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Montevideo, November 27th 2025 - 10:28 UTC

Venezuela

  • Tuesday, August 26th 2025 - 10:19 UTC

    Voluntary enlistment for Venezuelans extended

    “The peoples of the world admire our courage!” Maduro insisted

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has extended his “Call to Arms” initiative, giving citizens the chance to enlist on Aug. 29 and 30 in the Bolivarian militia to defend the country's sovereignty and peace. The initiative, which began over the past weekend under the slogan “#YoMeAlisto,” is described as the “first step to activate the National Defense System, as mandated by our history of liberty and the laws of the Republic.”

  • Monday, August 25th 2025 - 20:57 UTC

    Paraguayan Govt advises against traveling to Venezuela

    Asunción has no diplomatic representation before the Bolivarian regime and is therefore unable to assist Paraguayan citizens in distress

    The Paraguayan Government, under President Santiago Peña, has issued a travel advisory for its nationals, advising them to stay away from Venezuela or leave the country at the earliest, considering that Asunción does not have an embassy or consulate in that territory and therefore its ability to assist people in distress is limited.

  • Monday, August 25th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

    Maduro promotes Ambassador in Colombia to Major General

    The promotion came alongside a voluntary enlistment drive

    Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro promoted his country's Ambassador to Colombia Carlos Martínez to the rank of major general in active reserve.

  • Saturday, August 23rd 2025 - 11:52 UTC

    Maduro says Venezuela is an impregnable homeland

    Venezuela's wealth consists of its moral values, Maduro claimed

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Friday insisted before the National Assembly (Parliament) that his country was an “impregnable homeland,” which “nothing and no one will touch.” He also underlined that true wealth lay in “moral, spiritual, and ethical” values.

  • Friday, August 22nd 2025 - 20:01 UTC

    Paraguay declares Cartel de los Soles a “terrorist organization”

    Peña noted that Washington was a strategic ally

    Paraguayan President Santiago Peña has signed a decree officially declaring the Cartel de los Soles an “international terrorist organization,” it was announced in Asunción. The Government argued that the measure highlighted its commitment to fighting transnational crime and protecting national sovereignty.

  • Thursday, August 21st 2025 - 10:23 UTC

    Drones banned in Venezuela

    These devices were considered to pose security risks

    Venezuela's Bolivarian regime announced Tuesday a nationwide suspension and prohibition of all activities related to drones and other remotely piloted aircraft. Published in Official Gazette No. 6,927, the measure bans the purchase, sale, manufacture, import, distribution, training, registration, and flight operations of these devices for one year, effective Aug. 18, 2025.

  • Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Maduro mobilizes four million militiamen in response to US naval deployment

    The National Militia, created by Hugo Chávez in 2007, has expanded under Maduro’s rule as part of the doctrine of “civil-military unity”

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced Tuesday the activation of four million members of the Bolivarian National Militia in response to the deployment of three US Navy destroyers, aircraft, and submarines off the country’s coast. The operation, ordered by Donald Trump, aims to target Latin American cartels, including the Cartel of the Suns, which Washington accuses Maduro of leading.

  • Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    US deploys destroyers off Venezuela in operation against narco-terror groups

    The strategy aligns with President Donald Trump’s policy of ramping up military pressure on drug cartels, including Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua, and the Cartel of the Suns

    The United States will deploy three Arleigh Burke-class destroyers off the coast of Venezuela within the next 36 hours as part of an operation targeting criminal organizations classified as narco-terrorist groups. According to Reuters, the vessels are the USS Gravely, USS Jason Dunham, and USS Sampson, all equipped with the Aegis defense system for air, submarine, and surface warfare.

  • Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 10:23 UTC

    US seizes assets from Maduro worth US$700 million, Bondi says

    Maduro's “regime of terror continues,” Bondi noted in an interview

    The United States government on Wednesday claimed to have confiscated over US$700 million in assets from Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi in an interview with Fox. These assets reportedly include two luxury planes, multiple houses, a mansion in the Dominican Republic, and a horse farm.

  • Friday, August 8th 2025 - 21:06 UTC

    US ups reward for narcoterrorist Nicolás Maduro

    Authorities have seized tons of cocaine and hundreds of millions of dollars in assets linked to Maduro, Bondi claimed

    The US government has doubled its reward to US$50 million for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The Trump administration is accusing him of being a “narco-terrorist” and one of the world's largest drug traffickers, claiming he has worked with cartels to smuggle cocaine into the US.