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Montevideo, December 3rd 2024 - 17:14 UTC

Venezuela

  • Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 11:05 UTC

    At least 11 reported dead in Venezuelan rioting

    Maduro held González Urrutia responsible for the violence

    At least 11 people were killed across Venezuela amid riots protesting against the announced result of Sunday's presidential elections in which the incumbent Nicolás Maduro was said to have won another six-year term (2025-2031), it was reported Tuesday in Caracas. In this scenario, 749 have been arrested and 48 law enforcement officers were reported injured. The Non-Government Organization (NGO) Foro Penal believed the number of casualties reached 29.

  • Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    Maduro's regime leaves Argentine Embassy powerless

    “We hold the regime responsible for the siege of this diplomatic headquarters, violating international law and the Caracas convention,” asylum seeker Pedro Urruchurtu Noselli wrote on X

    Venezuelan authorities left Argentina's Embassy in Caracas with no electricity supply Tuesday as diplomatic ties between the two countries came to a technical rift while the fate of opposition leaders Pedro Urruchurtu Noselli, Magalí Meda, Claudia Macero, Humberto Villalobos, Facundo Martínez Mottola, and Omar González, who had been granted asylum and were housed there pending a safe passage to the airport that never came was still in doubt.

  • Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 22:16 UTC

    Peru's gov't recognizes González Urrutia as winner of Venezuelan elections

    Maduro wants to stay in power forever through a dictatorship, González Olaechea stressed

    The Peruvian government of President Dina Boluarte Tuesday recognized opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as the legitimate president-elect of Venezuela, despite the announcement by the National Electoral Council (CNE) on Sunday in Caracas that Nicolás Maduro had been voted by 51.2% of the people for the 2025-2031 term against 44.2% for the challenger. “Clearly Edmundo Gonzalez is the elected president of Venezuela; this position is shared by numerous countries, governments, and international organizations,” said Foreign Minister Javier Gonzalez Olaechea.

  • Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 21:42 UTC

    María Corina Machado's arrest ordered, Venezuelan opposition warns

    The political climate in Venezuela has grown increasingly volatile following the contested election results

    The Venezuelan government under President Nicolás Maduro has ordered the arrest of opposition leader María Corina Machado, a prominent figure in the Plataforma Unitaria Democrática (PUD). This move, denounced by leaders within PUD, comes amid a turbulent post-election period marked by accusations of irregularities and widespread unrest.

  • Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 19:31 UTC

    OAS report says Venezuela's elections results untrustworthy given CNE bias

    The OAS Permanent Council is to address the matter of the electoral process in Venezuela on Wednesday

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's reelection is not to be taken at face value, according to the Organization of American States (OAS). The continental entity's election observation department found on Tuesday that the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Caracas is known to be pro-government biased.

  • Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 10:56 UTC

    Angered Venezuelans take to the streets to protest against Sunday's alleged fraud

    Maduro said a coup d'état was in the making

    Venezuelans took to the streets Monday bringing down four statues of former Bolivarian leader Hugo Chávez Frías and storming key places nationwide in an apparent drive to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro, who they claimed, had won Sunday's elections through fraud.

  • Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 10:52 UTC

    Guterres urges Venezuelan authorities to be transparent regarding elections results

    The UN Secretary-General also hoped things would be resolved peacefully

    United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres urged the Venezuelan Government of President Nicolás Maduro to show “full transparency” regarding the outcome of Sunday's elections and “publish in due time the results and the breakdown by polling stations.”

  • Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 09:23 UTC

    Lula would negotiate with Gustavo Petro to demand transparency in Venezuela's Elections

    A Brazilian government official highlighted Lula's frustration with Maduro's failure to uphold promises of transparency

    In response to the controversial presidential elections in Venezuela, which declared Nicolás Maduro the winner with 50.20% of the vote without transparency, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is negotiating a joint statement with Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. This statement would demand a transparent recount of the votes to ensure legitimacy and accuracy in the electoral process.

  • Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 08:53 UTC

    Maduro calls Elon Musk his new “archenemy”

    “Whoever messes around with me dries out,” Maduro warned

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Monday that tycoon Elon Musk was his new “archenemy.” He insisted the South African entrepreneur had plans to invade Venezuela ”with his rockets and satellites.

  • Monday, July 29th 2024 - 23:55 UTC

    Venezuela expels ambassadors from Chile, Uruguay, and other countries following election controversy

    Gil stated that Venezuela would withdraw its diplomatic personnel from these countries and demanded their representatives leave Venezuelan territory immediately.

    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.