Venezuela

• Thursday, January 9th 2025 - 20:20 UTC

  Argentine official wants U-20 Football Championship not played in Venezuela

  

  Argentina's Security Minister Patricia Bullrich insisted Wednesday that the upcoming South American U-20 Football Championship scheduled to be played in Venezuela should be held somewhere else given the insecurity the Bolivarian regime of President Nicolás Maduro would represent to the Argentine delegation as well as others, considering last month's arrest of Border Guard (Gendarmería Nacional) First Corporal Nahuel Gallo who was charged with espionage for planning to kill Executive Vice President Delcy Roldríguez.

• Wednesday, January 8th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Chavista regime abducts González Urrutia's son-in-law

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia called off his agenda in the United States Tuesday after announcing that his son-in-law Rafael Tudares had been abducted by Nicolás Maduro's Bolivarian regime. Both Maduro and González Urrutia claim to have won the controversial July 28, 2024, elections and said they intend to be sworn in for the 2025-2031 term on Friday.

• Tuesday, January 7th 2025 - 10:06 UTC

  Maduro claims Argentine NCO targeted VP Delcy Rodríguez

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro claimed Monday that Argentine Border Guard (Gendarmería Nacional) First Corporal Nahuel Gallo who has been detained and charged with espionage intended to kill Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez. “God guard her and God has guarded her,” the Bolivarian leader stressed while insisting that Javier Milei's Libertarian administration was behind it all because it was not true that Gallo had a romantic partner and a child in Venezuela. “That gentleman has his wife in Argentina,” Maduro argued.

• Monday, January 6th 2025 - 22:00 UTC

  Paraguay recognizes Edmundo González Urrutia as President-elect and breaks diplomatic ties with Caracas

  

  The Paraguayan Government of President Santiago Peña Monday announced it was recognizing Edmundo González Urrutia of the opposition Unitarian Democratic Platform (PUD) as the legitimate winner of the July 28, 2024, elections in Venezuela, which prompted a diplomatic breakup with Nicolás Maduro's regime.

• Monday, January 6th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

  González Urrutia recalls that his inauguration would make him commander-in-chief of Venezuela's armed forces

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia who insists he won the controversial July 28 elections and will be sworn in next Friday in Caracas warned his country's armed forces that, as of that day, he will become their “commander in chief.” As such, he demanded absolute loyalty, which has nonetheless been pledged to the incumbent Nicolás Maduro.

• Monday, January 6th 2025 - 10:38 UTC

  María Corina Machado calls for mass protests against Maduro in Venezuela

  

  Opposition leader María Corina Machado on Sunday called for a day of demonstrations on Thursday, January 9 in Venezuela, the eve of Nicolás Maduro's swearing-in for a third term, amid allegations of electoral fraud.

• Saturday, January 4th 2025 - 16:34 UTC

  Milei welcomes González Urrutia at Casa Rosada

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, whom many regard as the truthful winner of the July 28 elections in his country, was welcomed Saturday by Argentine President Javier Milei at the Casa Rosada. He made Buenos Aires the first stop of his tour ahead of what he has announced will be his inauguration on Jan. 10 in Caracas despite Nicolás Maduro's regime planning otherwise and offering a US$100,000 reward for his head.

• Saturday, January 4th 2025 - 11:56 UTC

  The challenge for Edmundo González, touring Argentina and Uruguay: can he avoid a new Guaidó scenario?

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia visits Montevideo this Saturday as part of a regional tour aimed at obtaining international backing to assume the Presidency of Venezuela next January 10, after declaring himself the winner of last July's elections, according to the voting tallies collected by the opposition. During his stay, he will meet with President Luis Lacalle Pou and Foreign Minister Omar Paganini, who reiterated Uruguay's support to the legitimacy of his electoral triumph.

• Friday, January 3rd 2025 - 10:40 UTC

  Milei and González Urrutia to meet at Casa Rosada

  

  President Javier Milei will be meeting Saturday in Casa Rosada with Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, who has been recognized by many countries -including Argentina- as the legitimate winner of the controversial July 28 elections where the incumbent Nicolás Maduro was announced as victor for a new term starting on Jan. 10.

• Friday, January 3rd 2025 - 10:26 UTC

  Brazil's Ambassador to attend Maduro's inauguration

  

  President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be sending Brazil's Ambassador in Caracas to Nicolás Maduro's Jan. 10 inauguration of another six-year term in office. Once regarded as close allies and friends, Maduro and Lula do not see eye to eye after the controversial July 28 elections where the Chavista leader was declared the winner despite fraud allegations by Edmundo González Urrutia's Unitarian Democratic Platform (PUD).