Tag: Venezuela

Colombia troop deployment at Venezuela border raises questions (Steven Grattan, Al Jazeera)

Colombia has sent 14,000 soldiers to its border with Venezuela, which is reopening this week after a three-year closure, in a move rights groups...

Venezuela judiciary perpetuates rights abuses: UN investigators (Al Jazeera)

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro delivers a speech next to a bodyguard during opening ceremony of the judicial year at the Supreme Tribunal of Justice...

Venezuela. A Successful Political Negotiation Needs a Human Rights Agenda (Tamara Taraciuk Broner, HRW)

Jorge Rodriguez, left, representing the Maduro government, shakes hands with Venezuelan opposition delegate Gerardo Blyde Perez, in Mexico City, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. © 2021...

Venezuela – Venezuela government, opposition launch talks in Mexico (Al Jazeera)

The government of President Nicolas Maduro is pressing for the lifting of sanctions imposed by the United States and Europe against Venezuelan officials and institutions...

(Venezuela) Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) scheduled regional and local elections for November 21, 2021

Ryan C. Berg writes for CSIS: Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) scheduled regional and local elections for November 21, 2021. Subsequently, rather than hand-picking candidates, Venezuela’s...

(Venezuela) Inside Venezuela

Al Jazeera writes: Venezuelan prosecutors have announced “terrorism” and “treason” charges against a prominent opposition politician after intelligence agents arrested him from his car on...

Venezuela – Venezuelan police move in on gang-run Caracas neighbourhoods (Al Jazeera)

Venezuelan security forces have entered certain areas in the capital, Caracas, seeking to end days of deadly fighting with armed gangs. No official death toll...

Venezuela/Russia – The Bolivarian Republic and the United States Empire: Venezuelan Foreign Minister Speaks about the Country’s Struggle for Sovereignty (Valdai Discussion Club)

On June 22, the Valdai Discussion Club held a meeting with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza as part of his visit to Russia. In...

Venezuela – Lessons for negotiations in Venezuela: a roadmap (CSIS)

Moises Rendon & Claudia Fernandez In January 2019, Juan Guaidó was promptly recognized by the United States and more than 50 other democracies around the...

Venezuela – Reforming Venezuela’s oil and gas sector (Chatham House)

Igor Hernández, José La Rosa Reyes An analysis of competing fiscal, contractual and institutional regimes https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/05/reforming-venezuelas-oil-and-gas-sector

(Venezuela/Colombia) ‘Humanitarian time bomb’: 4,700 Venezuelans flee to Colombia (Al Jazeera)

Some accuse Venezuelan army of using excessive force in operation against armed groups near Colombia-Venezuela border. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/28/humanitarian-timebomb-4700-venezuelans-flee-to-colombia

(Venezuela/Colombia) Venezuela says six members of ‘armed groups’ killed near Colombia (Al Jazeera)

Thousands are displaced after Venezuela military launched operation against ‘armed groups’ near Colombian border. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/27/venezuela-says-six-members-of-armed-groups-killed-near-colombia-border

(Facebook/Venezuela) Facebook freezes Maduro’s page for COVID misinformation (Al Jazeera)

The Venezuelan president has touted Carvativir oral solution as a ‘miracle’ to combat the virus, without evidence. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/27/facebook-freezes-maduro-page-over-covid-misinformation-venezuela

(Colombia/Venezuela) Thousands of Venezuelans flee to Colombia amid violence on border (Al Jazeera)

Venezuela’s military says it is fighting Colombian armed groups in rural areas, Colombia says people ‘forcibly displaced’. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/25/thousands-of-venezuelans-flee-to-colombia-amid-border-operations

(Europe/Venezuela) Europe’s last chance: How the EU can (and should) become the indispensable actor in Venezuela’s democratic restoration (AEI)

Ryan C. Berg, Jorge González-Gallarza The EU’s current policy approach toward Venezuela is insufficient to contribute meaningfully to a political transition in the country and protect...

(Venezuela) Cashless Venezuela? Maduro mulls digital payments amid shortage (Al Jazeera)

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has targeted the public transit system — where roughly three-quarters of all circulating cash is spent — as the first...