Category: Venezuela
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August 20, 2018 > Staff
Venezuelan migrants attacked in Brazil and stopped from reaching Ecuador
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA-BRAZIL-ECUADOR-PERU: The residents of a Brazilian border town with Venezuela, in the northern state of Roraima, attacked squatter camps of Venezuelan migrants over the weekend. […] Read More >
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August 13, 2018 > Staff
Jailed Venezuelan lawmaker still hasn’t had contact with lawyers but appears in “confession” video
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA: Arrested lawmaker Juan Requesens has still not be allowed to talk to a lawyer or see his family since he was taken into custody without […] Read More >
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August 6, 2018 > Staff
Two drones explode during Venezuelan president’s speech at military parade
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA: Drones exploded near President Nicolás Maduro in an apparent assassination attempt while he was delivering a televised speech at a military event on Saturday. […] Read More >
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August 3, 2018 > Staff
Venezuela relaxes foreign currency exchange controls
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA: The ruling party’s National Constituent Assembly voted yesterday to relax strict currency exchange controls as part of President Nicolás Maduro’s plan to combat the […] Read More >
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June 29, 2018 > Staff
Venezuela averted a military coup ahead of May’s presidential elections
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA: Several dozen officers from all four branches of Venezuela’s armed forces were imprisoned on accusations of treason by a military court in mid-May for planning […] Read More >
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June 22, 2018 > Staff
UN High Commissioner of Human Rights says rule of law is “virtually absent” in Venezuela
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA: The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights released this morning a report denouncing the failure of Venezuelan authorities to hold accountable perpetrators of serious […] Read More >
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June 11, 2018 > Staff
First case of polio detected in Venezuela since 1989
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA: A case of polio was confirmed on Saturday in the Delta Amacuro state of northeastern Venezuela by a report from the Pan-American Health Organization. This is the […] Read More >
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June 7, 2018 > Staff
Venezuela releases Chevron executives, Spain arrests son of Venezuelan oil magnate
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA: Two local executives of U.S. oil company Chevron were freed yesterday after almost two months in jail on corruption charges. Carlos Algarra and René Vásquez are […] Read More >
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June 5, 2018 > Staff
Trump administration calls for the suspension of Venezuela from OAS
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA-UNITED STATES: The Trump administration used the General Assembly of the Organization of American States yesterday to call for the suspension of Venezuela and the use […] Read More >
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May 21, 2018 > Staff
Maduro is reelected as Venezuelan president, opposition calls the election invalid
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA: In a presidential election marked by high levels of abstention, President Nicolás Maduro was reelected yesterday for a second six-year-term with 5.8 million votes. His closest […] Read More >