Venezuela

• Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 16:00 UTC

  Venezuela's inflation slowing down but still very high

  

  Inflation in Venezuela for October of 2021 was 8.1%, for a YoY record of 1,258%, according to a report from the Venezuelan Observatory of Finance (OVF) released Monday.

• Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Venezuelan aircraft banned in the US carries Evo Morales to Buenos Aires

  

  Former Bolivian President Evo Morales landed in Buenos Aires aboard a Venezuela-registered aircraft blacklisted by the United States Treasury Department.

• Sunday, October 31st 2021 - 08:52 UTC

  French President says he discussed crisis in Venezuela and Nicaragua with Alberto Fernández

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron Saturday admitted on Twitter that he had spoken with his Argentine colleague Alberto Fernández about the crisis in Venezuela and Nicaragua on the sides of the G20 Summit in Rome. The issue had not been mentioned by the Argentine government.

• Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  EU plans large scale observation of Venezuelan elections

  

  The European Union already has 11 electoral experts in Caracas for the upcoming Venezuelan elections. Then the number is to grow to 44 long-term observers while by Nov. 21 -voting day- the team is to surpass 100 members, the Electoral Observation Mission of the European bloc announced Tuesday.

• Wednesday, October 27th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  ICC Prosecutor on 10-day mission to Colombia and Venezuela

  

  Since Monday and until 3 November, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Mr Karim A.A. Khan QC, will undertake a 10-day mission to Latin America, which will include official visits to the Republic of Colombia and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The mission to the region builds upon the productive meetings the Prosecutor has already held, both in-person and virtually, with multiple stakeholders in relation to both situations.

• Tuesday, October 26th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Venezuelan children return to school after 19 months

  

  Over 11 million Venezuelan pupils have returned to their schools Monday after a 19-month pause due to COVID-19. The Government had delayed the restart of on-site schooling several times, amid recurrent peaks in infections in addition to vaccination delays.

• Monday, October 18th 2021 - 00:10 UTC

  Maduro associate extradited from Cape Verde to face criminal charges in Miami; Venezuela claims “kidnapping”

  

  The Venezuelan government walked out of negotiations with the opposition following on the extradition of Colombian businessman Alex Saab from Cape Verde to the United States where he faces trial on money laundering and corruption.

• Sunday, October 17th 2021 - 08:29 UTC

  Spain agrees to extradite former Venezuelan treasurer to the US

  

  Spain's Judiciary Friday gave the green light for the extradition to the United States of Venezuelan national Claudia Patricia Díaz Guillén, to account for crimes of money laundering and criminal organization.

• 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.