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/ Americas Issued on: 24/01/2021 - 08:18 Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a ceremony marking the opening of the new court term in Caracas, Venezuela January 22, 2021. © Manaure Quintero, Reuters Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Saturday he was willing to "turn the page" with the US under…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s political conflict has claimed another casualty: relief from the coronavirus pandemic. The socialist government of Nicolás Maduro and the U.S.-backed opposition are accusing each other of playing politics with proposals to finance United Nations-supplied vaccines — so far blocking any option from going ahead. The…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Friday he’s hopeful the Biden administration will roll back a “cruel” sanctions policy and instead give room for diplomacy that could lead to the reopening of the U.S. Embassy and the release of several jailed American citizens.…

Updated 6 days ago · Published on 15 Jan 2021 9:00AM · Former Bolivian president Evo Morales in the town of Rio Mulato during the journey of his caravan to Oruro last November. Morales returned from exile last year after his re-election to an unconstitutional fourth term in 2019. –…

MIAMI (AP) — It was the aftermath of a failed coup against Hugo Chávez and Rep. Gregory Meeks was lounging at the Kennedy compound on Cape Cod with a young lawmaker from Venezuela with a bushy moustache named Nicolás Maduro. Photographs of the 2002 encounter show the men standing shoulder…

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's ruling Socialist Party on Tuesday inaugurated a parliament controlled by allies of President Nicolas Maduro, while the opposition convened a rival committee of legislators in a virtual session, following disputed elections on Dec. 6. The opposition, led by speaker Juan Guaido, had boycotted the vote, widely…

When Venezuela’s regime takes over the National Assembly on Tuesday, it will put the U.S.-backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó in his most precarious position since becoming head of the movement to oust the authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro two years ago. For the current government, Mr. Guaidó will no longer be…

A U.S. Navy Destroyer has been secretly patrolling the waters around the West African island of Cape Verde, to ensure that the financier for Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro is not sprung from jail before he can be extradited to the U.S. The USS San Jacinto's deployment was approved by Christopher…

The United States Embassy in Port of Spain said the Maduro regime and his backers, not sanctions, are to blame for the Venezuela crisis.In a statement posted to its Facebook page on Sunday, the Embassy stated there are no sanctions or restrictions on the importation of food and medicines to Venezuela.It…

Venezuela's opposition, led by Juan Guaido, on Saturday, concluded a “popular consultation” to repudiate President Nicolas Maduro’s government after boycotting a congressional vote last Sunday.The consultation started virtually on Monday and ended with in-person participation. With 87 per cent of responses reviewed, the Opposition said just under 6.5 million people…