News of venezuela

Brazil's Lula meets with Venezuela's Maduro

29-05-2023 14:08 Brazilian President Lula meets Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, renewing a relationship severed under Jair Bolsonaro.

Vaccine battle against HPV thwarted by cost, stigma in Venezuela

09-05-2023 16:25 Although their government promised years ago to include the HPV vaccine in its free inoculation schedule, Venezuela remains one of the few Latin American countries not to have done so.

Trans ex-lawmaker to contest Venezuela opposition primaries

13-04-2023 22:36 Transgender ex-legislator and LGBTQ activist, Tamara Adrián, announces candidacy for Venezuela's opposition primaries.

Venezuela rights abuse victims hopeful ICC will bring peace

12-04-2023 13:07 Victims of alleged human rights violations in Venezuela say they're hopeful an International Criminal Court probe into killings and torture will bring them some closure.

Surprise as Ibero-American Summit opens with Maduro in tow

25-03-2023 09:26 XXVIII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government gets underway in Santo Domingo; President Alberto Fernández among those in attendance, while officials announce Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro will also be making a surprise visit to the Dominican Republic.

Venezuela's oil minister resigns over graft probe

21-03-2023 12:24 Venezuela's oil minister Tareck El Aissami resigned on Monday after prosecutors opened a corruption investigation into officials at the state oil company PDVSA.

From homemakers to home builders: Venezuelan women breaking ground

08-03-2023 05:00 On an apartment construction project in Antímano, a poor neighbourhood of Caracas, 80 percent of the workforce is made up of women, most of them single mothers. 

Venezuela's Hugo Chávez remembered on 10th anniversary of his death

06-03-2023 12:14 Supporters of the late leftist president Hugo Chávez of Venezuela paid tribute to him Sunday in an old military barracks housing the remains of the iconic socialist leader on the 10th anniversary of his death.

‘Democracy has won!’ – Opposition celebrates as Maduro’s skips summit

27-01-2023 13:28 Venezuelan leader pulls out of CELAC summit in Buenos Aires, blaming “the US Embassy with the rats of Macrismo, Patricia Bullrich and the judicial party” for his absence; PRO party figures link absence to drug-trafficking probe.

Maduro pulls out of Argentina-CELAC trip, citing 'aggression'

24-01-2023 00:11 Venezuelan leader cancels planned trip to Buenos Aires for CELAC summit, blaming "plan drawn up within the neo-fascist right wing" that he alleges would have carried out "aggressive actions" against his delegation.

'We were robbed of Miss Universe,' complains Maduro after US wins crown

17-01-2023 13:03 Nicolás Maduro said on Monday that Venezuela was "robbed" of the Miss Universe crown, adding to the criticism from several contestants following the victory of the United States' R'Bonney Gabriel.

Maduro says Venezuela's economy grew 15% in 2022

13-01-2023 12:10 With informal dollarisation and easing of controls, Venezuela's economy has now recorded five quarters of growth between 2021 and 2022 after years of recession and hyperinflation.

Venezuela’s nine-cent bonds lure a distressed-debt veteran

28-12-2022 14:16 Trader raising money to buy defaulted Venezuelan bonds amid signs of easing tensions between President Nicolás Maduro, the political opposition and the United States.

Lula, Maduro show solidarity with CFK after conviction

07-12-2022 18:53 "We express our firm rejection of the permanent media and political persecution to which the vice-president has been subjected," the Venezuelan leader wrote on Twitter.

Colombia leader in rift-healing visit to Venezuela after nine-year pause

02-11-2022 13:13 Meeting in Caracas between Colombia's Gustavo Petro and Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro marks a watershed warming between the once-estranged neighbours.

Final few of grounded plane’s crew end fourth-month stopover in Argentina

20-10-2022 01:04 Five remaining crew members – three Iranian, two Venezuelan – of the Emtrasur cargo plane detained at Ezeiza International Airport since June given permission to depart by judge.

UN committee releases damning report on human rights abuses in Venezuela

24-09-2022 08:00 Human rights watchdogs call for increased international pressure on government in Caracas following damning United Nations report; Pressure grows on Argentina to revise relations with Maduro administration.

by Sam Forster

Twelve crew-members from Venezuela plane held in Argentina arrive home

16-09-2022 22:28 Some of the crew from Venezuelan cargo plane detained at Ezeiza for more than three months are released and welcomed home at an airport near Caracas; Seven still remain in Argentina under banning orders.

Venezuela and Colombia name ambassadors in step toward normalisation

12-08-2022 21:56 Venezuela and Colombia both named new ambassadors to the other country on Thursday, a first step in normalising diplomatic relations after the recent inauguration of Colombian President Gustavo Petro.

March in Caracas protests against detained plane in Argentina

10-08-2022 23:33 #DevuelvanElAvión rally lashes out at Argentina’s retention of a Venezuelan freight plane with Iranian crew.