Venezuela

• Friday, October 15th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Death of Venezuelan political prisoner rattles Washington DC

  

  Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Luis Almagro Thursday pledged he would ask the United Nations to request the exhumation and autopsy of the late Venezuelan General Raúl Baduel, who died of COVID-19 while incarcerated by the Nicolás Maduro regime for alleged political crimes.

• Wednesday, October 13th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Venezuelan political prisoner and former Chávez aide dies of COVID-19

  

  Venezuelan General Raúl Baduel, a former ally of President Hugo Chávez who later became one of the country's most notorious political prisoners, has died Tuesday of COVID-19 at the age of 66 and while still incarcerated.

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Duque remain distrusting of Maduro as reopening of borders not going so smoothly

  

  Colombian President Iván Duque was sceptical of the offer from Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, who asked investors to return to that country.

• Tuesday, October 5th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  The bridge linking Venezuela and Colombia cleared for resumption of bilateral ties

  

  The land crossing between Venezuela and Colombia through the Simón Bolívar international bridge has been reopened Monday after 32 months, following the removal of the three containers which blocked the way, it was announced.

• Friday, October 1st 2021 - 09:33 UTC

  Fear reigns among Venezuelans as six more zeros are to be removed from local currency

  

  Unrest reigned Thursday among Venezuelans as Friday's monetary reconversion which will remove six zeros from “sovereign bolivars” loomed over, prompting the exchange rate with the US dollar to skyrocket.

• Monday, September 27th 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  International community concerned over xenophobia in Chile

  

  The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) Saturday asked the Chilean Government to guarantee and protect the rights of migrant children, following violent incidents involving foreign citizens in the city port Iquique, which has been flocked by undocumented migrants.

• Thursday, September 23rd 2021 - 23:14 UTC

  Foreign offenders expelled from Chile as deportation of irregular migrants set to resume

  

  Chilean migration authorities Thursday expelled 49 migrants who were found guilty of human trafficking in addition to carrying weapons illegally, the Department of Migration and International Police of Tarapacá reported.

• Saturday, September 18th 2021 - 09:24 UTC

  Latin America viewing Celac as a substitute for OAS during Summit starting in Mexico City

  

  The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) Summit will start Saturday in Mexico City as the body seeks to replace the Organization of American States (OAS) in regional matters.

• Wednesday, September 15th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Maduro appoints jailed ally, with pending extradition to US, to political talks with the opposition in Mexico

  

  Venezuela has announced that it will incorporate the government delegation in negotiations with the political opposition in Mexico, Alex Saab, a close ally jailed in Cape Verde, Africa who is to be extradited to the United States on corruption and money laundering charges.

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  Maduro's front man to be extradited to the United States; Venezuela complains of an arbitrary ruling

  

  The Constitutional Tribunal from Cape Verde ruled this week that Colombian businessman Alex Saab considered a front man for Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro can be extradited to the United States, where he faces charges of corruption and money laundering.