Venezuela

• Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 23:59 UTC

  Different reactions in Latin America to Russia's actions in the Ukraine conflict

  

  The escalation of the conflict between Russia and the West regarding Ukraine and two self-declared independent provinces, with military support from Moscow, has exposed different reactions in Latin America, as well as President Vladimir Putin's influence in the region.

• Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Venezuelan NGOs denounce environmental damages caused by illegal mining

  

  Environmentalist organizations have called on the Venezuelan government to take action in view of the damage caused by illegal mining in an area near the Colombian border.

• Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 21:50 UTC

  Iran to further help Venezuela regarding oil and other issues

  

  Venezuela's Foreign Minister Félix Plasencia and his Iranian Petroleum colleague Javad Owji Tuesday signed an agreement to deepen mutual cooperation in the area of hydrocarbons.

• Saturday, February 19th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Interior Minister wants Chile's northern borders fully closed

  

  Chile's Interior Minister Rodrigo Delgado wants to close the country's northern border as a new stage of the “state of exception” already in force in four provinces where the migration crisis is escalating.

• Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 21:08 UTC

  State of Emergency decreed in northern Chile to deal with irregular migration

  

  Chile's government has decreed a State of Exception in the country's northern region to address the migration crisis, which has resulted in both an increase in crime and in acts of xenophobia, it was announced.

• Wednesday, February 16th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Duque wants Ukraine crisis not to repeat itself in Latin America

  

  Colombia's President Iván Duque Tuesday told the European Parliament that Latin America was not going to be the stage of “geopolitical games of other nations,” which highly resemble the Cold War between the United States and its allies against the Soviet Union. His remarks were pointing at Russia's increasing military presence in Venezuela.

• Thursday, February 10th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  Starving Venezuelan pensioners take it to the streets of Caracas

  

  Venezuelan senior citizens Wednesday marched through Caracas' Plaza de La Moneda, not far from the presidential Miraflores Palace, to launch an “SOS” message and call for help as they can barely survive on their pay.

• Wednesday, February 9th 2022 - 22:01 UTC

  Cabello judicially seizes Caracas' El Nacional newspaper

  

  Caracas' El Nacional newspaper has been handed over to United Socialist Party of Venezuela Deputy Chairman Diosdado Cabello Rondón, thus executing a judiciary ruling issued late in January in a damages suit against the publication.

• Wednesday, February 9th 2022 - 22:00 UTC

  Venezuela allows flights to and from Portugal to resume

  

  The Venezuelan government of President Nicolás Maduro Wednesday gave the nod to the resumption of commercial flights to and from Portugal, which were halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Wednesday, February 2nd 2022 - 23:38 UTC

  Thousands of Venezuelan migrant fans were present in the stands at Montevideo’s Centenario stadium in a football match

  

  The Uruguayan national won on Tuesday afternoon against Venezuela for the 16th date of the South American qualifiers in search of a qualifying place in the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The Venezuelan national team, although away and with no chance of qualifying, played this match with significant support from fans at the stadium that started to live it since the team arrived in the country last Monday.