Venezuela

• Tuesday, November 6th 2018 - 18:27 UTC

  More Venezuelans apply for residence in Uruguay, Foreign Ministry says

  

  The number of Venezuelans who applied for residence in Uruguay this year went up 25%, the Foreign Ministry reported Monday.Two months from the end of 2018, a total 8,897 permanent residences were processed. The majority were Venezuelans, followed by Brazilians and Argentines.

• Friday, November 2nd 2018 - 09:05 UTC

  More US sanctions on the “troika of tyranny” and its three dictator “stooges”

  

  United States imposed new sanctions Thursday on Venezuela and Cuba and promised additional penalties against Nicaragua as the Trump administration laid out a hard-line policy toward countries the White House branded a “troika of tyranny.”

• Thursday, November 1st 2018 - 17:00 UTC

  Venezuelans arriving in Peru as of November 1 to be treated “as tourists”

  

  Venezuelan citizens arriving in Peru from now on are to be considered “tourists,” Migrations Planning Manager Francisco Ríos explained Thursday after the deadline to apply for temporary residence expired on October 31.

• Wednesday, October 31st 2018 - 18:51 UTC

  Venezuelan refugees line up at Peruvian border as immigration deadline looms over

  

  As Peru's deadline for granting residency nears, 6,000 Venezuelans lined up at the border Peru's Tuesday hoping to be allowed in, while 4,000 more are expected to join in the next two days, according to the ombudsman's office.

• Wednesday, October 31st 2018 - 14:12 UTC

  US Treasury: Maduro's Venezuela an economic, environmental threat to the region

  

  The United States Treasury Department's assistant secretary for terrorist financing has said Venezuela was a clear threat to regional stability and warned that the economic collapse of Nicolás Maduro's government could drag down Brazil, Argentina and Colombia, all key US allies.

• Sunday, October 28th 2018 - 16:50 UTC

  Venezuela angered by Germany's joining list of countries that want Maduro before ICC

  

  The Venezuelan Foreign Minister Friday summoned Germany's ambassador in Caracas, Daniel Kriener, to deliver a note of protest for Berlin's express support to an International Criminal Court (ICC) enquiry into alleged human rights violations by the Nicolás Maduro regime.

• Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 14:53 UTC

  Attack on Venezuelan opposition leader said to be slow-motion assassination

  

  Former Colombian President Andrés Pastrana said Wednesday's attack against Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was to poison her with a delayed-effect substance.

• Friday, October 26th 2018 - 09:52 UTC

  Juncker wants Venezuelan “dictator” Maduro brought to justice as international pressure mounts

  

  European Union (EU) Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker Wednesday Wednesday said Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro has become “a matter for the international justice system” and needs to “be brought before the courts.”

• Friday, October 19th 2018 - 18:15 UTC

  Ecuador, Venezuela sever diplomatic ties due to improper accusations

  

  The government of President Lenin Moreno Thursday expelled Venezuela's ambassador in Quito and the Nicolás Maduro regime hit back by ordering the Ecuadorian chargé d'affairs out of Caracas. Ambassador Carol Delgado was sent back to Venezuela and Ecuador's Elizabeth Mendez was ordered to leave Caracas.

• Saturday, October 13th 2018 - 11:06 UTC

  Student leader banished from Venezuela; pressures rise by case Alban

  

  Activist Lorent Gomez Saleh has been freed and secretly transferred by Venezuelan authorities to the international airport of Maiquetía, one hour from Caracas, to be “referred” to Spain.