Venezuela
President Trump greeted Venezuelans for commemoration of a new year of independence
In a new show of rejection of the Nicolás Maduro regime by the United States government, President Donald Trump reaffirmed his support and solidarity with the Venezuelan people. In an official statement issued by the White House on July 5, the ...
Pompeo accuses the Chinese Communist Party of helping Iran sell weapons to Maduro’s regime
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of supporting the Iranian regime in its sale of arms to Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, paid for with the gold smuggled from Venezuela. To further tighten sanctions against the ...
Trump administration bans airline flights to all Cuban airports but Havana from December 10
The U.S. government on Friday, Oct. 25, said it would suspend U.S. airlines from traveling to all destinations in Cuba apart from Havana beginning on Dec. 10 as the Trump administration is increasing pressure on the Cuban government. The U.S. Transportation ...
US envoy blasts Venezuela seat on UN Human Rights Council
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Venezuela’s election to the Human Rights Council “is an embarrassment to the United Nations and a tragedy for the people of Venezuela.” Venezuela won a contested election for a seat on the U.N. ...
Pro-socialist Bernie Sanders challenged to visit Venezuela without bodyguards
A Venezuelan assemblyman, who fled from the socialist regime of Nicolas Maduro, has challenged the Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders to stroll on the streets of the South American country for a week without bodyguards. "I suggest that Bernie Sanders take ...
Pompeo, Freeland address China, Venezuela, and Russia
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday that President Donald Trump brought up China's detainment of Canadians directly with China's leader and said the Trump administration is working "diligently" to return them to Canada. Pompeo made the remarks during ...
Pompeo: US will do whatever it takes to re-establish democracy in Venezuela
Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State, said on July 29 that the United States will do whatever it takes for Venezuela to regain democracy, in answer to a question from David Rubenstein, president of the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. Rubenstein wanted ...
Experts warn of child ‘genocide’ in Venezuela
Infant mortality under Nicolás Maduro's regime in Venezuela has soared to the point that analysts are already talking about genocide. Experts warn that the deterioration of medical and food supplies under Maduro's regime is causing conditions that were already eradicated and ...
The Bank of Venezuela and the so-called cryptocurrency petro
Will the Bank of Venezuela be able to operate with the "petro"? That is the question that both market agents and politicians ask themselves when faced with the last order given by socialist leader Nicolás Maduro for the country's largest ...
‘There are Russian troops in Venezuela,’ says admiral
Admiral Craig Faller, head of the U.S. Armed Forces Southern Command, confirmed Tuesday the presence of Russian troops in Venezuela, according to Agencia EFE. "There are Russian troops and there are Russian defense contractors in Venezuela, supporting Maduro's regime," Faller denounced ...
Venezuelan agricultural industry on the brink of collapse
The shortage of gasoline that has paralyzed Venezuela since May has forced dozens of Venezuelan agricultural producers to reduce their area of cultivation, farmer Joandry Santiago told the New York Times. The agricultural industry is on the verge of collapse, threatening ...
Brazilian president invites President Trump to Brazil to discuss the situation in Venezuela
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro once again said he would like U.S. President Donald Trump to visit South America to discuss the Venezuelan crisis with the presidents of the region. On Wednesday night, July 3, during an event celebrating U.S. Independence Day ...
President Trump said he does not want to get too involved in Venezuela
At the G-20 summit held from June 29 to June 29 in Osaka, Japan, several important issues were discussed, including Venezuela, the South American country that under the socialist Nicolás Maduro regime has been plunged into an unprecedented social, political, ...
Trump administration supports Venezuela, US envoy assures
U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams assured that President Donald J. Trump supports political change in Venezuela during a briefing session on Tuesday, June 25. Abrams’s affirmative declaration came after a Washington Post article, citing anonymous sources claiming that President ...
Trump says he’s looking at protections for Venezuelans in US
President Donald Trump says his administration is considering granting Temporary Protected Status to thousands of Venezuelans who have fled to the United States amid ongoing unrest. The once-wealthy oil nation is now facing severe shortages of basic goods and hyperinflation. Trump ...
Thousands pour into Colombia as Venezuela reopens border
Thousands of people crossed into Colombia on Saturday to buy food and medicine after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro reopened a border between the countries that had been shut down for the past four months. Long lines of Venezuelans stood at two ...
Seasoned diplomat appointed EU’s special envoy for Venezuela
The European Union stepped up its push for a new presidential election in Venezuela as a way out of the crisis by appointing a former international banker and seasoned diplomat Tuesday as the bloc's special envoy for the country.Enrique Iglesias ...
A wake for a Venezuelan boy, and a nation’s anguish
The family of an 11-year-old Venezuelan boy who died of cancer while waiting for a bone marrow transplant held an open-casket wake on Tuesday, giving visitors a chance to see him for the last time and wonder whether the death ...
US balks as Venezuela heads up UN-backed disarmament body
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations' main disarmament body walked out of its session on Tuesday to protest that Venezuela had taken the chair. The move by Robert Wood, who insisted "a rogue state" was taking over, came shortly after ...
In Venezuela, criminals feel the pinch of an economic crisis
The feared street gangster El Negrito sleeps with a pistol under his pillow and says he's lost track of his murder count. But despite his hardened demeanor, he's quick to gripe about how Venezuela's failing economy is cutting into his ...
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