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Montevideo, July 20th 2025 - 20:08 UTC

Venezuela

  • Friday, May 16th 2025 - 09:03 UTC

    Guyana reports attacks from Venezuelan side along Cuyuni River

    The attacks occur amid ongoing tensions over Venezuela's claim to Guyana’s Essequibo region

    The Guyanese Government has condemned multiple armed attacks along the Cuyuni River by armed men in civilian clothing firing from the Venezuelan side of the river between Eteringbang and Makapa, in which no injuries were reported. According to Georgetown, Guyana's Defense Force (GDF) responded appropriately and continues to protect the country's territorial integrity.

  • Tuesday, May 13th 2025 - 09:57 UTC

    Maduro highlights latest agreements with Russia

    Maduro also highlighted that his meeting with Putin “lasted two and a half hours”

    Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro underscored Monday that the historic “highest strategic level” treaty with Russia signed in Moscow during his visit to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory over Nazism as the result of a 24-year relationship between the two countries.

  • Friday, May 9th 2025 - 14:51 UTC

    Venezuela seeks support from Russia and China amid economic crisis

    Venezuela’s economic crisis is worsening, with inflation expected to reach nearly 200% in 2025

    Venezuela is turning to its geopolitical allies, Russia and China, to counter a deepening economic crisis, as the South American nation faces dwindling oil revenues, runaway inflation, and a severe currency devaluation.

  • Wednesday, May 7th 2025 - 10:32 UTC

    Trump wants movies produced in the US

    It is yet unclear whether Trump targets foreign productions only or if he would also go after US pictures shot abroad. And will streaming platforms be reached?

    US President Donald Trump announced plans to impose a 100% tariff on foreign films, citing national security concerns and the decline of the American film industry. The measure aims to counter incentives offered by other countries, like Canada and the UK, which attract US filmmakers and studios, leading to reduced production in Hollywood. “We want movies made in the United States!” he insisted.

  • Wednesday, May 7th 2025 - 10:28 UTC

    Asylum-seekers at Argentina's Embassy extracted from Venezuela

    Rubio said all five refugees were on US soil

    Venezuelan opposition leaders Pedro Urruchurtu, Humberto Villalobos, Claudia Macero, Omar González, and Magalí Meda, who had been under asylum at the Argentine Embassy in Caracas since March 20, 2024, have left Venezuela, it was reported Tuesday.

  • Saturday, May 3rd 2025 - 07:55 UTC

    Maduro ignores ruling from UN court in new attempt to take over Guyana´s Esequibo region

    Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro in a statement underscored its historical position to not recognize the jurisdiction of the UN International Court of Justice

    The government of Venezuela aggressively rejected a ruling from the UN International Court of Justice ordering Caracas to refrain from holding elections for officials who supposedly would oversee the resource-rich disputed region of Esequibo in neighboring Guyana.

  • Saturday, April 19th 2025 - 10:17 UTC

    Guyana rejects Chinese diplomat's suggestion of friendly negotiations with Caracas

    China “needs to be principled in its position to respect Guyana's territorial integrity,” Persaud stressed

    Guyana’s Foreign Ministry rejected a statement by China’s Chargé d’Affaires Huang Rui, urging Georgetown and Caracas to resolve their border dispute over the Essequibo region through friendly negotiations, despite stressing that China “never intervenes in the internal affairs of other countries.”

  • Tuesday, April 15th 2025 - 10:46 UTC

    Maduro says Ecuadorean elections “a horrendous fraud”

    Maduro said the Venezuelan opposition was behind the events in Ecuador

    Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro, who remained in power following controversial elections that the opposition claims to have won, said Sunday's polls in Ecuador, where Daniel Noboa was reelected with 55.64% of the vote, were a “horrendous fraud.” The Chavista leader urged Ecuadorians to resist and defend their sovereignty.

  • Tuesday, April 8th 2025 - 10:19 UTC

    Venezuela warns of false flag moves to justify imperialist attacks

    “False positive” actions are usually carried out to then “invade sovereign nations and peoples,” the Bolivarian Armed Forces argued

    Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) and Vice President Delcy Rodríguez warned Sunday of an alleged “false flag” operation targeting an ExxonMobil platform in disputed maritime waters between Venezuela and Guyana.

  • Wednesday, April 2nd 2025 - 09:49 UTC

    Maduro defends Venezuela's claim to Guayana Esequiba

    Maduro claimed “Trojan horses” wanted to hand over what is Venezuela's over to imperialism

    Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro staunchly defended his country's claim to the Guayana Esequiba territory, asserting during his weekly broadcast show that the disputed area was an integral part of the nation inherited from Simón Bolívar and backed by over 90% of Venezuelans in a 2023 referendum.