Venezuela

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:31:00 GMT
Petro suggests “life guarantees” for losers of Venezuela's elections
During a meeting in Bogotá with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Colombian President Gustavo Petro Wednesday suggested that a so-called “life guarantee” be created in Venezuela for those losing the Jul...

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 23:59:00 GMT
Chilean FM says conditions not met for free elections in Venezuela
The Chilean Government of President Gabriel Boric Font is adopting a neutral stance regarding Venezuela's political crisis by keeping active ties with the administration of President Nicolás Maduro as well as with disenfranchi...

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 10:17:00 GMT
UN Security Council to review Essequibo controversy
Guyanese authorities have requested the United Nations Security Council to review Venezuela's territorial claims over the oil-rich Essequibo region, under the jurisdiction of the former British colony since 1899, but which Cara...

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 22:00:00 GMT
Disgraced former Venezuelan Oil Minister placed under arrest
Venezuelan authorities Tuesday arrested former Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami in a corruption probe after about one year at large following his resignation. When making the announcement, Attorney General Tarek William Saab said...

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 08:53:00 GMT
Former Venezuelan General sentenced to 21 years in a US jail
A former Venezuelan General involved in drug trafficking and who has admitted to helping the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas was sentenced Monday to 21 years in jail by US District Judge Alvin Hellerste...

Sat, 06 Apr 2024 11:16:00 GMT
Brazil: Mercury detected in Yanomami people's hair samples
The Rio de Janeiro-based Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) conducted a series of tests among Yanomami indigenous people in the state of Roraima in northern Brazil which detected the presence of mercury in 84% of the hair sample...

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 21:04:00 GMT
Maduro angered by Milei's calls to sanction Venezuela
President Nicolás Maduro Thursday criticized his Argentine counterpart for promoting sanctions against Venezuela. The Bolivarian successor of Hugo Chaves Frías stressed that with Milei came “fascism” and “Zionism, which...

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 19:02:00 GMT
Oldest man on earth dies aged 114
Venezuelan national Juan Vicente Pérez Mora passed away Tuesday due to respiratory complications at the age of 114 in San José de Bolívar, Francisco de Miranda municipality, in the state of Táchira. He was certified by the ...

Sat, 30 Mar 2024 09:58:00 GMT
Unusual criticism from Lula da Silva and Petro on Venezuela's presidential race controversy
Renowned South American political figures Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, and Gustavo Petro, head of state of Colombia, have taken an unusual stance against Venezuela's government, criticizing its refusal to al...

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 11:40:00 GMT
Venezuela: Rosales claims he is not Maduro's candidate
Former Zulia governor Manuel Rosales, who once challenged the late Hugo Chávez Frías for Venezuela's presidency, said he was willing to withdraw from this year's July 28 elections if another opposition candidate made it throu...

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