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WASHINGTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) -The United States on Friday imposed new sanctions on eight Venezuelan officials and increased to $25 million the reward it is offering for the arrest of President ...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores arrive at the National Assembly for his swearing-in ceremony for a third term in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025.
Venezuelan opposition parties and NGOs decried the arrests of a prominent press freedom activist and a well-known opposition figure, among others, ahead of planned protests against Friday's ...
Venezuela's government has closed its borders and airspace to Colombia for a period of 72 hours starting at 05:00 local time (10:00 GMT), the foreign ministry in Bogota said in a statement, adding ...
[76] [77] In response, Venezuela severed diplomatic relations with Peru. [73] [78] Panama suspended diplomatic relations with Venezuela. [79] Venezuela also expelled diplomats from Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Panama and Uruguay; as of 1 August, Brazil took over running the Caracas embassies of Argentina and Peru.
Within Venezuela and in cities across the world, Venezuelans demonstrated on 17 August in support of the opposition's claim to González's election win. [70] Machado had called for the rally—the Great World Protest for the Truth (Gran Protesta Mundial por la Verdad) [ 71 ] —to demonstrate "respect for popular sovereignty" and reinforce the ...
Maduro, who has ruled Venezuela since 2013, was declared the winner by electoral authorities just hours after the polls closed on July 28. However, the announcement came without any disclosure of ...
The 2024 Venezuelan blackouts were a series of interruptions to Venezuela's electrical service nationwide. The interruptions began on 27 August with a blackout that affected 12 states in the country at around 7:12 pm VET, [1] [2] lasting until service restorations began at approximately 8:30 pm. [3] On 30 August, another blackout was recorded that left more than 20 states in the country ...