Venezuela

• Saturday, January 25th 2020 - 09:57 UTC

  Turmoil in Spanish coalition: Transport minister meets Venezuelan vice president in EU territory

  

  Opposition parties in Spain are calling on the government to explain why one of its ministers met Venezuela’s vice-president in a secretive encounter onboard a private jet at Madrid airport.

• Friday, January 24th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Maduro goads opposition leader Guaidó who called on Davos for an end to the “blood gold” flow out of Venezuela

  

  Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro goaded opposition leader Juan Guaido during a rally in Caracas on Thursday, taunting his rival for failing to unseat him. A year ago, parliament speaker Guaido launched a challenge to Maduro's authority by declaring himself acting president, a move backed by more than 50 countries.

• Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 10:59 UTC

  Venezuelan president Guaidó meets Johnson in London; in Caracas his office was raided by Maduro's secret service agents

  

  Venezuelan secret service agents have raided the offices of opposition leader Juan Guaidó while he is on a visit to the UK. Footage showed hooded and armed officers from the Sebin service outside the building in Caracas.

• Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 07:28 UTC

  Pompeo reaffirms full support for Guaidó and calls on other countries to help remove Maduro

  

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says his country will take additional measures in support of Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaidó. Pompeo called on other countries to co-operate in efforts to remove President Nicolás Maduro from office

• Monday, January 20th 2020 - 09:29 UTC

  Guatemala cuts diplomatic ties with Venezuela; orders the closure of the embassy in Caracas

  

  Guatemala’s new President Alejandro Giammattei cut diplomatic ties with the Venezuelan government of President Nicolas Maduro and ordered the closure of its embassy in Caracas.

• Monday, January 20th 2020 - 09:05 UTC

  Guaidó will meet with Pompeo at counterterrorism conference in Colombia

  

  Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaidó has travelled to Colombia to participate on Monday alongside Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a regional counterterrorism meeting — a new show of support by the Trump administration for the man it says is the country’s legitimate leader.

• Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:49 UTC

  “Overwhelming similarity” in Hong Kong and Venezuelan protests

  

  Protests in Hong Kong bear an “overwhelming” similarity to political unrest that has wracked Venezuela in recent years, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Friday.

• Friday, January 17th 2020 - 10:31 UTC

  Morales backtracks on intention of creating armed civilian militias as in Venezuela if he returns to Bolivia

  

  Exiled former Bolivian president Evo Morales backtracked on Thursday from a vow to create armed civilian militias similar to notorious 'colectivos' in Venezuela, were he to be allowed back to his homeland.

• Friday, January 10th 2020 - 09:59 UTC

  International Contact Group on Venezuela support Guaido's reelection, except Uruguay

  

  A dozen countries working on ways to end Venezuela's crisis on Thursday gave their backing to opposition leader Juan Guaido as a parliamentary speaker, rejecting the claims of a rival.

• Friday, January 10th 2020 - 09:56 UTC

  US changes policy, supports negotiations in Venezuela, a transitional government and fresh elections

  

  The United States on Thursday threw its support behind negotiations in Venezuela, saying talks could establish a transitional government, lead to fresh elections and bring an end to the crisis.