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Venezuela charges UN human rights office with conspiring with coup plotters
Feb 16, 2024 07:38The Venezuelan government has ordered the local UN human rights office to “suspend its activities” and vacate its staff within 72 hours, accusing the body of conspiring against the country.
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Iran slams US over illegal seizure of Venezuelan plane
Feb 14, 2024 06:41Iran has censured the United States for the illegal seizure of a Venezuelan cargo plane formerly owned by an Iranian firm, saying the move amounts to “hijacking.”
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Venezuela vows 'forceful' response if oil drilling begins in disputed Guyana waters
Feb 09, 2024 11:50Venezuela has vowed a "forceful response" if oil drilling begins in the disputed waters controlled by neighboring Guyana, as announced by US oil company ExxonMobil this week.
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Iran, Venezuela discuss ‘boosting energy alliance’: Minister
Feb 04, 2024 10:32Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Yvan Gil says he has discussed with Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji ways to bolster the “energy alliance” between the two countries.
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US threat to re-impose oil sanctions on Venezuela contravenes UN Charter, intl. law
Feb 01, 2024 11:56Iran says a threat by the United States to reinstate sanctions on Venezuela's oil sector runs counter to the UN Charter and international law.
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US reimposes sanctions on Venezuela after court upholds candidate ban
Jan 30, 2024 16:15The United States has started to reimpose sanctions on Venezuela by restricting its mining sector after the South American nation’s top court upheld the disqualification of an opposition presidential hopeful.
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Maduro warns of potential collapse of deal with opposition over 'conspiracies'
Jan 26, 2024 12:43Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro has expressed concern over the potential collapse of an agreement with the political opposition regarding the upcoming elections this year, attributing the risk to alleged "conspiracies" aimed at undermining his position.
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Maduro: Opposition, CIA plan 'terrorist attacks' to destabilize Venezuela
Jan 20, 2024 15:48Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused the US-backed opposition and the CIA of planning “terrorist attacks” in order to destabilize the country ahead of the presidential election this year.
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Freed Venezuelan prisoner says tortured by US
Dec 30, 2023 13:57Colombian businessman Alex Saab, a close ally to the Venezuelan president, says he was tortured by the US after being arrested in Cape Verde.
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Arrival of British warship in Guyana waters escalates tensions with Venezuela
Dec 30, 2023 13:56A persisting territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela over the oil-rich Essequibo region has escalated as a British warship provocatively just arrived in Guyana waters.