Tag: Venezuela

Daily news – February 8, 2022

News from: Al Jazeera, Astana Times, Atlantic Council, Brookings, Bruegel, Chatham House, CSIS, Defense News, Defense One, East Asia Forum, Foundation for Defense of...

State win for Venezuela’s opposition masks deeper problems (Chris Arsenault, Al Jazeera)

Venezuela’s opposition has won an important symbolic battle in securing the governorship in Barinas State, but analysts say they are still losing the broader political...

Venezuela’s youth have a long-term strategy for building democracy. Biden should listen (Willow Fortunoff – Atlantic Council)

Daily life in Venezuela has long been grim: Through mismanagement and corruption, Nicolás Maduro’s administration fails to provide basic government services and continues to...

How Venezuela this year almost doubled its oil output (Al Jazeera)

Venezuela this year almost doubled its oil production from last year’s decades-low as its state-owned company struck deals that let it pump and process more extra heavy crude into exportable grades. The...

Former Colombia FARC leader killed in Venezuela: Local media (Al Jazeera)

A former leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), who rearmed in the wake of a 2016 peace agreement between the group and the...

Venezuela President Maduro brands EU electoral observers ‘spies’ (Euractiv)

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro on Sunday (28 November) denounced members of the EU’s electoral observation mission who monitored voting last weekend as “spies,” and...

Venezuela’s Flawed November 21 Elections (US Department of State)

PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE The Maduro regime deprived Venezuelans yet again of their right to participate in a free and fair electoral...

Venezuela’s Maduro: Conditions to restart talks with opposition not there yet (Reuters)

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday there will be no renewed talks with opposition politicians until "the kidnap" of a prominent government envoy...

Venezuela ruling socialist party, allies sweep regional elections (Al Jazeera)

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s United Socialist Party of Venezuela and its allies have won big in regional elections participated by the opposition for the first time...

Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting on Venezuelan Refugee Assistance in Uruguay (US Department of State)

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman met today with representatives of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Uruguayan civil...

Moscow stands in solidarity with Caracas to confront meddling in internal affairs — Lavrov (TASS)

Russia stands in solidarity with the Venezuelan government and country’s President Nicolas Maduro in confronting illegitimate sanctions and interference in internal affairs, Russian Foreign...

Lavrov says accepted Venezuelan top diplomat’s invitation to visit Venezuela (TASS)

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday he has accepted his Venezuela counterpart Felix Plasencia’s invitation to visit that country. Lavrov says accepted Venezuelan...

Russia to send its observers to regional election in Venezuela, top diplomat says (TASS)

Russia will send observers to the November 21 regional and municipal elections in Venezuela, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday following talks...

Iran, Venezuela to sign 20-year cooperation accord (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

Iran will sign a 20-year cooperation accord with Venezuela when President Nicolas Maduro visits Tehran “in the next few months”. In a joint press conference...

Alex Saab: Venezuela halts talks after US extradites Maduro ally (Al Jazeera)

Venezuela’s government says it will suspend negotiations with its opponents after the United States extradited a close ally of President Nicolas Maduro to face...

Venezuelan foreign minister wants ‘deeper’ relations with Turkey (Al-Monitor)

Venezuela’s foreign minister continued his visit to Turkey Monday pledging to strengthen ties between the two states. “There is an effort to strengthen the relations...