Venezuela

• Monday, July 29th 2019 - 08:52 UTC

  Followers of Chavez and Guaidó celebrated on Sunday the birthdays of their leaders

  

  Venezuelans paid homage on Sunday to the late socialist leader Hugo Chávez on the day of his birth — which coincides with the birthday of one of the nation’s leading opposition figures.

• Saturday, July 27th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Maduro's Supreme Court annuls decision to rejoin regional defense treaty

  

  Venezuela's Supreme Court on Friday annulled a decision by the opposition-controlled legislature to re-join a regional defense treaty that could provide a legal framework for foreign military intervention.

• Saturday, July 27th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  BRICS' ministerial summit can't agree on Venezuela, despite “people's cries for freedom”

  

  Brazil's Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo on Friday pleaded with the country's partners in the BRICS group of emerging economies to heed the “cries” of Venezuelans and work together to end the crisis.

• Friday, July 26th 2019 - 10:58 UTC

  Venezuela's Defense minister condemns opposition's plan to rejoin regional military assistance treaty

  

  The Venezuelan defense minister said that the Venezuelan Armed Forces condemn the Juan Guaido-led opposition's plans to re-join the Rio Treaty. Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty) is “an instrument of domination and interventionism that goes against independence and sovereignty of peoples.”

• Thursday, July 25th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  Maduro blames “desperate” US for the latest blackout that plunged most of Venezuela in the dark

  

  Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday blamed the “desperate” United States for a major power cut that affected large parts of the crisis-wracked country on Monday.

• Wednesday, July 24th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  “Electromagnetic attack” behind massive power cut, Venezuelan minister explains

  

  Venezuela's Communication and Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez Tuesday revealed that according to preliminary inquiries, the probable cause of the massive blackout on Monday, which hit most parts of Venezuela, including the capital Caracas, was “an electromagnetic attack.”

• Wednesday, July 24th 2019 - 00:35 UTC

  Putin envoy wraps up Venezuela tour to strengthen “unshakable partnership”

  

  Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov completed a round of consultations with leader Nicolás Maduro and members of his staff during this past weekend in Caracas to strengthen the “unshakable partnership” with Venezuela, the Tass news agency reported.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Caracas and other regions of Venezuela hit by a massive power blackout

  

  Caracas and other parts of crisis-wracked Venezuela were hit by a massive power cut on Monday foreign journalists and internet users said. The lights went out in most of Caracas at 4.41pm (2041 GMT) while people in other parts of the country took to social media to report the power had gone out there too.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:31 UTC

  Expelled German ambassador back in Caracas; Germany continues to recognize Guaidó

  

  Germany's ambassador to Venezuela has returned after being expelled by President Nicolas Maduro's government in March over Berlin's backing of opposition leader Juan Guaido's claim to the presidency, the German embassy said on Monday.

• Monday, July 22nd 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Air incident over the Caribbean: Venezuelan fighter “aggressively shadows” US intelligence aircraft

  

  A Venezuelan fighter jet “aggressively shadowed” an American intelligence plane over the Caribbean Sea, US defense officials said on Sunday, slamming the maneuver as “unprofessional.”