Venezuela

Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 08:04 UTC
Venezuelan hospitals poorly supplied to combat the pandemic and with chronic shortages of water and power

Venezuela's western Zulia state has emerged as a hot spot for the COVID-19 pandemic as poorly supplied hospitals and chronic shortages of water and power make it difficult to prevent the disease from spreading.
Tuesday, June 23rd 2020 - 11:55 UTC
Trump ready to talk to Maduro, but only to discuss the Venezuelan president exit from office

US President Donald Trump on Monday walked back comments that he would consider meeting Nicolas Maduro, saying he would only do so to discuss the Venezuelan president's departure from office.
Tuesday, June 23rd 2020 - 11:55 UTC
Mexico freezes bank accounts of companies blacklisted by US for evading sanctions against Venezuela

The Mexican government’s financial crime department has frozen the bank accounts of companies and people blacklisted by the United States under accusations of having evaded the sanction regime imposed on Venezuela, its chief said on Friday.
Saturday, June 20th 2020 - 10:10 UTC
US blacklists Mexican companies involved in failed oil-for-food contract with Venezuela's Maduro

The United States blacklisted Mexican company Libre Abordo and a related firm, accusing them of helping Caracas evade US sanctions in the first formal action taken by the US Treasury Department against Mexican companies involved in trading Venezuelan oil.
Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 05:24 UTC
Maduro restricts the return of Venezuelan migrants and considers them a threat

The Nicolás Maduro regime blames Venezuelan migrants for the increase in the spread of the coronavirus in Venezuela while hundreds of these emigrants, pushed by their limited survival options, remain stranded in makeshift camps in different cities of Colombia waiting to be able to cross into their country.
Monday, June 8th 2020 - 05:26 UTC
Uruguayan Chancellor avoid describing Venezuela as a dictatorship and clashes with the President Lacalle Pou's policy

A few months ago, Foreign Minister Ernesto Talvi, at his rallies as a candidate for the presidency of Uruguay, did not hesitate to describe the Venezuelan government as a dictatorship. However, in an interview this Saturday he affirmed that he “won't say in this role” that the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is a dictatorship.
Friday, June 5th 2020 - 09:48 UTC
EU ratifies that Juan Guaidó is the legitimate congressional president in Venezuela

Venezuelan Supreme Court decision to ratify an ally of President Nicolas Maduro as president of the National Assembly is illegitimate, the European Union said on Thursday, warning of a deepening crisis in the South American nation.
Friday, June 5th 2020 - 09:42 UTC
The flourishing business of coffin making in Peru… with Venezuelan labor

As the coronavirus-hit economy of Peru stagnated over the past three months, Lima coffin-maker Genaro Cabrera has seen his sales quadruple. “I never imagined working to such an extreme,” Cabrera said at his factory in the rundown district of San Juan de Lurigancho.
Monday, June 1st 2020 - 08:54 UTC
Venezuela announces the end of subsidized fuel prices together with privatized service stations

Venezuela will increase fuel prices in June, the president said, putting a limit on state subsidies that for decades had allowed citizens to fill their gas tanks virtually for free. Although the country has huge oil reserves, production has collapsed and Venezuelans are facing dire shortages - exacerbated by the impact of COVID-19 on the economy.
Tuesday, May 26th 2020 - 07:45 UTC
Iranian tankers unloading much needed gasoline in Venezuela

The first of five Iranian tankers carrying much-needed gasoline and oil derivatives docked in Venezuela on Monday, Caracas announced amid concern in Washington over the burgeoning relationship between countries it sees as international pariahs.