Venezuela

• Saturday, July 23rd 2022 - 10:25 UTC

  “Half” of Venezuela's cabinet down with COVID-19

  

  Half of Venezuela's members of the ministerial cabinet are down with COVID-19, President Nicolás Maduro announced.

• Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 07:04 UTC

  Iran files petition on behalf of its Emtrasur 747 crewmembers

  

  The Government of Iran has requested Argentina's Judiciary lifts the travel ban on the five Asian country's nationals who have been staying at a hotel near the Ezeiza international airport following the seizing of a Venezuela-flagged Boeing 747-300.

• Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Venezuelan gov't speaks of terrorist attack as oil pipe burns

  

  Venezuelan authorities were speaking of a “terrorist attack” Monday after a state-owned gas pipeline went up in smoke Sunday in the country's eastern region.

• Wednesday, July 13th 2022 - 09:23 UTC

  Chilean deputies create committee to investigate Conviasa A-340 flights

  

  Chile's Lower House Tuesday approved the creation of a special committee to investigate the case of the Airbus A-340-600 with Venezuelan registration YV-3533 bearing flag carrier Conviasa's colors which has reportedly landed around 13 times in Santiago this year, probably carrying Iranian passengers with unclear intentions, it was announced.

• Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Conviasa suspends Caracas-Buenos Aires route

  

  Venezuela's flag carrier Conviasa has announced it will halt its Caracas-Buenos Aires route at least until September in light of the refueling problems all its aircraft face for belonging to a company blacklisted by the US Treasury.

• Monday, July 4th 2022 - 09:39 UTC

  Duque will not welcome Maduro in Colombia for Petro's inauguration

  

  Colombia's outgoing President Iván Duque said he will not allow Venezuelan leader Nicolán Maduro to attend the inauguration of his successor Gustavo Pedro on August 7 in Bogotá.

• Thursday, June 30th 2022 - 20:11 UTC

  HRW criticizes Argentine President for his softness regarding Venezuela

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández has been heavily criticized by Human Rights Watch (HRW) for his stance regarding Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his government's unclear record in that regard.

• Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:23 UTC

  Venezuelan carrier executives claim nothing wrong with 747

  

  Emtrasur CEO César Pérez said in an interview that the Iranian crew members of the company's Boeing 747-300 seized at the Ezeiza International Airport were flight instructors and that the scandal that has unfolded was “ridiculous.”

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 00:28 UTC

  Paraguay launches probe into Emtrasur 747's Ciudad del Este stop

  

  Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez has instructed the Anti-corruption Minister René Fernández to request the Prosecutor's Office to launch a probe into the stop in Ciudad del Este in May of the Venezuelan-flagged Boeing 747-300 aircraft with Iranian pilots currently held in Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - 20:28 UTC

  Israel's Embassy in Uruguay says Venezuelan 747 involved in arms traffic

  

  Israel's Embassy in Montevideo Wednesday claimed that the Iranian crewmembers of the Venezuelan-flagged Boeing 747-300 seized by Argentine authorities in Buenos Aires were involved “in arms trafficking to Syria” and with the terrorist organization Hezbollah.