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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,…

The spill-over impact of Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis demands that Caricom stand united in pushing the incoming Biden administration to rescind its economic sanctions against Venezuela.After 14 years of punitive actions against the Chavez and Maduro governments, the United States has nothing to show except an unravelling of that country’s economy…

News Grevic Alvarado 3 Days AgoVenezuelans line up outside the Ministry of National Security in December last year to collect their registration cards to allow them to live and work in TT for one year. - For Venezuelans in TT, the election of Democrat Joe Biden as president of the…

MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) — “Don’t WORRY!,” reads the cryptic note scribbled on a scrap of perforated paper smuggled out of a dank, basement cellblock. “Han Solo always wins!”The weeks-old message is all the family of Matthew Heath has to pin its hopes on since the former U.S. Marine corporal was…