WASHINGTON – The United States government has branded Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro “a dictator” and frozen any US assets, after the election of a new legislative body to redraft the country’s constitution in a vote […]
CARACAS – President Nicolás Maduro has hailed the controversial election for a constituent assembly as a “vote for the revolution” in Venezuela. Electoral officials in Venezuela say turnout in the controversial election for a constituent […]
CARACAS – Clashes with police continued in parts of the Venezuelan capital of Caracas Saturday on the eve of a controversial election that has deepened the political crisis gripping the South American nation. Opponents of […]
CARACAS – Twitter has suspended 180 accounts linked to the Venezuelan government, including radio and TV outlets in the presidential palace, accusing it of censoring the U.S. micro-blogging website as part of its bid to […]
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Watch says high-level Venezuelan officials bear responsibility for pervasive, serious abuses being committed under their watch. “These officials have failed to take steps to prevent or punish human rights violations […]
CARACAS – Anti-government protesters set fire to the Supreme Court building in Venezuela after the apex court rejected the chief prosecutor’s motion to stop Nicolas Maduro’s push to rewrite the constitution. Venezuelan crisis deepens as […]
CARACAS/WASHINGTON – A meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) to discuss the crisis in Venezuela ended without agreement in Washington this week amid the growing protests against the socialist government. A declaration criticizing […]
CARACAS – About 100 people, who had been participating in anti-Maduro protests, surrounded a man, doused him in gasoline and set him alight in Plaza Altamira in east Caracas at the weekend, witnesses said. Venezuelan […]
UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Security Council is holding today its first closed-door consultations on the deteriorating situation in Venezuela, a meeting requested by the United States. According to the Permanent Representation of Washington […]
CARACAS – Three more Venezuelans died this week during another round of protests against the Nicoloas Maduro-led socialist government. Two men, identified as 33-year-old Diego Hernandez and 18-year-old Luis Alviarez, died from bullet wounds amid […]
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