Tag: Nicolas Maduro

US announcement follows months of frustration over Maduro government’s claims of victory in contested July election.The United States has recognised ...

Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry has accused Brazilian officials of making ‘interventionist, rude statements’.Venezuela has pulled its ambassador from Brazil in a ...

The Voluntad Popular party blames the Maduro government for death of co-founder Edwin Santos.A Venezuelan opposition leader has been found ...

Raul Gorrin Belisario, owner of Globovision, allegedly took part in $1.2bn scheme to launder corrupt oil money.The United States has ...

Pedro Tellechea, Venezuela’s former oil minister, had resigned just days before prosecutors announced his arrest.A former Venezuelan oil minister with ...

Colombian businessman Alex Saab will become new industry minister, in latest cabinet change since contested election.Alex Saab, an ally of ...

Maduro government announces detention of five foreigners, including three US citizens, amid post-election crackdown.The administration of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ...

Crackdown following Nicolas Maduro’s contested re-election in July has left 25 dead and 2,400 in jail.Venezuela’s government has unleashed an ...

NewsFeedThree Americans, two Spaniards and a Czech citizen have been arrested in Venezuela as officials describe a ‘CIA-led plot’ to ...

Arrests come amid surge in tensions between Caracas and Western nations over disputed Venezuelan election results.Venezuela has detained three United ...

Washington, DC – The United States has imposed new sanctions on Venezuelan judicial and election officials whom it accuses of helping ...

Edmundo Gonzalez is seeking asylum in Spain after he challenged the re-election of Nicolas Maduro.Venezuela has said that opposition candidate ...

Announcement comes as Venezuela faces growing diplomatic isolation following election that opposition says was stolen.The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas ...

Already, the toll of the current political unrest has been high. Since the July election, at least 23 people have ...

Detention comes amid tensions over Venezuela’s disputed election, with US seizing President Maduro’s plane this week.Venezuelan authorities have detained a ...

Human Rights Watch says security forces and pro-government armed groups killed 23 protesters following Maduro’s victory.Venezuela’s security forces and pro-government ...

President Nicolas Maduro claimed victory in the July poll, a result rejected by the opposition and international observers.Venezuelan prosecutors have ...

Justice Department says $13m aircraft bought through shell company, ‘smuggled’ out of US for Maduro’s use.United States authorities say they ...

In the wake of last month’s contested presidential election, officials have been quick to blame opponents for disruptions.Most of Venezuela ...

NewsFeedMost of Venezuela has been affected by a massive power outage which left neighbourhoods in the capital and surrounding areas ...