Venezuela confirms death of detained officer who opposition says was tortured

By Reuters,

Venezuelan authorities late on Saturday confirmed the death of a military officer who opposition leaders and family members said was tortured in custo...

Juan Guaido , President Nicolas Maduro , United Nations , Venezuela

Venezuela’s Maduro says authorities foiled opposition coup plot

By Reuters,

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday security forces had foiled an opposition coup attempt that included plans to assassinate him and...

coup , Juan Guaido , Opposition , President Nicolas Maduro , Venezuela

U.N. rights chief Bachelet urges Venezuela to release prisoners

By Reuters,

U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday urged Venezuela’s government to release prisoners who were arrested for peacefully protesting, a...

Bachelet , human rights , prisoners , U.N , Venezuela

Colombian armed groups recruiting desperate Venezuelans, army says

By Reuters,

Venezuela’s crisis is spilling across the border into Colombia as Marxist rebels and right-wing paramilitaries recruit migrants to strengthen their ...

colombia , Colonel Arnulfo Traslavina , President Ivan Duque , rebels , Venezuela

Venezuelans rush to Peru border ahead of migration crackdown

By Reuters,

Thousands of Venezuelans rushed to Peru’s northern border on Friday in hopes of entering the Andean country before it imposes tough immigration requ...

migrants , migrations , Peru , south america , Venezuelans

Venezuela adds bigger bank notes due to hyperinflation

By Reuters,

Venezuela is releasing new bank notes for the second time in less than a year, the central bank said on Wednesday, after hyperinflation eroded the eff...

Venezuela , Venezuela New Currency , Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro

The women fighting to solve hundreds of mysterious murders in Venezuela

By Wangui Ngechu,

Sometimes they wear Halloween-style masks. Sometimes they show their faces. But when the men dressed in black uniforms come, Venezuelans flee. On M...

Venezuela’s Maduro seeks to display military loyalty in political crisis

By Reuters,

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and key military figures made a show of unity in a television broadcast on Thursday, seeking to reject claims by t...

Juan Guaido , President Nicolas Maduro , Venezuela , Vladimir Padrino

Return of firebrand opposition leader Lopez energizes Venezuelan protests

By Reuters,

When Felix Garcia woke up on Tuesday he was fired up by surprising news - Venezuelan opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez, under house arrest for the ...

Felix Garcia , Venezuelan opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez

Venezuela’s Guaido urges troops to rise against Maduro, violence breaks out

By Reuters,

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Tuesday called for a military uprising to oust President Nicolas Maduro and violence broke out at anti-gov...

Juan Guaido , President Jair Bolsonaro , President Nicolas Maduro , Venezuela

Putin seems to pop up wherever there is a political vacuum in the world

By CNN,

Russian President Vladimir Putin capped a week of high-profile diplomacy on Friday, when he appeared at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing -- and rece...

Chinese President Xi Jinping , Russian President Vladimir Putin

Trump to allow U.S. lawsuits against foreign firms doing business in Cuba: official

By Reuters,

The Trump administration will allow lawsuits in U.S. courts for the first time against foreign companies in communist-ruled Cuba that use properties c...

cuba , Trump

Canada expands sanctions, adds 43 people close to Venezuela’s Maduro

By Reuters,

Canada expanded sanctions against the Venezuelan government of President Nicolas Maduro on Monday, according to a statement from Foreign Minister Chry...

Canada

Pompeo says U.S. won’t quit fight in Venezuela, defends sanctions

By Reuters,

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday defended sanctions on Venezuela and said the United States would not “quit the fight” in the sociali...

Mike Pompeo , Venezuela

Venezuela’s Maduro orders militia expansion as Guaido tours blackout-ravaged state

By Reuters,

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday ordered an expansion of civilian militia by nearly one million members as opposition leader Juan Guaid...

Juan Guaido , President Nicolas Maduro , Venezuela

OAS recognizes opposition envoy as Venezuelan ambassador

By VOA,

The Organization of American States on Tuesday recognized a Venezuelan opposition envoy as his nation's representative to the regional group until new...

Venezuelan

Exclusive: Venezuela removes eight tonnes of gold from central bank

By Reuters,

Venezuela removed eight tonnes of gold from the central bank’s vaults last week, and the cash-strapped socialist state is expected to sell the bulli...

Central Bank , gold , President Donald Trump , President Nicolas Maduro , Venezuela

Venezuela lawmakers loyal to Maduro open door to prosecution of Guaido

By Reuters,

Venezuela’s Constituent Assembly, an all-powerful legislature controlled by the ruling Socialist Party, on Tuesday approved a measure allowing for a...

Guaido , Venezuela

Maduro announces 30-day electricity ration plan

By VOA,

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in an address Sunday on state television, announced a 30-day plan to ration electricity. The rationing plan, M...

Nicolas Maduro , Venezuelan

Algeria’s oil, gas production unaffected by unrest: IEA

By Reuters,

Algeria’s oil and gas production appears to be unaffected so far by the political unrest gripping the country, an International Energy Agency (IEA) ...

Algeria , International Energy Agency , President Abdelaziz Bouteflika