Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 22:53:29 +0000
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Wednesday blamed the United States for a second widespread blackout this year that cast most of the South American nation in darkness amid an opposition campaign to overthrow him.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 03:03:56 +0000
BOGOTA, Colombia – Negotiations aimed at breaking Venezuela’s political standoff will resume next week, likely on the Caribbean island of Barbados, according to three people familiar with the talks between representatives of President Nicolas Maduro and the U.S.-backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 01:55:51 +0000
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela’s U.S.-backed opposition on Monday came under increasing scrutiny for a case in which two activists allegedly misappropriated funds designated to help Venezuelan security forces who deserted and crossed into Colombia.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2019 22:55:07 +0000
TORONTO – Canada suspended operations at its embassy in Venezuela on Sunday, saying the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro regime would not renew visas for its diplomats.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 09:04:04 +0000
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelans heeded opposition leader Juan Guaidó’s call to fill streets around the nation Wednesday but security forces showed no sign of answering his cry for a widespread military uprising, instead dispersing crowds with tear gas as the political crisis threatened to deepen.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 12:20:59 +0000
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan intelligence officers Thursday arrested the chief of staff of Juan Guaido, the opposition leader recognized by the US and other countries as interim leader, Guaido and the opposition-ruled congress said on Twitter.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 05:56:58 +0000
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Monday called for a new mass demonstration as a devastating blackout that has left millions without power entered its fifth day and the US said it is withdrawing its remaining diplomatic personnel from Caracas.
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Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 05:22:27 +0000
The simple house on a street ridden with potholes in this town on Colombia’s restive border with Venezuela has become a refuge
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 07:16:24 +0000
WASHINGTON — The United States is planning new ways to pressure Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to give up power and other means to provide assistance to the people of the economically devastated South American nation after a weekend effort failed to deliver aid.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 07:57:00 +0000
CUCUTA, Colombia — Venezuela’s power struggle is set to become a battle of the bands Friday when musicians demanding President Nicolas Maduro allow in humanitarian aid and those supporting his refusal sing in rival concerts being held at both sides of a border bridge where tons of donated food and medicine are stored.
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