Venezuela

• Tuesday, June 14th 2022 - 10:31 UTC

  Argentina had been tipped there was something strange with the Emtrasur 747

  

  The Governments of Paraguay and Uruguay had alerted Argentina about the Iranian crew flying the Venezuelan-flagged Boeing 747-300 cargo airplane now seized at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza airport.

• Monday, June 13th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  Venezuelan cargo 747 with Iranian crew causes uproar at Buenos Aires airport

  

  A Venezuelan-registered Boeing 747 red-flagged by the United States has been seized at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza airport, after which Argentine authorities kept the passports of the seventeen crewmembers.

• Monday, June 13th 2022 - 10:34 UTC

  Venezuelan opposition leader's wife fears for his life

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó's wife has expressed her concerns that her husband might end up killed following an attack Saturday which was believed to be “an attempt against his life.”

• Friday, June 10th 2022 - 21:23 UTC

  Maduro thanks Fernández for his speech in Los Angeles

  

  Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro Friday thanked Argentine President Alberto Fernández for his message at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, a gathering from which Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua have been excluded by the hosting country.

• Friday, June 10th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Not the Summit we would have wanted, Argentine President tells LA conference

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernandez Thursday delivered a controversial speech before the IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, which was anything but pleasing and obliging to the hosting country.

• Thursday, June 9th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

  Venezuela can become port of entry into LatAm, Maduro tells Erdogan

  

  Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro Wednesday offered Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to turn Venezuela into a port of entry into Latin America.

• Monday, June 6th 2022 - 10:58 UTC

  Alberto Fernández will be Venezuela's voice at Los Angeles Summit, Maduro says

  

  Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro said Argentina's President would represent all those countries excluded from the Summit of the Americas starting Monday in Los Angeles, California.

• Friday, May 27th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Oldest man in the world turns 113

  

  Venezuelan resident Juan Vicente Perez Mora is turning 113 years old Friday. The Spain-born man is officially the world's longest-living man, according to the Guinness organization.

• Friday, May 27th 2022 - 09:04 UTC

  Biden negotiating Argentina's presence at Summit of the Americas

  

  US President Joseph Biden's envoy Christopher Dodd arrived in Buenos Aires to talk Alberto Fernández into attending next month's Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, a gathering many leaders intend to boycott following the host's decision not to invite the non-democratically ruled Nicaragua, Cuba, and Venezuela.

• Monday, May 9th 2022 - 19:28 UTC

  OPEC Chief visits Venezuela to bolster bilateral ties

  

  OPEC Secretary-General Mohammed Barkindo has visited Venezuela to strengthen bilateral ties between the rich oil-producing South American country, which is one of the 13 countries that make up the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).