Venezuela

• Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Brazil ready to provide humanitarian aid to Venezuela through Roraima

  

  Venezuelan opposition envoy Maria Teresa Belandria was received as her country’s official ambassador in Brazil on Monday and said Brazil’s government would provide all possible support to get humanitarian aid to the border.

• Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  Guaido delivers a “symbolic” first cargo of humanitarian aid

  

  Venezuela’s opposition leader, Juan Guaido, said on Monday his team had delivered a first cargo of the humanitarian aid that has become a flashpoint in his tussle with President Nicolas Maduro, without specifying how it had received it.

• Monday, February 11th 2019 - 08:40 UTC

  PDVSA telling customers to deposit oil sales in an account of Russia's Gazprombank

  

  Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA is telling customers of its joint ventures to deposit oil sales proceeds in an account recently opened at Russia's Gazprombank AO, according to sources and an internal document, reported Reuters on Saturday.

• Monday, February 11th 2019 - 08:33 UTC

  Guaidó warns Venezuelan military that blocking humanitarian aid is a “crime against humanity”

  

  Opposition leader Juan Guaido, recognized by some 50 countries as Venezuela's interim president, warned the military on Sunday that blocking humanitarian aid from entering the country is a “crime against humanity.”

• Saturday, February 9th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  Maduro's protection in the hands of the Cuban security and intelligence services

  

  Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro is increasingly leaning on the protection and support of his Cuban backers, amid mounting global pressures to leave office, according to several senior U.S. officials. Adm. Craig Faller, head of U.S. Southern Command, told U.S. senators on Thursday that Havana “owns the security around Maduro and is deeply entrenched in the intelligence service.”

• Friday, February 8th 2019 - 11:41 UTC

  International Contact Group on Venezuela calls for fresh, transparent presidential elections

  

  The European Union and a group of Latin American governments that have kept a moderate line on Venezuela called on Thursday for democratic and fresh elections, during a meeting held in Montevideo. The EU-backed International Contact Group on Venezuela said overly forceful intervention could aggravate the crisis.

• Friday, February 8th 2019 - 08:43 UTC

  Humanitarian aid arrives to Cucuta, a bridge away from Venezuela

  

  Trucks carrying humanitarian aid for crisis-stricken Venezuela arrived in the Colombian border city of Cucuta on Thursday as diplomatically-isolated President Nicolas Maduro appeared set to block its entry amid an escalating political crisis.

• Thursday, February 7th 2019 - 16:57 UTC

  EU calls for free elections in Venezuela at International Contact Group meeting in Montevideo

  

  The High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini warned on Thursday at the meeting of the International Contact Group in Montevideo, on a beside the president of Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez, that the group does not seek a “direct negotiation” but a free, transparent and credible Presidential election in Venezuela.

• Thursday, February 7th 2019 - 10:11 UTC

  Guaido insists with humanitarian aid for Venezuela, but the Army blocks access

  

  Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido stepped up efforts on Wednesday to win recognition from EU holdout states and insisted the armed forces allow desperately needed humanitarian aid to enter the country.

• Wednesday, February 6th 2019 - 09:22 UTC

  “Neutral” Uruguay's name mentioned in attempts to drain Venezuelan coffers

  

  A bank in Portugal has blocked Venezuela’s attempt to transfer US$ 1.2 billion to Uruguay, a lawmaker said on Tuesday as the opposition to President Nicolas Maduro warned of the theft of public funds, while the United States sent food and medical aid to the Venezuelan-Colombian border.