Category

Maduro

Venezuela tries harsher coronavirus quarantine measures in restless Caracas barrio Maduro

Venezuela tries harsher coronavirus quarantine measures in restless Caracas barrio

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela’s government is employing harsher measures in one of Caracas’ largest barrios to ensure residents comply with a coronavirus quarantine, as many poor Venezuelans continue to head outside in search of scarce food and water. A member of the Socialist party council measures the body temperature of…
bubmag
April 15, 2020
What Quarantine? Venezuela’s Maduro Attends Socialist VIP Catholic Mass Maduro

What Quarantine? Venezuela’s Maduro Attends Socialist VIP Catholic Mass

Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, his wife “First Combatant” Cilia Flores, and other senior members of his regime filled the San Francisco Church in Caracas on Thursday for a Holy Week Catholic Mass, a privilege denied to the Venezuelan people thanks to Maduro’s nationwide coronavirus quarantine. Maduro, who has regularly persecuted…
bubmag
April 10, 2020
Trump Decided a Global Pandemic Was a Good Time to Be a Neighborhood Bully Maduro

Trump Decided a Global Pandemic Was a Good Time to Be a Neighborhood Bully

POPAYÁN, Colombia—The ravages of the pandemic have begun here now, and as it worsens millions of Venezuelan migrants pose a tremendous challenge to fragile infrastructure throughout Central and South America, where poor living conditions and a lack of resources mean they are largely defenseless against the novel coronavirus. That would be…
bubmag
April 4, 2020
Politics this week Maduro

Politics this week

Scientists advising the American government about the covid-19 outbreak predicted that between 100,000 and 240,000 Americans could die, even with partial lockdowns and social-distancing measures in place. Donald Trump warned his compatriots “to be prepared for the hard days that lie ahead”. The United States now has more reported infections…
bubmag
April 2, 2020
10 major news events no one paid attention to last week because of the coronavirus pandemic Maduro

10 major news events no one paid attention to last week because of the coronavirus pandemic

A school of fish hoover over coral on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, which is experiencing its third mass bleaching event in five years. Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic has dominated headlines over the past two months, as countries scramble to contain their outbreaks…
bubmag
March 31, 2020
Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s hold on power just got more costly, and harder Maduro

Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s hold on power just got more costly, and harder

The coronavirus isn’t stopping the United States from continuing its maximum pressure campaign on Nicolás Maduro’s regime in Venezuela. On Thursday, the Department of Justice indicted Maduro and many of his cronies on a range of charges, all but guaranteeing they will not be part of any potential democratic transition…
bubmag
March 31, 2020