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Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro Expresses ‘Strong Support’ for Russia in Call with Putin Maduro

Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro Expresses ‘Strong Support’ for Russia in Call with Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday held a phone call to plan strategy with Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, one of Putin’s few outspoken supporters during Russia’s attack on Ukraine. The Kremlin said Maduro expressed “strong support” for Russia’s war effort during the call. According to the Kremlin readout of the…
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March 2, 2022
Businessman close to Venezuela’s Maduro was DEA informant, records show Maduro

Businessman close to Venezuela’s Maduro was DEA informant, records show

MIAMI — A Colombian businessman linked to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was secretly signed up by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a cooperating source in 2018 and gave agents information about bribes he paid to Venezuelan officials, according to new court records unsealed Wednesday in the closely watched corruption case.…
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February 16, 2022
Venezuela’s environmental crisis: ‘the beginning of a wave of destruction’ Maduro

Venezuela’s environmental crisis: ‘the beginning of a wave of destruction’

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January 16, 2022
Exclusive-Venezuela's Maduro plans to replace Oil Minister El Aissami -sources Maduro

Exclusive-Venezuela's Maduro plans to replace Oil Minister El Aissami -sources

CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro plans to replace Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami - a key ruling party official who also serves Venezuela's OPEC representative and board member of the state oil company - because of health issues, eight sources close to the decision said. In recent weeks, El…
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December 9, 2021
Ex-foreign Minister To Run In Venezuelan Election Do Over Maduro

Ex-foreign Minister To Run In Venezuelan Election Do Over

Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro on Sunday named a former foreign minister as his partys candidate for a special gubernatorial election in the home state of his predecessor and mentor, Hugo Chvez, that was scheduled after the opposition contender in Novembers regular contest was retroactively disqualified.BARINAS, Venezuela: Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro…
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December 6, 2021
Minister Joly’s statement on Venezuela’s regional elections Maduro

Minister Joly’s statement on Venezuela’s regional elections

Nicolás Maduro and his regime fixed the presidential elections of 2018, subverting Venezuela’s constitutional order and denying Venezuelans their democratic rights. Since 2018, the Venezuelan economy has collapsed and human rights abuses have intensified. November 23, 2021 - Ottawa, Ontario - Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of…
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November 23, 2021