Over the past two weeks, things between the outside world and Venezuela have really been heating up. With more trade restrictions being brought on them, and them refusing outside aid, the country is descending deeper and deeper into chaos. The problem is that Maduro is losing power and his grip on his country, and he knows it. This is causing… Read more »
International pressure mounted against Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro on Sunday, with Washington vowing to “take action” after opposition efforts to bring humanitarian aid into the country descended into blood-soaked chaos. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday that the United States “will take action” in Venezuela, as he condemned violence perpetrated by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s “thugs” after security forces fired… Read more »
The European Union on Monday urged countries to avoid any military intervention in Venezuela. “We must avoid a military intervention,” Maja Kocijancic, the spokeswoman for diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini, told reporters. “What is explicitly quite clear, from our point of view, is that we need a peaceful political and democratic and Venezuelan-owned resolution of this crisis,” she added. “This obvisouly excludes… Read more »
The US and Russia clashed Friday over how to assist ailing Venezuela, with Moscow pledging new relief channeled through President Nicolas Maduro and Washington slapping sanctions over the blocking of US aid it tried to force through the border. A day after Russia and China vetoed a US and European resolution at the UN Security Council that called for unimpeded aid deliveries, Washington said it was… Read more »
Russia and China on Thursday vetoed a US resolution in the UN Security Council on addressing the crisis in Venezuela, but a counter-proposal from Moscow did not win enough votes. The failure to take action on the two competing drafts laid bare divisions among world powers over the way forward in Venezuela, which is mired in a political standoff and an… Read more »
As the weeks move on since the United States first took action against the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s dictatorship rule, the country is descending deeper and deeper into chaos and closer to a violent removal of Maduro’s rule. With Maduro refusing to step down for country, but a country full of starving people that are being neglected by their government… Read more »
Venezuela’s opposition-controlled congress named new temporary boards of directors to state-oil firm PDVSA and its US subsidiary on Wednesday, in an effort to wrest the OPEC nation’s oil revenue from President Nicolas Maduro. An increasingly isolated Maduro lashed out at the congress leader Juan Guaido, saying in an interview that he would face the courts “sooner or later” for violating the constitution… Read more »
The US ratcheted up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday by sanctioning some of his top security officials and the head of the state oil company, also unveiling plans to airlift over 200 tons of aid to the Colombian border. The United States Treasury said it sanctioned PDVSA chief Manuel Quevedo, three top intelligence officials and Rafael Bastardo, who U.S…. Read more »
Venezuela denied a group of European lawmakers entry into the country on Sunday, arguing they had “conspiratorial motives” for flying to Caracas in the throes of a political crisis. The European Parliament last month joined a slew of Western nations in recognising Venezuelan opposition chief Juan Guaido as interim head of state after President Nicolas Maduro won a second term in an election last… Read more »
Venezuela’s power struggle is heading towards a potentially violent showdown on Saturday, when self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido has vowed to allow caravans of US aid to cross the Venezuelan border in defiance of President Nicolas Maduro and the military. In an interview with FRANCE 24, Guaido’s appointed representative to the US, Carlos Vecchio, expressed confidence that the army will… Read more »