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CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Split emerges in Venezuela opposition over talks with Maduro

16-09-2019 17:52 A minority group of opposition parties in Venezuela agreed Monday to enter negotiations with President Nicolás Maduro's government, without the participation of US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

US invokes regional defence treaty over Venezuela crisis

12-09-2019 09:11 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo invoked the treaty in response to heightening tensions between Venezuela and Colombia.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela starts military exercises along Colombia border

11-09-2019 11:30 Venezuela and Colombia have accused each other of funding paramilitary groups as Maduro calls for defending "our sovereignty and national peace by deploying our defense resources in full force."

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN human rights chief Bachelet says torture, extrajudicial killings continuing in Venezuela

09-09-2019 17:55 Presentation follows scathing written report issued in early July that drew backlash from Venezuela. It found a "pattern of torture" under the government of President Nicolás Maduro and citing violations like arbitrary detention, extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and enforced disappearances.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Maduro alerts Venezuela military, citing Colombian threat

04-09-2019 10:09 Both Maduro and Colombia's Duque have accused each other of hosting armed militants in recent days.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela's Guaidó names shadow cabinet to help oust Maduro

29-08-2019 11:23 The cabinet is set to include top opposition figures Leopoldo López and Julio Borges in Guaidó's latest bid to force Nicolás Maduro from power.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Venezuela condemned by OAS for 'systematic' rights abuses

28-08-2019 16:15 Organisation of American States passes resolution condemning "grave and systematic" human rights abuses in Venezuela and demands an independent investigation. It was presented by Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the United States, Guatemala, Paraguay and Peru.

Fernández on Venezuela

Fernández: “In Venezuela, there is not a dictatorship but an authoritarian government.”

26-08-2019 15:57 Venezuelan activists have responded to the Peronist presidential candidate's statements with the hashtag #SrAlbertoLeCuentoQue

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela, US have met 'secretly' for months, says Maduro

21-08-2019 12:56 Following those remarks, US National Security Adviser John Bolton said that Venezuelan officials who are reaching out to the United States are actually doing so without Maduro’s permission.

Fernández on Venezuela

Fernández says he would join Mexico, Uruguay to promote dialogue with Venezuela

21-08-2019 09:57 The presidential candidate criticised efforts to oust Maduro that "part of Latin America rallied behind Trump on."

WASHINGTON SANCTIONS

Trump orders freeze on all Venezuelan government assets in US

06-08-2019 09:43 Washington to announce 'sweeping steps' at big meeting as delegates from some 60 countries meet Tuesday in Lima to discuss the political crisis in Venezuela.

VENEZUELAN EXODUS

Colombia to authorise nationality for 24,000 Venezuelan children

05-08-2019 15:00 The children were the victims of a legal loophole that prevented them from obtaining their parents' nationality due to "insurmountable obstacles" but left them without Colombian nationality due to legislation that doesn't recognise citizenship based on place of birth.

FORMER PRESIDENT

CFK slammed after comparing food insecurity in Argentina to Venezuela

29-07-2019 16:48 "Sorry, but today, with food, we are the same as Venezuela," declares Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, whose comments were met with immediate pushback from politician, analysts and Venezuelans.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Faurie: 'Dictatorship in Venezuela threatens regional security'

23-07-2019 16:08 Foreign minister offers a dire diagnosis of the situation in Venezuela at Lima Group meeting, as representatives from 16 nations in the region and the EU called for a democratic end to crisis.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Internet a lifeline for Venezuela's embattled independent media

18-07-2019 14:30 Starved of advertising revenue and battling a stranglehold on the newspaper industry, Venezuela's independent media have been decimated by the country's years-long crisis.

Crisis in Venezuela

UN: 6,856 killings in Venezuela security operations since beginning of 2018

05-07-2019 15:40 Michelle Bachelet's report focusing on the last 18 months follows her trip to the troubled country last month and draws upon over 550 interviews conducted by her office.

Crisis in Venezuela

US sanctions Cuban firm to weaken Maduro's hold in Venezuela

03-07-2019 15:38 The US claims that Cuba's state-run oil shipping firm Cubametales is a key player in propping up Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro.

Crisis in Venezuela

Venezuela government says thwarted attempted 'coup'

27-06-2019 13:51 A minister in Nicolas Maduro’s government claimed the US, Colombia and Chile were behind the plot.

Political crisis

UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet arrives to survey Venezuela crisis

21-06-2019 08:30 Aid organisations have called for demonstrations against the situation in Venezuela on Friday during Bachelet's visit as a way to increase visibility.

COLOMBIAN LEADER VISITS

Macri, flanked by Duque, says mass migration from Venezuela is unsustainable

10-06-2019 16:41 President Mauricio Macri said this afternoon that the current pace of the migratory exodus of Venezuelans from their crisis-stricken nation is unsustainable, as he and Colombian President Iván Duque criticised President Nicolás Maduro.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Peru toughens entry rules as influx of Venezuelan migrants grows

07-06-2019 08:00 More than 700,000 Venezuelan migrants entered Peru since 2017, putting public services under pressure and increasing competition for jobs.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Experts: Probable 'crimes against humanity' in Venezuela

29-05-2018 22:10 Report written by regional human rights officials, including Argentina's Santiago Cantón and OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro, set to be forwarded to International Criminal Court (ICC) for potential prosecution.

maduro re-elected

After defeat, Venezuela opposition vows to unite

22-05-2018 11:35 Venezuelan officials have declared socialist leader Nicolás Maduro the winner of Sunday’s presidential election. Maduro’s leading challenger has questioned the legitimacy of the vote and called for new balloting.

National Assembly vote

In symbolic vote, Venezuelan legislators vote to prosecute Maduro

18-04-2018 12:06 Opposition-controlled National Assembly approves plans to prosecute president for corruption, in a non-binding yet symbolic vote by a legislature which is effectively powerless.

NICOLÁS MADURO TO SEEK RE-ELECTION

Venezuela calls April 22 election after talks with opposition break down

10-02-2018 09:50 Opposition delegation cries foul as overnment-controlled National Electoral Council sets date for electoral showdown

Investors brace for debt default

Crisis-hit Venezuela teeters on brink of default

08-11-2017 17:40 A default could trigger a global rush to seize assets owned by the government and its state-oil firm PDVSA, and plunge the struggling nation into a full-blown humanitarian emergency.