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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 »

US slaps sanctions on Venezuelan counter-intelligence agency

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 12 12:20 AM

WASHINGTON - The United States imposed sanctions Thursday on Venezuela's military counter-intelligence agency, accusing it of torturing and murdering detainees.    Read more »

Mormon tycoon helps Venezuelans start over in Brazil

Paula Ramon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 11 11:05 AM

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazilian tycoon Carlos Wizard Martins has never set foot in Venezuela. But the Mormon businessman is on a mission from God to help thousands of desperate migrants crossing the border to restart their lives. Read more »

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 Maduro says authorities foiled opposition coup plot

Reuters
Posted at Jun 27 07:48 AM

CARACAS - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday security forces had foiled an opposition coup attempt that included plans to assassinate him and other top political figures and install a jailed former military officer as president. Read more »

UN envoy Jolie meets Colombian president over Venezuelan migrant kids

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 09 08:23 AM

Actress and UN special envoy for refugees Angelina Jolie met Saturday with Colombian President Ivan Duque to advocate for the estimated 20,000 children of Venezuelan migrants left with uncertain status after their parents fled their crisis-wracked home country.  Read more »

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 »

Russian army helping Venezuela amid US 'threats': Moscow's ambassador

Thibaut Marchand, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 25 01:44 PM

MOSCOW - Russian troops in Venezuela are helping President Nicolas Maduro's embattled regime prepare in the face of the "threat of the use of force" by the US, Moscow's ambassador to Caracas told AFP Friday. Read more »

Malaria back with a vengeance in crisis-hit Venezuela

Andrea Tosta, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 25 11:43 AM

Scientists contributed in 1961 to helping Venezuela become the first country to eradicate malaria. However, there was a resurgence seven years ago, worsening to become an epidemic in 2016, according to the Red de Epidemiologia NGO. Read more »

River or retail? Amazon nears victory vs 8 nations over domain name

Reuters
Posted at May 21 08:21 AM

Amazon Inc has been seeking rights to the domain name since 2012. But Amazon basin countries Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname have argued that it refers to their geographic region and should not be the monopoly of one company. Read more »

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 »

How a Chinese venture in Venezuela made millions while locals grew hungry

Angus Berwick, Reuters
Posted at May 07 10:38 PM

The project was meant to feed millions.   Read more »

Backers 'failed to follow through' in abortive Venezuela uprising: Guaido

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 07 08:01 AM

Juan Guaido, recognized as interim president by more than 50 countries, said it was "obvious today, there is widespread discontent from which the armed forces aren't immune." Read more »

US, Russia butt heads over Venezuela

Jim Mannion, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 06 06:48 AM

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressed Sunday for Russia to get out of Venezuela, while his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, called on Washington to "abandon its irresponsible plans" in the crisis-wracked country. Read more »

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 »

What makes a coup succeed? Venezuela's opposition can look to Libya

Max Fisher, The New York Times
Updated as of May 03 08:21 AM

To understand what makes a coup succeed, as recently happened in Sudan and Algeria, or fail, as it did this week in Venezuela, it helps to consider the strange events in Libya a half-century ago. Read more »

Rival protests grip Venezuela after Guaido’s failed effort to beckon military

Nicholas Casey, The New York Times
Posted at May 02 07:44 AM

There were reports late in the day that armed pro-government forces used live fire against some protesters in Altamira, part of a Caracas area where the opposition is strong. The extent of injuries was not immediately clear, but at least one journalist was struck by shotgun pellets. Read more »

US military action in Venezuela ‘possible’, says Pompeo

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 01 11:49 PM

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the administration of President Trump was prepared to take military action to stem the crisis in Venezuela. Read more »

Russia calls US claim it told Venezuela's Maduro not to flee part of 'information war'

Reuters
Posted at May 01 06:45 PM

MOSCOW - Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday rejected a suggestion by Washington that it had persuaded Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro not to flee in the face of street protests, calling the assertion part of an information war. Read more »

Venezuela's Guaido calls for 'largest march in history' in uprising effort

Luc Cohen and Angus Berwick, Reuters
Posted at May 01 01:40 PM

CARACAS - Venezuelans were expected to take to the streets on Wednesday for what opposition leader Juan Guaido pledged would be the "largest march" in the country's history, a day after he called for the military to oust President Nicolas Maduro. Read more »