U.S. sanctions Russian oil trading firm Rosneft for role in aiding Venezuela
The Trump administration announced sanctions Tuesday on a Russian state-controlled brokerage that has helped the Venezuelan government skirt an American oil embargo and enabled President Nicolas Maduro keep his grip on power in the South American country. Administration officials said Rosneft Trading S.A. and its ...
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido returns home after tour
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó returned home Tuesday, arriving on a commercial flight to the nation's main airport near Caracas without any major incidents after a risky international tour that included a White House meeting with President Donald Trump. Inside the terminal, a woman threw ...
U.S. warns Venezuela of consequences if Juan Guaido is harmed after Washington visit
The United States on Thursday warned Venezuela's leftist regime of consequences if opposition leader Juan Guaido is not allowed to return safely from a visit to Washington. "We hope that the regime makes the calculation, particularly after this trip, that the support for Guaido is ...
Venezuelan opposition head Juan Guaido meets Trump in show of U.S. support
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido scored a long-sought meeting with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, a high point of an international tour aimed at bolstering support for his campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro. Trump stepped outside to welcome Guaido to the White House as ...
Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido to attend Davos forum
Venezuela's opposition leader, Juan Guaido — who declared himself acting president last year — will attend this week's World Economic Forum in Davos, lawmaker Stalin Gonzalez told AFP on Monday. Guaido is currently in Colombia, where he is due to meet with U.S. Secretary of ...
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Tuesday reclaimed the National Assembly that he heads, pushing past armed guards two days after President Nicolas Maduro's loyalists blocked him from attending his own re-election. Guaido and his allies burst through the legislative palace's doors minutes after a ...
'Missed his moment': Opposition corruption scandal undermines Venezuela's Juan Guaido
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido's faltering efforts to oust President Nicolas Maduro are facing a new challenge in the form of an influence-peddling scandal that has left disillusioned Venezuelans wondering if Guaido's moment has passed. Guaido on Sunday said the opposition-controlled congress would investigate alleged ...
Venezuelan opposition to probe report of wrongdoing by its lawmakers
Venezuela's opposition on Sunday said it will investigate alleged wrongdoing within its ranks after a media outlet reported that a group of opposition lawmakers had unduly advocated for a businessman linked to the government of President Nicolas Maduro. Opposition leader Juan Guaido said he would ...
Maduro's military stands in the way of Bolivia playbook repeat in Venezuela
Venezuelan opposition leaders looking to oust their country's socialist government can perhaps take some hope from the resignation of its leftist ally in Bolivia, President Evo Morales, on Sunday after weeks of street protests. But one key factor makes the Bolivia playbook a difficult one ...
Venezuela refugee crisis to become far worse, surge to 6.5 million, U.N.-EU conference told
The refugee wave in Latin America sparked by Venezuela's implosion will get worse next year, aggravating a regional crisis, a U.N. representative on the issue told a Brussels conference Monday. "The challenges for 2020 will be even greater than those faced in 2019," Eduardo Stein, ...
Venezuela won a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council Thursday, sparking outcry from the United States, advocacy groups and Latin American countries who say its rights record is appalling. The United States slammed the result as an "embarrassment" for the United Nations but Venezuela ...
Amid criticism, Colombia defends claim that Venezuela's Maduro supports rebels
Colombia on Monday publicly defended a dossier it says proves Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro supports guerrilla groups and drug traffickers, but removed the armed forces' head of intelligence after widespread criticism of the report. Colombia has long accused Maduro of sheltering rebel fighters and crime ...
