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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.

Crisis in Venezuela

UN human rights chief makes first visit to Venezuela

19-06-2019 18:39 Michelle Bachelet is expected to meet with Maduro as well as opposition leader Juan Guaidó. Her predecessor was repeatedly denied access to the country.

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.

BILATERAL RELATIONS

Macri, Bolsonaro: Signing of EU-Mercosur free-trade deal is 'imminent'

06-06-2019 15:31 Controversial Brazilian leader visits Argentina for the first time as president, as protesters take to streets. Talks with President Macri focus on Mercosur, boosting respective economies and Venezuela.

INTERVIEW

Santiago Canton: 'Maduro could be arrested based on the ICC’s decision'

02-06-2018 09:16 Human Rights Secretary for Buenos Aires Province Santiago Canton discusses the shocking OAS report detailing human rights violations committed by the Nicolás Maduro administration in Venezuela.

by Santiago del Carril

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.

LATAM WATCH

Shameless Maduro doctors yet another sham election

19-05-2018 10:35 Coercion dictates the vote: and not only fear of the military régime and police state under Maduro but also the despair of hunger will be dragging voters to ballot boxes.

by Carolina Barros

EDITORIAL

Editorial: A whole lot of voting going on

19-05-2018 09:05 there is a widespread feeling that while the citizen votes every four years, the markets vote evey day. Argentina’s recent experience would be a good example.

MADURO EXPECTS WIN

Crisis-wracked Venezuela heads to the polls

19-05-2018 08:40 The vote will take place tomorrow across Venezuela. With four of the five major opposition leaders jailed, few doubt Nicolás Maduro’s chances of winning.

AS ELECTIONS APPROACH

Kellogg latest US brand to ditch crisis-wracked Venezuela

16-05-2018 09:43 Kellogg Co. closed operations in Venezuela and laid off 300 workers Tuesday at a time of widespread hunger in the crisis-wracked South American nation.

COUNTDOWN

Washington ups the ante against Maduro as election tension grips Venezuela

12-05-2018 12:06 Venezuela’s opposition last week called for a boycott of the May 20 election, which the late Hugo Chávez’s successor looks likely to win in the absence of any real challenge to his authority

MADURO FIRES BACK

US slaps more sanctions on Venezuela, urges halt of 'sham' vote

08-05-2018 11:33 Venezuela’s opposition last week called for a boycott of the May 20 election, which Maduro looks likely to win in the absence of any real challenge to his authority.

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.

SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS

Macri set to heavily criticise Maduro as nations line up against Venezuela

14-04-2018 08:36 President expected to strongly criticise Venezuelan president ahead of controversial elections in May. With Donald Trump absent, US Vice-President leads Washington’s attempts to post united front against Maduro administration.

LATAM WATCH

The remains of Venezuela, a sanctuary for ELN guerrillas

24-02-2018 12:02 While oil remains ample without being extracted, Venezuela is being drained on other sides – of food, of medicine, of basic inputs, of human decency.

by Carolina Barros

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

US SECRETARY OF STATE’S LATAM TOUR

Tillerson talks up plan to slap oil embargo on Maduro’s Venezuela

10-02-2018 09:28 Talks over how to tackle and deal with potential sanctions progress as Macri, Faurie show Washington they’re on the same page.

SECRETARY OF STATE IN LATAM

Tillerson confirms US is mulling Venezuela oil sanctions, Maduro fires back

05-02-2018 11:59 Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro shot back on Monday, in a video on Facebook, saying that Tillerson “has just threatened us with an oil boycott. Well, we are ready. Nothing and nobody is going to stop us.”

AHEAD OF ARGENTINA ARRIVAL

Tillerson: 'China and Russia are assuming alarming roles in Latin America'

01-02-2018 20:21 The US Secretary of State also called on regional powers to apply economic sanctions against loyalists of the current Venezuelan regime.

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.

Rights chief issues stark criticism of GOV’T

UN: democracy ‘barely alive’ in Venezuela

02-09-2017 09:41 Caracas lashes out after French president accuses counterpart of creating a ‘dictatorship,’ as rights office concludes majority of deaths in protests are linked to government.

opinion and analysis

An oiled US exit for Maduro?

02-09-2017 08:15 If there is to be an epilogue to this long stretch of agony, when will it take place?

by Carolina Barros