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Crisis in Venezuela

The faces of Venezuela's wide political divide

Today 12:31 In spite of the the crisis in Venezuela, which has hit relentlessly at the largely poor areas that is the ruling party's base of support, citizens of the embattled nation vary widely on their perspectives about the current political situation.

MEDIA WARS

AT&T under pressure to defy Maduro's censors in Venezuela

Yesterday 07:00 President Maduro’s opponents want AT&T’s DirecTV unit to restore half a dozen international news channels it was required to take off air by the Venezuelan government.

CRYPTOCURRENCIES

Maduro vows to resurrect Venezuela's Petro cryptocurrency

15-01-2020 18:19 Venezuelan president promises to revive state-controlled digital asset to stimulate productive potential of the country.

VENEZUELA CRISIS

Maduro loyalists fired shots at us, claim Venezuelan opposition lawmakers

15-01-2020 16:16 Venezuelan opposition lawmakers had to abandon plans to hold a session at the legislature on Wednesday after claiming to have been shot at by armed groups loyal to President Nicolas Maduro.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela's Guaidó sworn in as National Assembly speaker after stand-off

07-01-2020 13:55 Opposition leader sworn in for another term as the speaker of Venezuela's National Assembly on Tuesday after a tense stand-off with the Armed Forces who initially prevented him from entering Congress.

Bloomberg

Fernández administration walks a fine line on Venezuela crisis

07-01-2020 08:13 Complications from crisis in Venezuela highlight president's delicate balancing act over an issue that is splitting Latin America’s political allegiances.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Government condemns 'unacceptable harassment' of opposition in Venezuela

06-01-2020 12:06 “To impede by force the functioning of the legislative assembly is to condemn oneself to international isolation," Foreign Minister Felipe Solá posted on Twitter.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela crisis deepens as Chavismo moves against Guaidó

06-01-2020 11:26 Opposition leader Juan Guaidó and a rival Chavismo-aligned lawmaker, Luis Parra, both claim to be the speaker of the National Assembly, following two separate votes and accusations of a "parliamentary coup" from the opposition.

BLOOMBERG

US warns Argentina that IMF deal is threatened by ties with leftist allies

02-01-2020 21:03 Senior Trump administration official tells Bloomberg that sheltering Evo Morales and engaging with Nicolás Maduro crosses a red line – and it could cost Argentina investment in the Vaca Muerta shale fields.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Momentum behind Guaidó fades as Venezuela's Maduro holds firm

24-12-2019 08:14 Cracks have appeared in opposition leader's base of support in the National Assembly. His re-election as congressional president is no longer assured and legislators' official terms expire in a few months.

Venezuela

Fearing persecution, new law lets Venezuelan opposition lawmakers can vote remotely

18-12-2019 12:15 National Assembly lawmakers will now be able to cast their votes online, without having to reveal their physical location

Crisis in Venezuela

Over a dozen nations move to isolate Maduro's government

04-12-2019 11:02 The 1947 Rio Treaty signatories vowed to cooperate in pursuing economic sanctions and travel restrictions for Maduro government associates accused of corruption, drug-trafficking, money-laundering or human rights violations.

Crisis in Venezuela

Maduro’s foes balk at UN-backed deal to rebuild power grid

04-12-2019 10:37 A proposal to rebuild Venezuela's collapsed power grid with the help of the United Nations is proving a political hot potato for Nicolás Maduro's opponents.

Venezuela

Two Venezuelan union leaders detained and deported from Ezeiza airport

02-12-2019 16:07 Wills Rangel and Jacobo Torres were travelling to Buenos Aires for a global meeting of labour union leaders. However, they were reportedly forbidden from entering Argentina, detained on a plane and sent back to Venezuela.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuelan opposition struggling for momentum against Maduro

19-11-2019 10:22 Juan Guaidó calls for daily demonstrations to drive President Nicolás Maduro from power, but only several dozen people answer.

OIL TRADE

Oil tankers ‘go dark’ off Venezuela to evade US sanctions

14-11-2019 14:39 As Trump administration clamps down on Nicolás Maduro with sanctions set on depriving him of easy cash from Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, some ship captains and their employers are eager to help the embattled leader by “going dark” to hide tankers brimming with crude.

POLITICAL CRISIS

Guaidó, Maduro supporters face off at Venezuela's Embassy in Brazil

13-11-2019 17:22 Supporters of the rival Venezuelan leaders struggle for control of the Embassy in Brasilia while, nearby, Bolsonaro met with Chinese president and Maduro supporter Xi Jinping.

Lima Group

What does Alberto Fernández’s election mean for the Lima Group?

08-11-2019 10:26 Seen as many Latin American neighbours as sympathetic to Venezuela’s government, Alberto Fernández’s rise to the presidency may require a shift in the group’s posture.

