UNITED STATES Venezuela's Maduro hopes for 'better relations' with US under Biden Today 15:22 Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says he hopes for better relations with Washington under US President Joe Biden.
JUAN GUAIDÓ INTERVIEW Leading poll boycott, Venezuela's Guaidó seeks more sanctions on Maduro 02-12-2020 00:12 Opposition leader Juan Guaidó is leading a boycott of Venezuela's legislative elections on Sunday and, despite losing political momentum, says he is still the person the international community needs to oust Nicolás Maduro's regime.
CRISIS IN VENEZUELA Leopoldo López leaves embassy haven to flee Venezuela 25-10-2020 10:54 Statement from Voluntad Popular party confirms former opposition mayor has left the country to continue his work from abroad in a decision they deemed “best for the country and the fight for Venezuela's freedom.”
CRISIS IN VENEZUELA Venezuela opposition politician breaks with US-backed Guaidó 03-09-2020 00:04 Henrique Capriles says he will fight for fair elections, breaking with US-backed leader Juan Guaido, whose coalition has vowed to boycott Venezuela's upcoming congressional elections.
DIPLOMACY Argentina: ‘Electoral route is only way' to resolve crisis in Venezuela 17-08-2020 18:51 Government distances itself from statement from more than 30 groups calling for free general elections in order to establish transitional government.
CRISIS IN VENEZUELA Venezuelan coalition opposed to Maduro rejects upcoming vote 02-08-2020 18:52 Coalition of political parties in Venezuela led by Juan Guaidó says it won't participate in upcoming congressional elections called by officials loyal to President Nicolás Maduro.
Bloomberg Venezuela weighs privatising oil in face of economic free fall 28-01-2020 09:43 Maduro administration studies granting majority shares and control of its oil industry to big international corporations, a move that would forsake decades of state monopoly.
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.
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.
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.
VENEZUELANS IN ARGENTINA Venezuelans in Argentina flee one crisis and now fear another 25-10-2019 09:37 Venezuelan who emigrated to Argentina fears that a victory by Peronist leader Alberto Fernández this weekend would deliver a crisis like the one back home.
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 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.
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.
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.