Topic: nicolas-maduro

In Venezuela, special police force wreaks havoc in slums

In Venezuela, special police force wreaks havoc in slums

AFP reporters in Caracas
Posted at Nov 07 12:29 PM

EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS: Special Action Forces in Venezuela are accused of shooting young men at point-blank range, inventing gun battles to cover their tracks, hiding autopsy reports and preventing relatives from seeing any official files. An NGO has recorded 831 "executions" carried out by FAES members since 2018.  Read more »

Venezuela limps back to normal after another blackout

Venezuela limps back to normal after another blackout

Esteban Rojas, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 24 08:30 AM

CARACAS, Venezuela - Electricity has been restored in all of Caracas and several other regions of Venezuela after a major blackout, the government said Tuesday -- the latest taste of misery for a country mired in economic crisis. Read more »

US plans to divert $40-M in aid to Venezuela's opposition

US plans to divert $40-M in aid to Venezuela's opposition

Reuters
Updated as of Jul 17 09:41 AM

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration plans to divert more than $40 million in humanitarian aid for Central America to support the U.S.-backed opposition in Venezuela, according to an internal document obtained by Reuters on Tuesday. Read more »

Disappointed Venezuelans lose patience with Guaido as Maduro hangs on

Disappointed Venezuelans lose patience with Guaido as Maduro hangs on

Angus Berwick and Mircely Guanipa, Reuters
Updated as of Jul 02 08:16 AM

CARACAS/PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela - Four days before Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido launched a military uprising in a bid to oust President Nicolas Maduro, he told supporters at a rally outside the capital, Caracas: "In the next few days, we'll decide our destiny." Read more »

Venezuela's Guaido defends planned talks with Maduro representatives

Venezuela's Guaido defends planned talks with Maduro representatives

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 27 07:55 AM

BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela - Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Sunday defended his decision to send delegates to Oslo for talks with representatives of President Nicolas Maduro's government, warning that critics of the move risk becoming accomplices of his rival's "dictatorship." Read more »

China sends 71 tons of medical aid to Venezuela

China sends 71 tons of medical aid to Venezuela

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 14 11:53 AM

CARACAS - A second airplane from China carrying medical supplies including medicine arrived in Venezuela on Monday as part of a "humanitarian technical" cooperation agreement between President Nicolas Maduro's government and the Asian powerhouse. Read more »

Cracks appear in US bipartisan unity on Venezuela

Cracks appear in US bipartisan unity on Venezuela

Patricia Zengerle and Matt Spetalnick, Reuters
Posted at May 03 02:40 PM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's tough approach to Venezuela has won broad support from both Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress, but this rare display of bipartisan consensus is starting to show signs of strain as the crisis in the OPEC nation drags on. Read more »

Rioting breaks out in Venezuela amid 'attempted coup'

Rioting breaks out in Venezuela amid 'attempted coup'

Alexander Martinez, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 01 08:10 AM

CARACAS, Venezuela - Demonstrators clashed with police on the streets of the Venezuelan capital Tuesday, spurred by opposition leader Juan Guaido's call on the military to rise up against President Nicolas Maduro, whose government said it was putting down an attempted coup. Read more »

Ouster call in Venezuela

Ouster call in Venezuela

Fernando Llano, AP
Posted at Apr 30 11:13 PM

Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido stands with an unidentified military officer who is helping to lead a military uprising, as they talk to the press and supporters in Caracas, Venezuela on Tuesday.  Read more »

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