Venezuela

• Friday, April 26th 2019 - 09:04 UTC

  Venezuelan boat people drown in an attempt to reach the island of Trinidad

  

  At least 23 illegal immigrants, including women and two children, are feared drowned after their boat overturned early Wednesday morning off Venezuela. The ill-fated fishing pirogue was carrying 35 persons, including the captain, an inlet along the Caribbean island of Trinidad’s south western peninsula.

• Saturday, April 20th 2019 - 09:26 UTC

  Venezuelan opposition prepared to pay US$ 71 million bond interests to save Citgo from seizure by creditors

  

  Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly expects to vote on making a US$71 million bond interest payment when it meets next week, a lawmaker and a member of state-run oil company PDVSA's ad-hoc board of directors said.

• Saturday, April 20th 2019 - 08:24 UTC

  Guaido calls on Venezuelans for the mother of all demonstrations on Labor Day

  

  Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaidó called on Friday for the “biggest demonstration in history” to put pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to step down. The National Assembly head launched a challenge to Maduro's authority in January, declaring himself acting president.

• Thursday, April 18th 2019 - 09:42 UTC

  Red Cross humanitarian aid begins to flow into Venezuela; first shipment was flown in from Panama

  

  A second shipment of Red Cross humanitarian aid will arrive in Venezuela in around three weeks, the charity organization said on Wednesday, reiterating its plea for the issue not to be politicized.“There's a shipment coming by sea that we expect to be in the country on May 8,” said Hernan Bongioanni, the Red Cross commissioner for this mission.

• Thursday, April 18th 2019 - 08:33 UTC

  Spain's Repsol suspends swaps of refined products for crude from Venezuela

  

  Spain’s Repsol has suspended its swaps of refined products for crude with Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA, as U.S. officials weigh penalties for foreign firms doing business with Venezuela.

• Thursday, April 18th 2019 - 07:48 UTC

  Bolton announces further crackdown on “the three stooges of socialism”

  

  The Trump administration on Wednesday intensified its crackdown on Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, rolling back Obama administration policy and announcing new restrictions and sanctions against the three countries whose leaders national security adviser John Bolton dubbed the “three stooges of socialism.”

• Tuesday, April 16th 2019 - 09:17 UTC

  Lima Group calls on the UN to prevent an escalation of Venezuela's humanitarian crisis

  

  The Lima Group made up of mostly Latin American countries called on the United Nations on Monday to “take action” to prevent an escalation of Venezuela's humanitarian crisis.

• Monday, April 15th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Maduro increasing the civilian militia by a million to three million by end of 2019

  

  Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has said he wants a million more people to join his civilian militia by the end of the year. The call to expand the militia - which answers directly to Mr. Maduro - comes as opposition leader Juan Guaidó seeks to persuade the Venezuelan military to abandon the president. So far the military has stayed loyal.

• Monday, April 15th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  Pompeo pays tribute to Peru for receiving 700.000 Venezuela refugees

  

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ended a visit to Peru on Sunday and travelled to the Colombian border city of Cucuta, crossed through by thousands of Venezuelans fleeing crisis under President Nicolas Maduro.

• Monday, April 15th 2019 - 08:20 UTC

  Pompeo praised Paraguay's support for Venezuela's Guaidó and its role in the Lima Group

  

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held talks on Saturday with Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benitez as part of a four-nation tour of Latin American allies focusing heavily on Venezuela and countering China's economic reach.