Venezuela

• Monday, February 5th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

  Brazil reinforcing military presence in Roraima bordering Venezuela and Guyana

  

  A total of 28 armored vehicles have been deployed to the State of Roraima as the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva takes additional precautions amid mounting tension between Venezuela and Guyana over the oil-rich Essequibo region, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2024 - 11:01 UTC

  Disqualification of María Corina Machado shadows Venezuela's path to reconciliation

  

  The disqualification of Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado from the Supreme Court Justice (TSJ) threatens the international aperture the South American country has experienced. The United States Government has issued a two-month ultimatum to the Maduro government, demanding the inclusion of barred opposition candidates in the upcoming presidential elections.

• Monday, January 29th 2024 - 10:51 UTC

  Paraguay sides with Machado and the Venezuelan people

  

  The Paraguayan Government of President Santiago Peña issued a statement Sunday condemning the Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) decision to uphold the disenfranchisement of opposition leader María Corina Machado who has therefore been banned from running for the Miraflores Palace.

• Saturday, January 27th 2024 - 10:31 UTC

  Venezuela's Supreme Court upholds Machado's electoral ban

  

  Venezuela's Supreme Court (TSJ) Friday upheld a decision by the Comptroller General's Office whereby opposition leader María Corina Machado may not run in this year's elections after having been disenfranchised despite garnering 92.35% of the votes in the Oct. 22 primaries. The TSJ also confirmed Friday the disqualification of two-time presidential candidate Henrique Capriles.

• Friday, January 26th 2024 - 11:24 UTC

  Venezuela and Guyana to keep discussing Essequibo issue peacefully

  

  After more than five hours of conversations, diplomatic delegations from Venezuela and Guyana agreed on Thursday in Brasilia to discuss the dispute over the oil-rich Essequibo territory peacefully. The gathering at the Itamaraty Palace resulted from talks between Presidents Nicolás Maduro and Irfaan Ali on December 14 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

• Thursday, January 25th 2024 - 15:45 UTC

  Guyana and Venezuela discussing Essequibo in Brazil

  

  Diplomatic teams from Venezuela and Guyana are to discuss Thursday in Brazil the dispute over the oil-rich Essequibo area in control of the latter since the 1890s.

• Thursday, January 25th 2024 - 15:05 UTC

  UN fact-finding mission blasts Maduro's Venezuela for reiterated human rights violations

  

  Attacks on civic and democratic space in Venezuela are intensifying through State policies aimed at silencing opposition and criticism of President Nicolás Maduro’s Government, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela said in its latest report released this week.

• Tuesday, January 23rd 2024 - 11:03 UTC

  Venezuelan gov't arrests 32 alleged “traitors to the homeland” who planned to kill Maduro

  

  Venezuelan authorities have arrested 32 people who were said to be involved in a plot to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro with backing from the United States, it was reported in Caracas. “Treason” charges were filed against the detainees, the Public Prosecutor's Office said.

• Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:05 UTC

  Essequibo about to become military conflict, Colombia's Petro tells WEF

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro Tuesday said during his appearance at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, that oil- extracting in the Essequibo area held by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela should not go on. He also reckoned the dispute was on the verge of becoming a military conflict.

• Tuesday, January 16th 2024 - 10:17 UTC

  Venezuela: Maduro says Milei a “fatal mistake”

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Monday said his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei was a “fatal error” because of his State-capping economic policies. “You are a mistake in the history of Latin America, Milei, a fatal mistake in the history of Argentina,” Maduro said during his annual message before the National Assembly in Caracas.