Venezuela

• Saturday, July 29th 2017 - 11:25 UTC

  More protests and fighting in Caracas as US orders family members of embassy staff to leave Venezuela

  

  The U.S. government ordered family members of employees at its embassy in Venezuela to leave on Thursday as a political crisis deepened ahead of a controversial vote critics contend will end democracy in the oil-rich country.

• Saturday, July 22nd 2017 - 11:06 UTC

  Only Venezuelan legislative has power to convene elections, argues OAS based on Venice Commission

  

  The office of OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro released a statement with comments from the European Council Venice Commission on the legality of the Venezuelan presidency decree which was used to convene elections for a constituent assembly to modify the country´s main law.

• Wednesday, July 19th 2017 - 15:10 UTC

  World Medical Association urges Venezuela to immediately address health situation

  

  The World Medical Association has urged the Venezuelan Government to take immediate action to resolve the country's serious health crisis, which it says has led to increased morbidity, mortality and malnutrition among infants.

• Wednesday, July 19th 2017 - 07:04 UTC

  Trump threatens Venezuela with sanctions: Maduro says he will not be intimidated

  

  In a statement released Monday night, President Trump threatened to impose economic sanctions on Venezuela should the nation’s president, Nicolas Maduro, follow through on his pledge to create a “constituent assembly” capable of rewriting Venezuela’s constitution.

• Monday, July 17th 2017 - 09:58 UTC

  Seven million Venezuelans in symbolic referendum vote to cut short Maduro´s mandate

  

  More than seven million Venezuelans participated in an unofficial referendum organized by the opposition Sunday and 98% voted to delegitimize the rule of President Nicolas Maduro, according to academics monitoring the vote.

• Friday, July 14th 2017 - 07:21 UTC

  Venezuelan bishops call for an end to the “inhuman repression” and appeal to the Armed forces

  

  Venezuelan bishops called for an end to the “inhuman repression”, urged the government of Nicolas Maduro to hold elections and to dismantle and censure pro-regime civilian armed groups and also addressed the armed forces recalling they must serve the people, not a regime.

• Friday, July 14th 2017 - 07:09 UTC

  Rogue Venezuelan police pilot emerges in political rally and calls for protests to continue

  

  A rogue Venezuelan police pilot wanted for dropping grenades and shooting at government buildings appeared briefly at an opposition vigil on Thursday night in a surreal twist to the crisis-worn country’s political drama.

• Saturday, July 8th 2017 - 22:08 UTC

  Leopoldo Lopez released from prison to house arrest

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, whose imprisonment has been a rallying cry for anti-regime demonstrators, has been released to house arrest because of health concerns, the nation's Supreme Court said Saturday morning. Lopez has been detained since early 2014 over accusations of inciting anti-government protests.

• Thursday, July 6th 2017 - 04:53 UTC

  Maduro's goons storm Venezuela National Assembly and beat up lawmakers

  

  About a hundred government supporters stormed into Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly, where they beat up several lawmakers. Witnesses said the confrontation came after an assembly session to mark the country's Independence Day, Wednesday July 5th.

• Tuesday, July 4th 2017 - 02:40 UTC

  MUD to hold plebiscite against Maduro's Constituent Assembly plans

  

  Venezuela's opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) announced Monday it will hold a public consultation regarding Nicolás Maduro's intention to reform the constitution by calling for an election to choose the constituent assembly.