Venezuela

• Monday, May 9th 2022 - 19:28 UTC

  OPEC Chief visits Venezuela to bolster bilateral ties

  

  OPEC Secretary-General Mohammed Barkindo has visited Venezuela to strengthen bilateral ties between the rich oil-producing South American country, which is one of the 13 countries that make up the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

• Saturday, May 7th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  Venezuela's inflation for April 2022 stands at 4.4%

  

  Venezuela's Central Bank Friday reported April's inflation had reached 4.4% in April, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE). The new figures were significantly higher than the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) recorded in March but still notoriously better than 24.% from April 2021.

• Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Argentine Gov't against exclusions from Summit of the Americas

  

  Following the announcement by the United States that the governments of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela were not going to be invited to June's Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles because they do not respect democracy, Argentina has urged it to review its stance.

• Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 09:22 UTC

  Argentine FM defends resumption of full ties with Venezuela

  

  Argentina is planning to upgrade its diplomatic ties with Venezuela after former President Mauricio Macri's decision in 2015 not to appoint an ambassador to Caracas.

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2022 - 20:18 UTC

  Paraguay turns down Venezuelan oil – climate change “an absurdity”

  

  Paraguay is making a statement as its stances on certain issues are being raised above circumstantial conditions that would advise against holding on no matter what to one's convictions.

• Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 19:53 UTC

  Iranian Petroleum Minister visits Venezuela to deepen bilateral ties

  

  Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) CEO Asdrúbal Chávez has met in Caracas with Iran's Petroleum Minister Javad Owji to sign bilateral agreements between two countries heavily damaged by US-imposed sanctions.

• Saturday, April 30th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Turkish FM signs bilateral agreements on his Caracas visit

  

  Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Friday signed in Caracas a series of agreements between his country and Venezuela in areas such as financial economy, agriculture and fishing, tourism, sports, health and medicine, and education, it was announced.

• Tuesday, April 19th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentine President says “time to help Venezuela”

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday stressed all countries needed to resume full diplomatic ties with Venezuela, which cannot survive on its own.

• Tuesday, April 19th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Venezuelan woman and her son arrested for mocking gov't officials

  

  Venezuelan authorities Monday arrested a 72-year-old woman and her son for mocking President Nicolás Maduro in a Tik Tok video that went viral. They were charged with “incitement to hatred.”

• Friday, April 8th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  Venezuela's monthly inflation stays within one-digit figures

  

  Venezuela's economic authorities have reported one-digit monthly inflation once again for a country that had grown accustomed to astronomic figures. However, independent observers consider this data to be absurd.