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Venezuela's Maduro blows hot and cold in bid for sanctions relief

06-07-2021 15:19 Embattled Venezuelan leader is hoping such assurances on upcoming elections will lead to a softening of the economic sanctions hanging over the country.

Venezuela opposition group MUD cleared to stand in election

30-06-2021 09:01 Democratic Unity Roundtable, Venezuelan opposition coalition known as MUD, has been granted permission to contest regional elections in November after a three-year ban.

Venezuela's public sector surviving on 'starvation salary’

25-06-2021 23:46 Highest monthly salary for someone working in public administration is less than US$10 – many working in the public sector now take second or even third jobs to make ends meet.

Can Maduro’s reluctant reforms halt Venezuela’s economic freefall?

25-06-2021 23:36 New policy mix bears little resemblance to the neo-Marxist “Socialism of the 21st century” that Venezuela pursued under the late Hugo Chávez.

Venezuela asks Spain to extradite opposition leader Leopoldo López

12-05-2021 15:39 Venezuela's Supreme Court has sent a request to Spain for the extradition of exiled opposition politician Leopoldo López, who has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Venezuela appoints new, pro-president electoral council

05-05-2021 12:18 New national electoral council that has a majority favorable to President Nicolás Maduro's government voted into power, setting up potentially fresh barriers to opposition participation in upcoming votes.

Venezuela won't accept AstraZeneca vaccine through Covax

25-03-2021 14:47 Venezuela informs the Pan American Health Organisation it will not accept the AstraZeneca vaccine, despite having ordered between 1.4 and 2.4 million doses of it through Covax.

Argentina quits Lima Group, saying its work has ‘led to nothing’

24-03-2021 15:29 Buenos Aires announces its withdrawal from the Lima Group, saying its efforts had "led to nothing" and failed to provide an exit from the crisis.

Bankrupt Venezuela cedes control of companies

16-02-2021 18:14 Dozens of confiscated firms have been transferred – but not sold – to private operators in so-called strategic alliances.

Biden team sees no contact 'anytime soon' with Venezuela's Maduro

03-02-2021 23:32 United States says it had no plans to open direct contacts with Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro, who has called for improved relations after Donald Trump's exit from the White House.

Argentina refuses to back OAS condemnation of Venezuela vote

12-12-2020 09:39 Alberto Fernández administration refuses to back Organisation of American States resolution denouncing last weekend’s vote as “fraudulent” and “neither free nor fair.”

Venezuela’s election facade helps push Juan Guaidó offstage

08-12-2020 08:31 Sunday’s feigned election in Venezuela, ending Juan Guaidó’s connection with the legislature that formed the basis of his claim to the presidency, may be what some need to rethink how to deal with the troubled nation.

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.”

In thrall to an abject failure

10-10-2020 10:21 Like many others, the Kirchnerites put their own ideological hang-ups first and human rights a long way second.

by James Neilson

Government’s approach to Venezuela crisis falls under spotlight

03-10-2020 09:54 Argentina's Ambassador to the OAS Carlos Raimuni sparks controversy with criticism and pushback after criticising UN report on human rights violations in Venezuela.

Moisés Naím: 'Argentina is a world champion in political necrophilia'

03-10-2020 08:59 Arguably Venezuela’s most influential intellectual speaks about the crisis facing his country and the lessons it could teach other nations in the region: not to fall for the facile discourse of charlatans and to pay attention to sleeping authoritarianism in society.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Ex-Costa Rica president Laura Chinchilla pitches IDB top job candidacy

03-09-2020 11:56 Laura Chinchilla, former president of Costa Rica, is considered a long-shot in the race to head the Inter-American Development Bank, but is positioning herself as a moderate alternative to US President Donald Trump's nomination, Mauricio Claver-Carone.

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.

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.

Fernández plays down talk of foreign policy shift on Venezuela

18-07-2020 10:08 President reiterates government’s rejection of economic sanctions against Venezuela, days after Argentina condemned human rights abuses in troubled nation.