Venezuela
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday that the Trump administration has revoked a decision that would have protected roughly 600,000 people from Venezuela from deportation, putting some at risk of being removed from the country in about two months. Noem signed a notice reversing a move by her predecessor, Alejandro Mayorkas, in the waning days of…
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Dozens of people detained during protests over Venezuela’s disputed presidential election have been released, according to the local rights group Foro Penal. Fifty people were released from the Tocorón prison in the state of Aragua and 20 more from three other prisons, Foro Penal’s leader Alfredo Romero said early Saturday. Video footage from outside one of the…
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Boris Johnson flew to Venezuela last month to meet the country’s controversial leader Nicolas Maduro. A spokesperson for the former prime minister confirmed the meeting took place after The Sunday Times reported he had flown there for “unofficial talks” with the Venezuelan president, who is an ally of Russia. Mr Johnson met Venezuelan government officials with “active support”…
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Venezuela’s Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez has accused the UK of provocation after London announced that it will send a warship to Guyana. “A warship in waters to be delimited? And then? What about the commitment to good neighborliness and peaceful coexistence? And the agreement not to threaten and use force mutually under any circumstances?”…
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A British judge on Thursday refused to give Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro control of nearly $2 billion in gold sitting in a Bank of England vault because Britain does not recognize the socialist leader as president of the Latin American nation. Maduro has demanded the gold to help his cash-starved nation fight the coronavirus pandemic. But…
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Venezuela’s National Guard fired tear gas at protesters clearing a barricaded border bridge between Venezuela and Colombia on Saturday, heightening tensions over blocked humanitarian aid that opposition leader Juan Guaido has vowed to bring into the country despite objections from President Nicolas Maduro. Throughout the turbulent day, as police and protesters squared off two bridges connecting Venezuela to Colombia, Guaido made…
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A top Russian security official on Tuesday accused the United States of deploying forces in Puerto Rico and Colombia in preparation for a military intervention in Venezuela to topple President Nicolas Maduro. Venezuela has been in a political crisis since opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself as the interim president of the country in January.…
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On Saturday, trucks laden with US food and medicine on the Colombian border repeatedly attempted to push past lines of troops but were met with tear gas and rubber bullets. Two of the aid trucks went up in flames, which the opposition blamed on security forces and the government on “drugged-up protesters”. The Brazilian border…
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Nicolás Maduro has issued a thinly veiled threat to the young opposition leader trying to force him from power, hinting that Juan Guaidó could soon be imprisoned as a result of his challenge. Addressing a meeting of supporters on Monday night, Maduro questioned how long Guaidó – who declared himself Venezuela’s rightful interim president on 23 January –…
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Eight European nations joined the U.S. in recognizing opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s interim president on Monday. Image: Juan Guaido The UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Austria and Germany’s coordinated move came after the expiry of an eight-day deadline set last weekend for Maduro to call a new election. “Nicolas Maduro has…
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POPE FRANCIS was in Panama, where he criticized Donald Trump’s insistence on building a border wall, and asked wall-builders to stop sowing fear about immigrants. The pope also kicked off a global youth rally by urging the next generations to build bridges, accommodate one another, and show understanding instead. Surprisingly, Francis was overwhelmed with emotions…
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MIKE POMPEO, the U.S. Secretary of State, has called on members of the Organization of American States (OAS) to recognize National Assembly President Juan Guaido as the interim president of Venezuela. Image: Nicolas Maduro At a meeting in Washington, Pompeo said “the time for debate is done. The regime of former President Nicolas Maduro is illegitimate.” Pompeo also pledged…
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VENEZUELAN DEFENSE Minister Vladimir Padrino said on Thursday that Nicolas Maduro was the country’s “legitimate president” and that the opposition was carrying out a coup after Juan Guaido, the leader of congress, declared himself president. Image: Nicolas Maduro Padrino said the United States and other governments were carrying out an economic war against Venezuela, an…
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Venezuela has plunged further into political crisis amid a growing row over President Nicolas Maduro’s future as the country’s leader. Image shows Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro Maduro started a second term on January 10 following a widely-boycotted election last year that many foreign governments refused to recognize. On Wednesday, Juan Guaido, the leader of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, declared…
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As part of the actions, the U.S. barred Americans from doing business with and will seize any financial assets in the U.S. belonging to First Lady Cilia Flores, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez and Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino. Image shows Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro “We are continuing to designate loyalists who enable…
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