into the sea between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago, causing an ecological catastrophe.
Wednesday, October 7th 2020 - 09:35 UTC
UN human rights council condemns Venezuela and extends two years the mandate of investigators

The United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday extended by two years the mandate of investigators who have documented executions, disappearances, and torture in Venezuela that they say may amount to crimes against humanity.
Tuesday, October 6th 2020 - 09:26 UTC
US Southern Command: Efforts to oust Maduro “have worked” though “not so fast”

International efforts to overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro “have worked,” Admiral Craig Faller, head of the U.S. Southern Command, said Monday but added that it will take time to get results.
Monday, October 5th 2020 - 09:58 UTC
Guyana's big profits dreams crushed by the pandemic and the “resource curse”

By Amy Myers Jaffe (*) – This year was supposed to bring great things for Guyana. ExxonMobil discovered massive oil deposits off the South American country’s Caribbean coast in 2015, and Guyana sold its first cargo of crude oil this February. As production ramps up, its first stage offshore wells were projected to produce 750,000 barrels a day by 2025, tripling the size of Guyana's economy, from US$ 3,4 billion to US$ 13 Billion.