BLOOMBERG

Why Venezuela will influence Argentina’s IMF talks

04-11-2019 17:07 An imposing debt load and uncertainty about his economic policies already limit Alberto Fernández’s room for a renegotiation of the record IMF credit line, but his views on the Venezuelan regime of Nicolás Maduro are also softer than those of outgoing Mauricio Macri.

ALBERTO PRESIDENTE

Fernández to shift stances on Latin America, US, Venezuela, Brazil, China

29-10-2019 13:28 Fernández has signalled that Argentina will return to its alignment with the left-wing governments of Latin America. That could see closer ties with Mexico and Venezuela, and greater tensions with Brazil, the region’s biggest economy.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Arrival of Fernández set to deepen fragmentation in Latin America

29-10-2019 07:27 Peronist victory in Argentina's presidential election is set to cement a rift between region's largest nations, and suggests turbulence could extend for years.

Election 2019

Latin American leaders congratulate Fernández on victory – except Bolsonaro

28-10-2019 10:20 Fellow leftists regional leaders rally behind Alberto Fernandez, but Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro says he doesn't intend to congratulate Frente de Todos leader.

Argentina

Ministers allege unrest in Latin America part of 'destabilisation' plot

22-10-2019 09:32 With regional nations gripped by violent protests, Miguel Ángel Pichetto, Jorge Faurie and Patricia Bullrich claim Venezuela and Cuba are behind the demonstrations.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Despite objections, Venezuela wins seat on UN Human Rights Council

17-10-2019 16:48 Despite allegations of profound human rights abuses under President Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela receives one of two open seats on UN Human Rights Council set aside for Latin America.

DIPLOMACY

Argentina formally recognises envoy of Venezuela's Guaidó's as ambassador

15-10-2019 09:38 Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie designates Elisa Trotta as the "maximum authority of Venezuela in Argentina," officially confirming her as ambassador.

PROTESTS IN ECUADOR

Ecuador's president agrees deal with indigenous to end protests

14-10-2019 11:58 Ecuador celebrated a deal President Lenín Moreno and indigenous leaders struck late Sunday to cancel a disputed austerity package and end nearly two weeks of protests that have paralyzed the economy and left seven dead.

ECUADOR IN CRISIS

Ex-Ecuador president Correa denies plotting coup, calls for new vote

11-10-2019 07:00 As protests continue to paralyze nation, former leader calls for his successor to hold new elections and rejects accusations that he is conspiring with Venezuela's Maduro.

CRISIS IN ECUADOR

Argentina slams Maduro, offers 'strong support' for Ecuador's Moreno

08-10-2019 17:29 Seven Latin American governments, including Argentina, offer 'strong support' for under-fire Ecuador President Lenín Moreno, who is facing large protests over rising fuel prices. Nations criticise 'any action' by Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro intended to 'destabilise' government.

ECUADOR IN CRISIS

Clashes at protests in Ecuador over fuel price hike, oil facilities seized

08-10-2019 09:26 President Lenín Moreno accuses predecessor and ex-ally Rafael Correa and Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro of an "attempted coup d'état." Government business temporarily moved to the port city of Guayaquil.

Colombia-Venezuela

Colombian intelligence leader quits after UN false document scandal

30-09-2019 18:36 The head of the Colombian military intelligence resigned on Monday after President Iván Duque delivered a report from his office to the United Nations on the alleged presence of Colombian guerrillas in Venezuela.

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN votes to launch new probe into Venezuela rights abuses

27-09-2019 09:41 Resolution tabled by more than a dozen countries from Latin America, including Argentina,adopted by the 47-member council. It called for the UN's top rights body to "dispatch urgently an independent international fact-finding mission" to Venezuela.

UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Macri defends multilateralism before world leaders at UN

24-09-2019 22:41 President reiterates Malvinas sovereignty demand and calls on members of the international community to tackle ongoing crisis in Venezuela and help Argentina bring perpetrators of AMIA bombing to justice

UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Trump attacks globalism in address to UN General Assembly

24-09-2019 13:15 "The future does not belong to globalists. The future belongs to patriots," declares US president, as he tried to rally multinational response to Iran.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

US, Latin American nations invoke treaty in bid to pressure Venezuela

23-09-2019 22:12 Argentina among group of nations that agree to work together to investigate and probe Venezuelan officials and associates accused of drug-trafficking, money-laundering and financing terrorism.

INTERVIEW

Colombia's Duque set to denounce Maduro at UN assembly

23-09-2019 08:28 "The brutality of Nicolás Maduro is comparable to Slobodan Milosevic," said Duque, who has called on the International Criminal Court to investigate Maduro for human rights abuses.

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.