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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — North Korea, Venezuela and Chad were added Sunday on a new list of countries targeted by a US travel ban due to poor security and lack of cooperation with American authorities. Sudan, one of six majority-Muslim countries on the original travel ban, was removed from the list, leaving eight nations with complete or partial blocks on travel to the United States. Full travel bans were placed on nationals from North […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump warned Monday that Venezuela is “collapsing,” suggesting the United States may take additional steps to restore democracy. Trump told Latin American allies gathered on the fringes of the United Nations General Assembly that President Nicolas “Maduro defied his own people” and was guilty of “disastrous rule” that may necessitate further punitive measures. “The Venezuelan people are starving. Their country is collapsing,” he said. Washington has already slapped sanctions […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday he was prepared to meet the opposition for talks brokered by the Dominican Republic and former Spanish prime minister Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero. “Zapatero and President (Danilo) Medina know very well that I have been a promoter of this dialogue and I accept this new day of dialogue,” the president said during a cabinet meeting broadcast on television. © Agence France-Presse
by Damian Wroclavsky Agence France-Presse BRASILIA, Brazil – Venezuela’s fugitive former top prosecutor resurfaced in Brazil on Wednesday claiming to possess “a lot” of proof of President Nicolas Maduro’s corruption and warning that her life remains in danger. Days after a dramatic escape from chaotic Venezuela, Luisa Ortega, 59, turned up the heat on Maduro, who has asked Interpol to issue a “red notice” warrant for the arrest of his critic. Ortega — speaking at a […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — At least 37 people died in an hours-long jail riot in Venezuela’s southern state of Amazonas, officials said Wednesday. The prosecutors’ office said an investigation had been launched into “the deaths of 37 people” in the facility in the town of Puerto Ayacucho. Governor Liborio Guarulla had earlier tweeted that a “massacre” took place with at least 35 corpses counted. Prosecutors said 14 officials were wounded in the violence which […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) — The United States “will not stand by as Venezuela crumbles,” Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday, but he emphasized a peaceful path even as he stood by President Donald Trump’s startling warning that US military action remained a possibility. “We have many options for Venezuela, but the president also remains confident that working with all of our allies across Latin America we can achieve a peaceable solution,” Pence said in a news conference alongside […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump’s threat of considering military force in Venezuela is “craziness,” the South American country’s Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said Friday. “This is an act of craziness, an act of supreme extremism,” General Padrino, who is also in charge of Venezuela’s armed forces, told state television. He was reacting to Trump saying just hours earlier that he was mulling “many options for Venezuela, including a possible military option […]
LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peru on Friday ordered the expulsion of Venezuela’s ambassador over his country’s “break with democratic rule” under President Nicolas Maduro, the foreign ministry said. Ambassador Diego Molero has five days to leave Peru, the ministry said. The decision came days after Peru’s congress voted for the Venezuelan envoy to be kicked out. “The Peruvian government ratifies its firm position of continuing to contribute to the restoration of democracy in Venezuela,” a […]
by Alexander Martinez The United States imposed new sanctions on crisis-hit Venezuela, targeting members of a controversial, all-powerful, loyalist assembly installed last week to bolster what Washington calls the “dictatorship” of President Nicolas Maduro. The measures were aimed at six members of the so-called Constituent Assembly — among them the brother of late president Hugo Chavez — as well as a military officer in charge of security for the body, and a board member of […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — The powerful military in riot-torn Venezuela has sworn “unconditional loyalty” to the leftist government of embattled President Nicolas Maduro. It is a key player in the ongoing political crisis. Maduro in turn has granted it vast powers, not just in military matters but over key government ministries — active or retired officers head 12 of 32 ministerial posts — and in vital economic sectors including petroleum. The military’s capabilities — and […]
by Ronaldo Schemidt and Daniel Caceres Agence France Presse VALENCIA, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela’s military said Sunday it repelled a “terrorist” attack on a base in the city of Valencia, led by an army deserter allegedly linked to “foreign governments.” Two of the attackers were killed and eight were captured, President Nicolas Maduro said on state television, claiming the group of “mercenaries” — whose total number he put at around 20 — had ties to […]
by Maria Isabel Sanchez Agence France Presse CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was to install a powerful new assembly of his allies on Friday, dismissing an international outcry and opposition protests saying he is burying democracy in his country. The Constituent Assembly, elected last weekend in a vote marred by violence and allegations of fraud, will sit in a chamber in the Legislative Palace in Caracas, where the opposition-controlled legislature is located. […]
