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Venezuela’s authoritarian regime staged congressional elections Sunday that gave President Nicolás Maduro complete control of all levers of power in a vote the country’s opposition and its supporters, including the U.S., rejected as fraudulent. Until now Venezuela’s single-chamber congress, the National Assembly, had been the only government body under opposition…

Juan Guaido, Venezuela’s opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president, has called for a boycott of legislative elections on Sunday, a move critics say will consolidate President Nicolas Maduro’s grip on power and leave Guaido out in the political cold. Eights years into a crippling economic crisis, Venezuelans head to the…

Venezuelans will go to the polls on Sunday, Nicolás Maduro will complete his takeover of the last opposition-held body, and much of the world will refuse to recognize the results. The big picture: The U.S. and dozens of other countries have backed an opposition boycott of the National Assembly elections…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. envoy on Venezuela called on the incoming Biden administration on Thursday to use the leverage he believes has been gained from years of tough sanctions aimed at ousting socialist President Nicolas Maduro and urged against offering him any “giveaways.”FILE PHOTO: Special Representative for Venezuela…

WASHINGTON—Iran has sent arms and dispatched paramilitary operatives to help Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro maintain his hold on power, the top U.S. military commander for Central and South America said Wednesday.“We see a growing Iranian influence in there,” Adm. Craig Faller, the head of the U.S. Southern Command, told reporters,…

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has denied that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called for a meeting between the authorities of both countries because of the deportation of the children.He said he received a three-page letter from Maduro a couple of days ago and it dealt with the Venezuela situation vis-à-vis…

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration on Monday blacklisted a major Chinese government-owned defense company it said sold goods to Venezuela that aided political repression by the regime of President Nicolás Maduro. The U.S. Treasury Department said goods sold by China National Electronics Import & Export Corp., or CEIEC, helped the Maduro government…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on Chinese firm China National Electronics Import & Export Corporation (CEIEC), accusing it of supporting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s efforts to undermine democracy.FILE PHOTO: Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary, Department of the Treasury during the Senate's Committee on Banking, Housing, and…

/ Shows / The Interview Issued on: 27/11/2020 - 20:11 THE INTERVIEW © FRANCE 24 In an interview with FRANCE 24, leading Venezuelan opposition figure Leopoldo Lopez explains how he left Venezuela for Spain last month to be "more effective in our fight against the dictatorship from exile". According to him, President Nicolas…

US Ambassador to T&T Joseph Mondello said the Nicolas Maduro-led regime is to blame for the current humanitarian crisis faced by Venezuela. In a statement, Mondello said Venezuelan authorities under Maduro have committed grave human rights violations and crimes in contravention of international law, including extrajudicial executions, torture, arbitrary detentions,…