Venezuela

• Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 20:09 UTC

  The best and the worst city to live in Latin America

  

  Caracas, in the last place, and Montevideo ranks as the two opposite poles of the list of cities ordered by quality of life in Latin America in 2019, according to Mercer. The capital of Austria, Vienna, ranked for the tenth consecutive year as the best in the world.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 09:24 UTC

  Desperate Caracas residents look for water at the sewage system

  

  As Venezuela's five-day power blackout left homes without water, Lilibeth Tejedor found herself looking for it on Monday in the last place she would have imagined: a drain pipe feeding into a river carrying sewage through the capital, Caracas.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  Lack of water and power collapses Venezuelan public hospitals

  

  Venezuela's hospitals, already struggling with shortages of supplies and equipment amid an economic meltdown, entered crisis mode last Thursday when the South American nation's power system went down.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  Venezuela orders US diplomats to leave within 72 hours; blames Trump for the “cyber sabotage”

  

  Venezuela ordered American diplomats to leave the country within 72 hours on Tuesday after President Nicolas Maduro accused US counterpart Donald Trump of cyber “sabotage” that plunged the OPEC nation into its worst blackout on record.

• Tuesday, March 12th 2019 - 19:31 UTC

  Bachelet “concerned” about the arrest of Venezuelan journalist and activist Luis Carlos Díaz

  

  Luis Carlos Diaz, a Venezuelan journalist who is an expert in networks and critical of the Nicolás Maduro regime, was arrested on Monday, without capture order, by the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN) after leaving his radio program, denounced his wife and colleague Naky Soto. On Tuesday, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, referred to the arrest and asked the authorities for “urgent access” for her technical mission in Venezuela to Díaz.

• Monday, March 11th 2019 - 08:55 UTC

  Fourth day of blackout in Venezuela; Maduro blames cyber-attacks

  

  Venezuelans woke up to a fourth day of an unprecedented nationwide blackout on Sunday, leaving residents concerned about the impacts of the lack of electricity on the South American country's health, communications and transport systems.

• Saturday, March 9th 2019 - 09:26 UTC

  Venezuela comes to a halt as the blackout extends for a second day

  

  Venezuela shut schools and suspended the workday on Friday as the worst blackout in decades paralyzed most of the troubled nation for a second day, spurring outrage among citizens already suffering from hyperinflation and a crippling recession.

• Saturday, March 9th 2019 - 08:16 UTC

  US announces criminal charges against Venezuelan industry minister

  

  The US government on Friday announced criminal charges against a top official in Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government for violating sanctions imposed two years ago, when the official was accused of drug trafficking.

• Friday, March 8th 2019 - 08:44 UTC

  Major blackout in Venezuela; Caracas in complete darkness: “light will return when Maduro is removed”

  

  Most of Venezuela has been hit by a continuing electricity blackout that began on Thursday afternoon. The power cut plunged the capital Caracas into almost complete darkness during rush hour and has extended to the vast majority of the country.

• Thursday, March 7th 2019 - 05:39 UTC

  Venezuelan regime of Maduro expels German ambassador

  

  Venezuela's government expelled the German ambassador on Wednesday as embattled President Nicolas Maduro cracks down on a challenge to his rule. Ambassador Daniel Kriener was expelled two days after he and diplomats from other embassies welcomed home opposition leader Juan Guaido at the Caracas airport.