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Montevideo, July 2nd 2025 - 05:01 UTC

Venezuela

  • Saturday, August 10th 2024 - 10:25 UTC

    Maduro brings electoral documents to TSJ

    Maduro insisted all his hearings with the judges should be made public knowledge

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Friday delivered to the Supreme Court (TSJ) the electoral records in possession of the parties that supported his candidacy in the July 28 elections, Agencia Brasil reported. The TSJ is conducting an investigation at Maduro's request after the opposition cried “fraud” and insisted Edmundo González Urrutia had been the winner.

  • Saturday, August 10th 2024 - 08:48 UTC

    Machado announces ecumenic protest against Maduro

    The international community has understood what it means that Maduro intends to stay by force, Machado argued

    Venezuelan opposition leader announced Friday that “we will not leave the streets” and pledged to stage a worldwide demonstration in support of her stance regarding the outcome of the July 28 elections, which she insists Edmundo González Urrutia of the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) won by 67% to 30% of the vote against the incumbent Nicolás Maduro, whom the National Electoral Council (CNE) announced as the winner.

  • Friday, August 9th 2024 - 08:34 UTC

    Maduro bans X from Venezuela for 10 days

    After 10 days a final measure is to be taken, according to Maduro's announcement

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Thursday banned the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) for 10 days. He also accused its owner Elon Musk of “inciting hatred” in the South American country. Maduro has also singled out WhatsApp, Instagram, and TikTok as “multipliers of hate”.

  • Thursday, August 8th 2024 - 08:32 UTC

    Argentina recognizes Edmundo González Urrutia as Venezuelan President-elect

    Mondino had declared González Urrutia the winner earlier on but Milei's Government exerted some caution until Wednesday

    Argentina's Foreign Ministry issued a statement Wednesday recognizing Edmundo González Urrutia of the Unitarian Democratic Platform (PUD) as the “undisputed winner” winner of the July 28 polls in Venezuela, in defiance of the results announced by the National Electoral Council (CNE) whereby the incumbent Nicolás Maduro had been reelected for the 2025-2031 term.

  • Wednesday, August 7th 2024 - 11:05 UTC

    Maduro updates number of “terrorists” arrested to 2,229

    On Saturday they will be transferred to the newly-refurbished Tocorón and Tocuyito prisons, Maduro also said

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Tuesday updated the number of people arrested for the protests that erupted after he was announced to have been reelected for the 2025-2031 term. “There are 2,229 terrorists captured, with evidence,” he stressed. ”And on Saturday they will be transferred to (the prisons of) Tocorón and Tocuyito [which] are already ready for terrorists and criminals!”, he added from the Miraflores Palace.

  • Tuesday, August 6th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Venezuelan prosecution launches probe into opposition's declaration

    The opposition's statement would constitute various crimes, Saab argued

    Venezuela's Attorney General Tarek William Saab Monday issued a communiqué in response to the one released earlier in the day by opposition leaders Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado urging law enforcement and military officers to recognize the former as winner of the July 28 presidential elections.

  • Tuesday, August 6th 2024 - 10:14 UTC

    Maduro makes WhatsApp his newest enemy

    The messaging app is used to spread fascist content, Maduro argued

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Monday that the instant-message application WhatsApp needed to “get out” of his country because it was a tool “used by fascist groups” to launch threats. He made those remarks days after questioning the “unregulated” operations of Instagram and TikTok.

  • Monday, August 5th 2024 - 21:00 UTC

    Machado and Gonález Urrutia urge Armed Forces to side with them as true election winners

    “We won this election without any discussion whatsoever,” Machado and González Urrutia insisted

    Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado and presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia issued a communiqué Monday urging the Armed and Security forces to side with the people and disobey Nicolás Maduro's orders to suppress any protest after the alleged electoral fraud of July 28 whereby the incumbent head of state was chosen for the 2025-2031 term.

  • Monday, August 5th 2024 - 10:35 UTC

    Former Colombian President warns of plan to hold fresh elections in Venezuela

    “This plan must be avoided,” warned also Duque, who insisted González Urrutia had won on July 28

    Former Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez said Sunday on X that Venezuela's Supreme Court (TSJ) was considering the possibility of annulling the July 28 elections reportedly won by incumbent President Nicolás Maduro given an alleged “cyberattack” that would have affected the integrity of the electoral data.

  • Monday, August 5th 2024 - 08:54 UTC

    EU cannot recognize Maduro's alleged victory

    “The European Union is gravely concerned about the increasing number of arbitrary arrests and the continued harassment of the opposition,” Brussels said in a statement

    The European Union (EU) pointed out Sunday that the results announced by Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) granting victory to the incumbent Nicolás Maduro “cannot be recognized” given the lack of documentation supporting it, due to which a “greater independent verification of the electoral records” was needed.