Venezuela

Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 09:00 UTC
Five Venezuelan officers killed in military plane crash

Venezuelan authorities have confirmed that five people died Sunday morning when a single-engined Cessna Caravan turboprop from the Bolivarian Military forces crashed in the town of Puerto Ayacucho, capital of Amazonas state (south).
Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 08:51 UTC
Commercial flights resumed between Caracas and Bogota

A Turpial Boeing 737-400 from Caracas landed in Bogota's Eldorado International airport late Monday, thus marking the resumption of air connectivity between Venezuela and Colombia following the return to full diplomatic ties.
Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 03:51 UTC
Macron and Maduro bump into each other at COP27

Presidents Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela and Emmanuel Macron of France held a conversation on the sidelines of the COP27 Climate Summit at the Egyptian Red Sea por of Sharm l-Sheikh during which they agreed to work together toward mutual environmental goals.
Monday, November 7th 2022 - 07:57 UTC
Maduro lands in Sharm El-Sheikh

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro, who rarely travels abroad except to friendly countries, Sunday landed at the Egyptian port city of Sharm el-Sheikh to participate in the COP27 Climate Summit.
Friday, November 4th 2022 - 10:22 UTC
Venezuela announces return to Andean Community of Nations

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Thursday announced his administration's plan to rejoin the Andean Community of Nations (CAN), a subject he had discussed earlier this week with his Colombian colleague Gustavo Petro.
Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 10:12 UTC
Petro and Maduro sign joint declaration, pledge to work together

The Presidents of Colombia and Venezuela Tuesday signed a joint declaration in Caracas after their meeting marking the beginning of a new stage in bilateral ties.
Tuesday, November 1st 2022 - 10:01 UTC
Expectation mounts over Petro-Maduro meeting in Caracas

Colombian President Gustavo Petro and his Venezuelan colleague Nicolás Maduro are to meet Tuesday in Caracas to discuss the evolution of bilateral ties after diplomatic relations between the two countries were restored following Petro's inauguration.
Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 08:39 UTC
US requests confiscation of Emtrasur's 747

A District of Columbia Court Tuesday filed a request before Argentine authorities to confiscate the Venezuelan-Iranian Boeing 747-300 freighter aircraft grounded at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza international airport, it was reported.
Saturday, October 15th 2022 - 14:39 UTC
Last 5 members of Emtrasur freighter's crew acquitted

Argentine Federal Judge Federico Villena Friday ruled in favor of acquitting the remaining five crewmembers of the Venezuelan-Iranian Boeing 747-300 seized at the Ezeiza International Airport citing a lack of evidence to prosecute them for financing terrorist activities.
Thursday, October 13th 2022 - 08:49 UTC
PAHO sends help to Venezuelan town hit by mudslides

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Wednesday announced it was sending “medicines and medical supplies” to the Venezuelan town of Las Tejerías, in the State of Aragua state (central-north), where the number of fatalities has been updated to 43 following mudslides from heavy rains.