Venezuela

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2020 - 08:44 UTC

  US Asphalt Company pleads guilty to paying bribes to South American leftist governments to win contracts

  

  A major U.S. asphalt company agreed to pay US$16.6 million in fines while pleading guilty Tuesday to federal charges that it paid millions in bribes to officials in Brazil, Ecuador and Venezuela for almost a decade to win lucrative contracts.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  US imposes more sanctions on Iran and Maduro, and demands Europe follows suit

  

  The United States said on Monday it was imposing sanctions on Iran's defense ministry and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro under a contested UN authority and demanded that Europe follow suit.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2020 - 08:31 UTC

  Mexican court unfreezes bank account of company blacklisted by US for trading with Venezuela

  

  Mexican court has unfrozen the bank accounts of a local company blacklisted by the United States for trading in oil with Venezuelan state oil firm PDVSA despite US sanctions, Mexico's anti-money laundering unit said.

• Friday, September 18th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Latin America resuming normal social and public life too soon, warns WHO

  

  Latin America has started to resume normal social and public life at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic still requires major control interventions, World Health Organization regional director Carissa Etienne warned.

• Thursday, September 17th 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  UN report slams Venezuela government for methodical extrajudicial executions, forced disappearances and torture

  

  The Venezuelan government was accused of committing crimes against humanity in a report published on Wednesday by a United Nations-backed fact-finding mission.

• Wednesday, September 16th 2020 - 06:20 UTC

  Spain asks Venezuela to offer “democratic guarantees” in parliamentary elections

  

  The Spanish government has asked the Venezuelan authorities to offer ‘democratic guarantees’ in the upcoming parliamentary elections, Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said.

• Tuesday, September 8th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Guaidó and 37 parties reject Venezuela congressional election and call for increased international pressure

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Monday announced a “unitary pact” supported by a coalition of parties calling for increased international pressure on President Nicolas Maduro as the country heads toward a congressional election in December.

• Monday, September 7th 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  Venezuelan government confident it will regain control of the Assembly and thus no need for a new constitution

  

  Venezuela's National Constituent Assembly will not deliver a new constitution, the legislature's chief Diosdado Cabello said on Sunday, despite repeated assurances from assembly members that the body was preparing to update the 1999 Magna Carta.

• Saturday, August 29th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Guaidó counts with US keeping pressure on Maduro whoever wins November election

  

  Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Friday he is counting on the United States to maintain pressure on President Nicolas Maduro no matter who wins the US' November presidential election.

• Saturday, August 22nd 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Venezuela, Argentina and Colombia among the highest rates in Bloomberg's Misery Index

  

  Bloomberg’s Misery Index, which tallies inflation and unemployment outlooks for 60 economies shows that almost all of the economies surveyed are projected to be more miserable this year amid Covid-19, with analysts expecting increased joblessness and tepid growth.