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Montevideo, June 17th 2026 - 08:37 UTC

Venezuela

  • Monday, June 24th 2024 - 09:58 UTC

    Venezuelan FM contests remarks from Canadian Commissioner in Guyana

    Canada should focus on its own affairs, Gil stressed

    Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil was heavily critical of Canada's stance regarding his country's territorial dispute with Guyana over the oil-rich Essequibo region and insisted Ottawa played a destabilizing factor in the Caribbean region. According to Gil, Canada's “failed” position served the interests of ExxonMobil.

  • Saturday, June 22nd 2024 - 09:40 UTC

    Maduro says “rightwing” opposition plans to cry foul at July 28 elections and launch a revolt

    The Venezuelan ruler said that the candidates not signing an agreement with the CNE were the “puppets of the oligarchy”

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro warned Friday that the “fascist rightwing” opposition would be crying “foul” after the upcoming July 28 elections and then promote a coup d'état “at any moment.” Maduro insisted he had proof that presidential candidates Edmundo González Urrutia and Enrique Márquez intended to follow that path to ignite “violence” after neither of them signed an agreement to recognize the outcome of the result of the elections earlier this week.

  • Monday, June 17th 2024 - 06:53 UTC

    City of Buenos Aires declares Maduro “persona non grata”

    “In the City of Buenos Aires we will not tolerate dictators,” Romero insisted

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been declared “persona non grata” by the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) for the alleged commission of serious human rights violations.

  • Saturday, June 15th 2024 - 09:57 UTC

    G7 insists Venezuela should hold free and fair elections

    “We are not alone,” opposition leader María Corina Machado said after the G7 declaration

    Leaders of the world's seven largest economies gathered at the exclusive Italian resort of Borgo Egnazia Friday and urged the Venezuelan regime of Nicolás Maduro to hold free and fair elections on July 28, which would entail allowing foreign observers to participate in the process. They also asked Caracas not to escalate the conflict with Guyana over the oil-rich Essequibo region.

  • Saturday, June 1st 2024 - 10:09 UTC

    Venezuela condemns Caricom declaration regarding Essequibo

    Venezuela claimed that Guyana had handed over its sovereignty to the United States and Exxon Mobil

    Venezuela's Foreign Ministry rejected the Caribbean Community's latest statement regarding the oil-rich Essequibo territory under Guyana's control since 1899 which the Spanish-speaking country claims as its own.

  • Thursday, May 30th 2024 - 14:10 UTC

    Uruguay issues decree to speed up admittance of Venezuelan asylum seekers

    Venezuelan nationals will be considered “in a different way, taking into account the reality of that country,” Paganini explained. Photo: Sebastián Astorga

    The Uruguayan Government issued a decree Wednesday expediting the admission of some 3,500 Venezuelan refugees into the country, Foreign Minister Omar Paganini announced in a press conference in Montevideo.

  • Wednesday, May 29th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Venezuela withdraws invitation to EU as election observers

    Amoroso claimed the EU was unworthy of an invitation given its colonialist stance

    Venezuelan authorities announced Tuesday they were withdrawing the invitation previously extended to the European Union (RU) to monitor the July 28 elections in a move that cast additional doubts over a process that has for long looked fudgy following the disenfranchisement of opposition leader María Corina Machado.

  • Tuesday, May 28th 2024 - 08:02 UTC

    Petro proposes “Political Peace” Agreement for Venezuela post-elections

    Petro discussed the matter with Brazilian President Lula da Silva in Bogotá, who gave his approval

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro has received a draft proposal aimed at establishing “political peace” in Venezuela following its upcoming presidential elections. This text, developed by Petro’s ambassador in Caracas alongside diplomats from other countries, and businesspeople is expected to be sent to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro for consideration soon.

  • Thursday, May 16th 2024 - 14:42 UTC

    Venezuela denies safe-conducts to asylum seekers in Argentine embassy

    “There are no safe-conducts for those who do not love this homeland,” Cabello stressed

    Venezuela's regime Wednesday denied Argentina's request for safe-conducts whereby six dissidents housed in the diplomatic mission in Caracas would be able to reach the airport and take a flight to Buenos Aires, government strongman Diosdado Cabello confirmed while calling Argentine President Javier Milei a “fascist.”

  • Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 20:01 UTC

    ICAO agrees to review Venezuela's claim against Argentina regarding the Emtrasur freighter

    The Boeing 747-300 was handed over to the US and subsequently scrapped

    The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has agreed to review Venezuela's complaint against Argentina for seizing the Boeing 747-300 freighter belonging to Conviasa's cargo subsidiary Emtrasur and later handing it over to US authorities for scrapping. The aircraft was wanted by Washington because it had belonged to Iran's carrier Mahan Air and was said to be involved in logistics operations assisting terrorist attacks.