Venezuela

• Thursday, December 16th 2021 - 09:22 UTC

  Venezuelan exports grow 30% compared to 2020

  

  The president of the Venezuelan Association of Exporters (AVEX) Ramón Goyo Wednesday announced a 30% increase in sales abroad compared to 2020 figures, which has allowed producers to make up for a sharp decrease in domestic consumption.

• Thursday, December 16th 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  Venezuela, Belarus strengthen bilateral ties

  

  The Governments of Venezuela and Belarus agreed Wednesday to set up in Caracas the VIII High-Level Joint Committee between the two countries to foster trade agreements and bilateral ties, it was reported.

• Tuesday, December 14th 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  UN launches US$ 1,79 billion Refugee Response Plan to support six million Venezuelans

  

  The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, have launched a US$ 1.79 billion regional plan to support the increasing needs of refugees and migrants from Venezuela and their host communities across 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Tuesday, December 7th 2021 - 20:05 UTC

  Colombian guerrilla reported killed in Venezuela; no official word

  

  A former Colombian Armed Revolutionary Forces (FARC) combatant who took part in the 2016 peace negotiations with the Government of then-President Juan Manuel Santos has been killed in Venezuela, it was reported.

• Saturday, December 4th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Chavez's brother to be replaced in encore of Venezuelan local elections

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Friday announced a new candidate would seek to become governor of the state of Barinas which are to be held again on January 9 after the November 21 polls were annulled by electoral authorities in a much controversial decision.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  Several Swiss banks “reprimanded” for breaching laundering rules with Venezuelan clients

  

  Several Swiss banks have been reprimanded for breaching laundering rules involving people linked to Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA, and have been ordered to terminate all business links with Venezuelan clients as well as with risky clients.

• Monday, November 22nd 2021 - 09:48 UTC

  Venezuela's PSUV grabs most of the seats at stake amid poor turnout

  

  With 58% of Venezuelans not showing up to vote, the ruling PSUV Sunday won regional and local elections by a landslide.

• Sunday, November 21st 2021 - 10:00 UTC

  Venezuela goes to the polls, as world looks on with skeptical eyes

  

  Venezuela, a country that has praised Nicaragua's recent rigged elections most of the world has condemned, is going back to the polls Sunday to choose legislators as well as regional and local authorities.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 18:34 UTC

  Venezuelan FM criticizes EU's decision to extend sanctions on gov't leaders

  

  Venezuela's Foreign Minister Félix Plasencia Thursday criticized the European Union's decision to uphold sanctions against over 50 officials of the Nicolás Maduro administration ahead of Sunday's elections.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Brazil rice exports in 2021 should reach 1,2 million tons

  

  Brazil's rice exports are expected to reach 1.2 million tons this year according to estimates from ABIARROZ (the Brazilian rice industry association), based on overseas sales between January and October which totalled 958,000 tons.