Venezuela

Friday, July 3rd 2020 - 08:50 UTC
Venezuelan gold: High Court rules UK “unequivocally recognizes” Guaidó as president of the country

The British High Court ruled on Thursday that the UK government “unequivocally recognized” Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as president of the country.
Friday, July 3rd 2020 - 08:49 UTC
Venezuela back steps on its decision to expel the EU ambassador

Venezuela has reversed its decision to expel the European Union’s ambassador to Caracas ordered by President Nicolas Maduro, a statement said on Thursday, ending a tit-for-tat diplomatic row.
Friday, July 3rd 2020 - 08:48 UTC
US prosecutors file a lawsuit to seize gasoline aboard four tankers heading to Venezuela from Iran

United States prosecutors filed a lawsuit to seize the gasoline aboard four tankers that Iran is trying to ship to Venezuela, the latest attempt by the Donald Trump administration to increase economic pressure on the two U.S. foes.
Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 08:02 UTC
Guyana Venezuela territorial dispute at the Court of Justice, but Caracas denies The Hague jurisdiction to rule

The United Nations’ top court held its first virtual hearing on Tuesday, taking up a 120-year-old territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela. Guyana made its arguments as to why the International Court of Justice has jurisdiction in the border dispute, which calls into question the ownership of more than half of the ex British colony.
Tuesday, June 30th 2020 - 10:36 UTC
Venezuela expels EU ambassador after the block imposes sanctions on eleven Maduro regime officials

Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on Monday gave the head of the European Union mission in Caracas, Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa, 72 hours to leave the country after the bloc announced sanctions against 11 Venezuelan officials.
Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 08:04 UTC
Venezuelan hospitals poorly supplied to combat the pandemic and with chronic shortages of water and power

Venezuela's western Zulia state has emerged as a hot spot for the COVID-19 pandemic as poorly supplied hospitals and chronic shortages of water and power make it difficult to prevent the disease from spreading.
Tuesday, June 23rd 2020 - 11:55 UTC
Trump ready to talk to Maduro, but only to discuss the Venezuelan president exit from office

US President Donald Trump on Monday walked back comments that he would consider meeting Nicolas Maduro, saying he would only do so to discuss the Venezuelan president's departure from office.
Tuesday, June 23rd 2020 - 11:55 UTC
Mexico freezes bank accounts of companies blacklisted by US for evading sanctions against Venezuela

The Mexican government’s financial crime department has frozen the bank accounts of companies and people blacklisted by the United States under accusations of having evaded the sanction regime imposed on Venezuela, its chief said on Friday.
Saturday, June 20th 2020 - 10:10 UTC
US blacklists Mexican companies involved in failed oil-for-food contract with Venezuela's Maduro

The United States blacklisted Mexican company Libre Abordo and a related firm, accusing them of helping Caracas evade US sanctions in the first formal action taken by the US Treasury Department against Mexican companies involved in trading Venezuelan oil.
Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 05:24 UTC
Maduro restricts the return of Venezuelan migrants and considers them a threat

The Nicolás Maduro regime blames Venezuelan migrants for the increase in the spread of the coronavirus in Venezuela while hundreds of these emigrants, pushed by their limited survival options, remain stranded in makeshift camps in different cities of Colombia waiting to be able to cross into their country.