Venezuela hit by major blackout, government blames ‘sabotage’ (V)
By Shaylim Valderrama and Vivian Sequera CARACAS, March 7 (Reuters) – A major power outage hit crisis-stricken Venezuela on Thursday, according to Reuters witnesses, a...
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Venezuela’s Maduro starts shutting borders to block aid
By Angus Berwick and Sarah Marsh CARACAS, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro threatened to close the border with Colombia on Thursday as...
Recognition of Guaido is illegal and insidious
Venezuelans should change their president not outsiders By Alper Ali Riza Recognising a rival president in another state with menaces of the type used by...
Maduro blocks frontier crossing to any humanitarian aid
By Anggy Polanco and Nelson Bocanegra URENA, Venezuela/CUCUTA, Colombia, Feb 6 (Reuters) – Desperate Venezuelans asked on Wednesday how they would gain access to U.S....
Venezuela opposition plans US fund to secure oil money
Venezuela’s opposition on Wednesday disclosed a key step to secure financing in its effort to dislodge President Nicolas Maduro, the opening of a U.S. fund...
EU nations back Guaido as anti-Maduro bloc grows
By Jose Elías Rodríguez and Angus Berwick Major European nations joined the United States on Monday in recognising opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s...
US military intervention in Venezuela an option; Russia objects
By Brian Ellsworth CARACAS, Feb 3 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said military intervention in Venezuela was “an option” as Western nations boost pressure...
Venezuela’s Guaido courts Russia; powers divided on Maduro
By Mayela Armas and Corina Pons CARACAS, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Global jostling intensified on Thursday between countries that want Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in...
U.S. refiner Citgo caught in Venezuela political upheaval
By Erwin Seba and Marianna Parraga CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Citgo Petroleum Corp, the eighth largest U.S. refiner and Venezuela’s top foreign...
Maduro claims that US President has ordererd his assassination
By Vivian Sequera Speaking to Russian state news agency RIA on Wednesday, President Nicolas Maduro said that President Trump had ordered the Colombian government and...
As West turns on him, Venezuela’s Maduro flexes military muscle
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro oversaw a display of the army’s Russian hardware on Sunday, with anti-aircraft flak and tank rounds pounding a hillside to show...
Major European countries poised to recognise Venezuela’s Guaido
MAJOR European countries threw their weight behind Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido on Saturday saying they would recognise him as interim president if Nicolas Maduro failed to...
US seeks to cut off money for Venezuela’s Maduro to aid opposition
By Steve Holland and Brian Ellsworth WASHINGTON/CARACAS, Jan 24 (Reuters) – The United States is seeking to ensure that Venezuelan oil revenue goes to opposition...
Russia warns USA against military intervention in Venezuela
By Maria Kiselyova and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Russia warned earlier today that U.S. moves in Venezuela to recognise an opposition leader...
After upstaging Maduro, Venezuela’s Guaido seeks to keep up pressure
By Brian Ellsworth CARACAS, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition on Thursday will seek to maintain pressure on isolated President Nicolas Maduro after congress chief...
UN agency sees Venezuelan exodus nearing a crisis point
The exodus of migrants from Venezuela is building toward a “crisis moment” comparable to events involving refugees in the Mediterranean, the United Nations migration agency...
Venezuela’s annual inflation hits 82,766 per cent in July
Venezuelan consumer prices rose to 82,766 per cent in the 12 months ending in July, a member of the opposition-run congress reported on Monday, as...
Venezuela’s Maduro says drone blast was bid to kill him, blames Colombia [V]
At least one explosion rocked a military event where Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was giving a speech on Saturday and the government said it was...
Caracas’ dying botanical garden highlights Venezuela’s decay
Dead palm trees and a dried-up lagoon are what you see when you enter Caracas’s botanical garden. A UNESCO World Heritage site and once one...
Venezuela security forces kill hundreds – UN
Venezuelan security forces suspected of killing hundreds of demonstrators and alleged criminals enjoy immunity from prosecution, indicating that the rule of law is “virtually absent”...