Angry Venezuela opposition vows rallies, alleges coup
A furious Venezuelan opposition vowed mass street protests next week, accusing the Socialist government Friday of staging a coup by blocking efforts for a recall referendum against unpopular President Nicolas Maduro. With Maduro vowing to hold onto power, his opponents cranked up the heat in a stand-off that is destabilizing the volatile, oil-rich South American state, stricken by food shortages and violent crime. The opposition MUD...
Venezuela delays state elections to 2017, opposition angry
Elections for Venezuela’s state governorships will be held in 2017 rather than December as expected, the election board said on Tuesday, giving the unpopular socialist government more breathing space before going to the polls. Critics say authorities have delayed the state elections – and are also seeking to derail an opposition push for a referendum to recall President Nicolas Maduro – because they are frightened of...
Venezuela to sign agreement with Russia on wheat deliveries
A Russian-Venezuelan agreement on wheat delivery for two years will be signed in the next few days, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said today. Agencia Venezolana de Noticias (AVN) said that the new agreement will provide over 10,000 Venezuelan bakeries with wheat for the next two years. “In accordance with the (Russian) President (Vladimir) Putin’s decree, we will make an agreement to guarantee deliveries of wheat which...
Maduro bypasses Venezuelan legislature on budget
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro can pass his 2017 budget without the approval of the opposition-majority legislature, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, triggering an outcry from the leftist leader’s opponents. Maduro and the National Assembly have been at each other’s throats since the center-right opposition took control of the legislature in January, ending the left’s 17-year monopoly on power. Lawmakers...
Venezuela president hoping for improved US ties
Venezuela is interested in improving its rocky relations with the United States, and hopes President Barack Obama will “rectify” US policy toward the crisis-torn South American country, its president Nicolas Maduro said today. The troubled relationship between the two countries, which have not exchanged ambassadors since 2010, reached a new low point last March, when Obama designated Venezuela a threat to national...
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