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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

Alberto Fernández to break with Macri’s approach to Venezuela crisis, if elected

24-08-2019 11:10 Presidential frontrunner says he would break with Lima Group policy and prioritise dialogue in push to turn around crisis-stricken nation.

by Lucas Robinson

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.

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.