Venezuela

South America 02/05/21, 07:18

The Treasury Department issued an official document dated Feb. 2, authorizing "certain local operations necessary for the functioning of ports and airports" in Venezuela, which had been previously suspended by former President Donald Trump. The Biden administration softened the U.S.'s position on Maduro's dictatorial regime by granting facilities for its ...

U.S. 01/20/21, 13:10

As part of the latest administrative determinations President Trump signed an executive order preventing Venezuelans on U.S. soil from being deported, arguing the precarious living conditions in Venezuela under the government of Nicolás Maduro. "The autocratic government of Nicolás Maduro has consistently violated the sovereign freedoms possessed by the Venezuelan people. ...

Central America 01/19/21, 01:45

America’s second-highest-ranking official congratulated the president for peacefully leading the nation throughout his first term. Vice President Mike Pence applauded President Trump for doing everything in his power to avoid creating new international military confrontations. "I am proud to report with just a few days left in our Administration, our Administration is ...

2020 Campaign 11/28/20, 21:46

The founder and CEO of Smartmatic Voting Systems, Antonio Mugica, admitted at a press conference in August 2017 that his software and voting machines created over 1 million phantom votes in the Venezuelan 2017 election. Smartmatic technology has provided election technology and support services in Venezuela since 2004, and Mugica said, ...

South America 09/16/20, 20:20

At the last Republican National Convention on August 24, a speaker at the event, Florida businessman Máximo Álvarez used his speech to alert Americans about progressive socialism. As Fox News points out, the Cuban-born exile is among the refugees who have risen, warning against the dangers of socialism, and have described ...

South America 08/15/20, 12:58

The United States managed to intercept and divert four tankers thus thwarting another attempt by Venezuela's dictator, Nicolás Maduro, to import oil from Iran in violation of the sanctions imposed on his regime. U.S. Judge Jeb Boasberg issued the order to seize more than 1.1 million barrels of petroleum transported on ...

South America 07/06/20, 11:30

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 President Trump once again expressed his strong rejection of socialism. ...

South America 05/21/20, 12:52

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 Iranian and Venezuelan regimes, the U.S. State Department on May ...

Politics 10/25/19, 18:29

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 Department said in a notice it was taking the action ...

South America 10/18/19, 13:26

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. Human Rights Council on Thursday, Oct. 17, despite a campaign ...

2020 Campaign 10/18/19, 01:32

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 a week and go to Venezuela without bodyguards, and go ...

Politics 08/22/19, 20:52

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 a news conference in Ottawa with Canada's Foreign Minister Chrystia ...

World 07/30/19, 14:23

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 to know if the United States would send its armed ...

South America 07/13/19, 13:35

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 turning common diseases into deadly plagues, especially for the most ...

South America 07/11/19, 16:50

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 bank to operate with the cryptocurrency. Certainly, Maduro's announcement on July ...

South America 07/10/19, 14:51

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 during a hearing Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee. At ...

South America 07/08/19, 15:05

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 with "more hunger and malnutrition" a population where 50% eat ...

South America 07/05/19, 12:34

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 at the embassy in Brasilia, Bolsonaro said he extended an ...

Politics 07/04/19, 13:59

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, and economic crisis. One of the leaders most concerned about the ...

America 06/26/19, 09:57

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 Donald J. Trump is losing interest in Venezuela. “I don't know ...