Venezuela

Maduro says his patience with US has run out

Jan 06, 2018 11:55

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has censured United States sanctions on four former and current Venezuelan government officials, warning that the incumbent US president and his administration in Washington has “exhausted his patience.”
Venezuela’s Maduro announces new measures in face of US ‘economic war’

Jan 01, 2018 05:15

The Venezuelan president has announced an immediate 40-percent rise in the minimum wage among a series of measures to be taken with the aim of improving the country’s troubled economy, which he says is the target of a US “war.”
Maduro’s Socialist Party wins 90 percent of municipalities in Venezuela

Dec 11, 2017 10:54

Venezuela’s governing Socialist Party has won more than 300 of the 335 mayorships in local elections, a victory that strengthens the hand of its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, in next year’s presidential race.
Venezuelan government, opposition resume crisis talks in Dominican

Dec 02, 2017 13:29

Representatives of the Venezuelan government and opposition coalition have begun a new round of talks aimed at resolving the country’s political and economic crises.
Venezuela nabs former senior oil officials in graft probe

Dec 01, 2017 04:13

Venezuelan authorities have detained two former senior oil officials in an expanding investigation into the country’s state-run oil industry.
Venezuela government sacks UN representative, sources say

Nov 30, 2017 03:27

Sources in Venezuela have indicated that Rafael Ramirez, the country’s Representative to the United Nations in New York, has been removed from his job.
EU approves sanctions against Venezuela

Nov 13, 2017 08:55

The European Union (EU) has imposed a series of new economic sanctions on Venezuela, stepping up pressure on the government of President Nicolas Maduro which the bloc blames for the political crisis gripping the Latin American state.
Venezuela sacks defiant opposition governor-elect

Oct 27, 2017 07:04

A newly-elected Venezuelan governor affiliated with the opposition who had refused to pledge allegiance to a government body has been sacked.
Venezuelans vote in crucial regional elections

Oct 15, 2017 14:29

Venezuelans headed to the polls Sunday in regional elections seen as a crucial test for President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition alike after months of deadly street protests failed to unseat him.
Maduro, Erdogan vow closer Ankara-Caracas cooperation

Oct 07, 2017 08:40

The Turkish and Venezuelan leaders say Caracas and Ankara are moving to deepen bilateral cooperation, stressing that the two countries seek a “new era” in their ties in a “different, multi-polar world.”