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Montevideo, May 7th 2025 - 04:21 UTC

Venezuela

  • Tuesday, September 24th 2024 - 10:10 UTC

    Buenos Aires court orders arrest of Maduro, Cabello, and other Chavista leaders

    Interpol will now have to decide whether to issue a red alert against the Bolivarian leader

    An Argentine court ordered Monday the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello for their systematic plan to detain, kidnap, and torture people, which escalated after the controversial July 28 elections which the incumbent leader claims to have won despite producing no tangible evidence attesting to that. The measure also reaches over 30 Chavista leaders.

  • Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 22:07 UTC

    Venezuela's Supreme Court okays Milei's prosecution

    The Boeing 747-300 freighter was said to have been used by Iran's Mahan Air for logistics support to terrorist operations abroad

    The Criminal Chamber of Venezuela's Supreme Court (TSJ) Monday gave its nod to the prosecution of Argentine President Javier Milei, Presidential Secretary Karina Milei, and Security Minister Patricia Bullrich in connection with the impounding and handing over of Emtrasur's Boeing 747-300 freighter handed over to the United States where the aircraft was wanted for its alleged involvements in terrorist activities under its previous Iranian ownership.

  • Thursday, September 19th 2024 - 18:49 UTC

    European Parliament says González Urrutia is Venezuela's President-elect

    González Urrutia said he would continue to work for a democratic Venezuela from abroad and hoped to be back in his country in January for his intended inauguration

    The European Parliament Thursday recognized Unitarian Democratic Platform (PUD) candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as the legitimate winner of Venezuela's July 28 controversial presidential elections at which the incumbent Nicolás Maduro claims to have prevailed. Strasbourg reached this decision with 309 votes in favor, 201 against and 12 abstentions. Disenfranchised politician María Corina Machado has also been recognized as leader of the democratic forces in Venezuela.

  • Thursday, September 19th 2024 - 10:27 UTC

    Venezuela issues arrest warrants against Milei, his sister and Minister Bullrich

    Saab called Milei “the most ferocious violator of human rights in the continent”

    Venezuela's Public Prosecutor's Office announced Wednesday the opening of an inquiry against Argentine President Javier Milei for alleged crimes against humanity and the “theft” of a Venezuelan state-owned airplane handed over to the United States. As a result, arrest warrants were issued against Milei, his sister and Presidential Secretary Karina Milei, and Security Minister Patricia Bullrich.

  • Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 09:30 UTC

    Blinken reiterates US support to Venezuelan opposition leaders

    The United States “will continue to defend the return of democratic freedoms in Venezuela,” Blinken told González Urrutia and Machado

    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tuesday held a telephone conversation with Venezuelan opposition leaders María Corina Machado -who stayed in the South American country- and former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, who has sought asylum in Spain. The official from President Joseph Biden's administration insisted his country would “continue to defend the return to democratic freedoms” in Venezuela.

  • Tuesday, September 17th 2024 - 14:09 UTC

    French nationals advised not to travel to Venezuela

    In addition to the Bolivarian regime forces, travelers need to look out for Colombian terrorist groups in neighboring countries

    French citizens have been urged to avoid all travel to Venezuela whenever possible after the arrest of three US nationals, two Spaniards and one Czech national said to be plotting to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro with the endorsement of the CIA.

  • Tuesday, September 17th 2024 - 10:29 UTC

    EU monitoring arrest in Venezuela of two Spaniards and one Czech national

    Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello announced on nationwide TV this weekend saying the suspects belonged to a mission arranged by the CIA to overthrow the Bolivarian government

    The arrest by the Venezuelan regime of President Nicolás Maduro of two Spanish and one Czech national accused of planning alongside three US citizens to kill the head of state sparked a reaction from the European Union Monday, which condemned these events and said it was monitoring the case closely.

  • Monday, September 16th 2024 - 08:39 UTC

    Six arrested in Venezuela said to plan Maduro's murder

    These detentions came just two days after the US Treasury imposed sanctions on 16 of Maduro's acolytes accused by Washington of obstructing voting during Venezuela's July 28 elections

    Venezuelan authorities arrested three Americans, two Spaniards, and one Czech national allegedly involved in a plot to kill President Nicolás Maduro, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello announced on nationwide TV this weekend saying the suspects belonged to a mission arranged by the CIA to overthrow the Bolivarian government. Cabello also showed footage of the guns seized from the would-be perpetrators.

  • Friday, September 13th 2024 - 08:59 UTC

    Brazil still open to Venezuelan refugees, says Lula

    When people ”have no food or work, they seek other places to survive,” Lula argued

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva insisted this week that his country would remain open to welcoming refugees from Venezuela, Agencia Brasil reported. The head of state made those remarks during a radio interview in Manaus. He also said he hoped the neighboring country would soon “return to normalcy.”

  • Thursday, September 12th 2024 - 10:46 UTC

    UK statement on Edmundo González Urrutia’s decision to leave Venezuela

    Gonzalez Urrutia currently exiled under asylum conditions in Spain has promised to continue struggling for freedom and democracy in Venezuela (Pic Reuters)

    “Edmundo Gonzalez’s decision to seek political asylum abroad follows months of repression and intimidation against opposition figures and civil society in Venezuela. It is a decision that no politician should ever have to make”, said Foreign Secretary David Lammy in a release from his Office.