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Montevideo, July 4th 2025 - 11:13 UTC

Venezuela

  • Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 - 10:20 UTC

    Cabello outlines scope of antiterrorist operations

    Cabello linked these terrorist activities to opposition leader María Corina Machado

    Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello on Tuesday reported on new alleged terrorist plots by the “far right” in collusion with drug traffickers and foreign agents. He asserted that this was a single, coordinated conspiracy, which had been thwarted through arrests across several states, including judges, mayors, and police officers.

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  • Tuesday, July 1st 2025 - 09:59 UTC

    Maduro says far right's “terrorism” plans thwarted

    The Chavista leader also criticized Türk and called for his removal from office

    Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro said Monday during his weekly broadcast show that, with Colombia's help, his country had dismantled far-right terrorist plans. While highlighting the capture of international terrorists, he also announced the activation of a nationwide military, police, and civilian patrol system to ensure security.

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  • Thursday, June 19th 2025 - 10:02 UTC

    Lula and Maduro stand behind the home-incarcerated CFK

    Lula will visit CFK next month during the Mercosur Summit, Pimenta explained

    Presidents Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil Wednesday expressed their solidarity with former Argentine head of State Cristina Fernández de Kirchner after her sentence to six years under house arrest for corruption in the so-called Vialidad scandal was upheld earlier this week.

  • Friday, June 13th 2025 - 09:39 UTC

    Uruguay and Venezuela agree to resume consular services

    Resuming consular ties “does not mean the recognition of the electoral result of the presidential elections in Venezuela,” Lubetkin explained

    Uruguay and Venezuela agreed Thursday to resume consular services in both capitals, nearly a year after diplomatic relations deteriorated following Caracas' expulsion of Uruguayan diplomats alongside those of six other countries (Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, and the Dominican Republic) for failing to recognize Nicolás Maduro's reelection as announced by the National Electoral Council (CNE) on July 28.

  • Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 09:25 UTC

    Colombian forces kill Tren de Aragua leader in gunfight

    Colombia's Defense Ministry reported the events on Wednesday but they happened sometime earlier this week

    Earlier this week, Colombian troops gunned down alias El Viejo, an alleged leader of the Tren de Aragua transnational criminal gang stemming from Venezuela's Tocorón prison, it was reported Wednesday by Bogotá. During a raid, El Viejo fired at the forces and was killed “in the legitimate reaction ... in the course of military operations,” the Defense Ministry said.

  • Wednesday, June 11th 2025 - 10:19 UTC

    Venezuela downplays EU's adding it to list of high-risk countries

    “An anachronistic bureaucracy, aged and disconnected from its people, pretends today to tutor Venezuela,” Gil's office said in a statement

    Venezuela's Foreign Minister Yván Gil rejected his country's inclusion by the European Union (EU) in a list of “high-risk” nations, calling it a “ridiculous” attempt by a “decrepit European elite.”

  • Monday, June 9th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

    Venezuelan authorities delay the departure of Bolivia's national football team

    Bolivian coach Óscar Villegas said it was intentional to harm his squad's preparation to face Chile

    The Bolivian national football team was delayed for over 12 hours in Venezuela this weekend after a 2-0 loss to the home team in a 2026 World Cup qualifier match in Maturín. Local authorities denied the team's charter flight permission to depart for Santa Cruz, Bolivia, forcing the team to return to their hotel.

  • Thursday, June 5th 2025 - 10:08 UTC

    Venezuela's gov't announces arrest of alleged mercenary from T&T

    Cabello also mentioned paramilitary arrangements in Ecuador

    Venezuelan authorities have captured Guis Kendell Jerome, a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, as part of an ongoing investigation into paramilitary groups allegedly entering the country to incite violence. Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello stated that mercenaries from Trinidad and Tobago, alongside Colombian paramilitary groups, are involved in these movements.

  • Tuesday, June 3rd 2025 - 18:44 UTC

    Maduro berates Starmer for his plan to strengthen UK's military capabilities

    “It is crazy that Europe is talking about war,” Maduro underlined

    Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro on Monday criticized British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for his announcements regarding the need for military readiness. The Chavista leader said the Labour head of Government was “crazed and devilish” for his so-called Strategic Defense Review.

  • Tuesday, June 3rd 2025 - 10:38 UTC

    Chavista regime cracks down on black market dollar handlers

    Black market traders were arrested in multiple states nationwide

    Venezuelan authorities arrested 15 men and 10 women for their alleged involvement in manipulating the black market dollar, impacting the economy. The suspects, including operators, managers, liquidity providers, developers, programmers, and payment receivers, handled 18 websites setting parallel dollar prices, causing economic distortions. Some of these portals illegally captured funds without banking authorization, it was explained.

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