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Montevideo, August 31st 2025 - 01:44 UTC

Venezuela

  • Monday, May 26th 2025 - 10:32 UTC

    Chavista candidate voted Governor of Essequibo amid poor turnout

    Neil Jesús Villamizar Sánchez was elected as the first governor of Guayana Essequiba

    Venezuela Sunday held regional and legislative elections with a voter turnout of 42.63%. The ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), led by Nicolás Maduro, secured 23 out of 24 governorships, including the newly claimed 160,000 square-kilometer oil-rich Guayana Essequiba, and an 82.68% share of votes for the National Assembly, projecting an absolute legislative majority. The opposition won only the Cojedes governorship. Henrique Capriles secured a legislative seat for the opposition.

  • Saturday, May 24th 2025 - 10:26 UTC

    Former Argentine Embassy refugees meet with US Secretary of State

    “Their bravery inspires all those who fight for a more democratic future,” Rubio said

    “Their bravery inspires all those who fight for a more democratic future,” Rubio said while condemning the arbitrary detention of opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa and over 70 others amid Maduro's ongoing repression

  • Friday, May 23rd 2025 - 20:42 UTC

    Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa arrested ahead of Sunday elections

    A lawyer and former member of the Parliament, Guanipa has long been a prominent voice within the Venezuelan opposition. In recent months, he had frequently appeared alongside Machado at rallies

    Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Pablo Guanipa, a close ally of presidential candidate María Corina Machado, was arrested by government forces on Friday, just two days before the country’s regional and legislative elections.

  • Thursday, May 22nd 2025 - 18:45 UTC

    Argentine national among alleged conspirators arrested in Venezuela

    “We are deployed all over Venezuela,” Cabello warned

    Nationals of Argentina, Bulgaria, and Spain have been arrested in Venezuela. They were accused of plotting to “sabotage, by violent means,” the country ahead of the May 25 regional and legislative elections. According to Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, the group was intercepted at sea with 200 kilos of gunpowder, allegedly part of a conspiracy linked to fugitive former commissioner Iván Simonovis and opposition leader María Corina Machado.

  • Thursday, May 22nd 2025 - 10:26 UTC

    Machado urges Venezuelans not to vote next Sunday

    “Let it be clear who has the power: you,” Machado underlined

    Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has called for a boycott of the May 25 regional and legislative elections, labeling them a “farce” and a “trap,” urging the citizenry to stay home. However, others standing up to Nicolás Maduro's regime suggested otherwise.

  • Tuesday, May 20th 2025 - 10:21 UTC

    Venezuelan gov't arrests 38 suspected terrorists

    Cabello ordered all flights from Colombia suspended, citing the terrorists were entering as tourists

    Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello announced Monday the arrest of 38 suspects, including 17 foreigners, for planning to sabotage regional elections with explosive attacks targeting embassies, hospitals, police stations, and public figures from both the ruling Chavismo and opposition.

  • Saturday, May 17th 2025 - 09:46 UTC

    Caracas says Cuyuní River clashes were a “false flag” operation by Guyana

    Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil blamed “cheap propaganda designed in the laboratories of the US Southern Command” for the alleged incidents

    Following Georgetown's complaints, Caracas' Bolivarian regime said Friday that the Guyana Defense Force's (GDF) alleged attacks along the Cuyuní River were a “false flag operation” designed to portray themselves as the victim and create artificial tensions.

  • 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.