Venezuela

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - 09:31 UTC

  Prosecutors launch terrorism probe on Emtrasur 747's captain

  

  Argentine Prosecutors have decided to charge the Iranian captain of the Venezuelan-flagged Boeing 747-300 seized at the Ezeiza international airport in Buenos Aires, it was announced Tuesday.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  Uruguay never jeopardized Emtrasur's 747, FM claims

  

  Uruguay's Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo Monday stressed his country never put the Venezuelan-Iranian plane currently seized in Buenos Aires at risk.

• Monday, June 20th 2022 - 10:54 UTC

  Alberto Fernández accuses opposition of seeking political gain from 747 case

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Saturday argued the opposition had tried to make a political gain out of the Venezuelan-Iranian aircraft scandal by linking it “with such painful events as the AMIA bombing.”

• Saturday, June 18th 2022 - 11:37 UTC

  BoA flight for Conviasa's passengers to be cleared shortly

  

  Argentina's Ambassador to Bolivia Ariel Basteiro Friday said his country would soon authorize the Boliviana de Aviación (BoA) flight from Viru Viru (Santa Cruz de la Sierra) to Buenos Aires carrying the 190 passengers of Venezuela's Conviasa stranded there.

• Friday, June 17th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  US Embassy in BA watching Emtrasur aircraft case closely

  

  The United States Embassy in Buenos Aires is keeping an eye on the case of the Iranian-Venezuelan cargo airplane seized at the Ministro Pistarini international airport in Ezeiza, which is on the US Treasury's black list.

• Friday, June 17th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Passengers stranded in Buenos Aires as Conviasa's “rescue flight” returns to Caracas

  

  Hundreds of angry passengers were complaining Thursday at Buenos Aires' international Ezeiza airport as the Conviasa flight they were supposed to board to Caracas was not available, after the Airbus 340-600 purchased from Iran's Mahan Air this week landed in Bolivia and flew back to Venezuela.

• Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Emtrasur scandal: Venezuelan “rescue” airplane lands in Bolivia

  

  An Airbus 340-600 which used to belong to Iran's Mahan Air and has been handed over to Venezuela's Conviasa just this week was en route to Buenos Aires' Ezeiza international airport Wednesday when it was diverted to Bolivia.

• Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 09:32 UTC

  Maduro meets with Emir of Qatar to strengthen bilateral ties

  

  Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro held a meeting Wednesday with the emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad al Thani in Doha, during which cooperation in “the fields of energy, economy, investment, agriculture, and tourism” were discussed, according to local media reports.

• Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 10:07 UTC

  Uruguayan Defense Minister to be summoned over 747 case

  

  Uruguayan lawmakers of the opposition Frente Amplio (FA - Broad Front) Tuesday announced they would summon Defense Minister Javier García before Congress' Defense Committee to explain why he had banned from national airspace the Venezuelan-Iranian Boeing 747-300 now held in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2022 - 21:56 UTC

  Venezuela further below oil output target

  

  Venezuela's oil output production fell 5% from May of 2022 to the previous month, according to the latest Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) released Tuesday.