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Venezuela raps US comments on military ouster of President Maduro
Feb 02, 2018 16:10Venezuela's Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino has decried US comments about the possibility of the military ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a coup d'etat.
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French president urges more sanctions, pressure on Venezuela
Jan 27, 2018 09:49French President Emmanuel Macron has called for increasing European Union (EU) sanctions on Venezuela, just over a week after the 28-nation bloc, which has sided with the Latin American state’s opposition in its anti-government struggles, slapped a fresh series of bans against Caracas.
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EU urges Venezuela to reverse decision on Spanish envoy expulsion
Jan 26, 2018 11:19The European Union has lashed out at Venezuela for expelling Spain's ambassador, urging Caracas to reverse the decision and retain diplomatic relations.
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Venezuela expels Spanish ambassador in retaliation for EU sanctions
Jan 26, 2018 09:49Venezuela says it is expelling Spain’s ambassador following a move by Madrid and other European Union countries to impose sanctions on Venezuelan officials over alleged human rights violations.
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Trump not Venezuela’s boss: Maduro
Jan 25, 2018 10:06Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has started his campaign for another term in office with fierce rhetoric against the United States’ meddlesome behavior toward his country, saying US President Donald Trump is “not the boss of Venezuela.”
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Maduro says his patience with US has run out
Jan 06, 2018 11:55Venezuela’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.”
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Venezuela’s Maduro announces new measures in face of US ‘economic war’
Jan 01, 2018 05:15The 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.”
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Maduro’s Socialist Party wins 90 percent of municipalities in Venezuela
Dec 11, 2017 10:54Venezuela’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.
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Venezuelan government, opposition resume crisis talks in Dominican
Dec 02, 2017 13:29Representatives of the Venezuelan government and opposition coalition have begun a new round of talks aimed at resolving the country’s political and economic crises.
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Venezuela nabs former senior oil officials in graft probe
Dec 01, 2017 04:13Venezuelan authorities have detained two former senior oil officials in an expanding investigation into the country’s state-run oil industry.