Maduro, Kerry meet in Colombia after peace deal signing
Venezuela’s embattled President Nicolas Maduro met Monday with top US diplomat John Kerry on the sidelines of a landmark peace deal signing between the Colombian government and FARC rebels. “President @NicolasMaduro held respectful, top level meeting with @JohnKerry,” Venezuela’s foreign minister tweeted. Venezuela is in a highly tense political crisis, with the South American oil-exporting nation slammed by...
Venezuela government, opposition in volatile test of strength
Venezuela’s opposition and government head into a crucial test of strength today with massive marches for and against a referendum to recall President Nicolas Maduro that have raised fears of a violent confrontation. Soldiers and police began taking up positions at strategic locations across the country Wednesday, ahead of what the opposition is billing as its biggest show of force yet — dubbed “The Taking of...
Venezuela sets recall referendum timetable
Venezuelan officials have set out the timetable for a recall referendum on whether President Nicolas Maduro should remain in power. The Venezuelan opposition reacted angrily when they heard they would only be allowed to collect more petition signatures in late October. Opposition leader Henrique Capriles said an opposition march would go ahead in September. A referendum defeat for Mr Maduro this year would trigger a presidential poll....
Venezuela names general accused of drug crimes by U.S. as minister
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday named a military general accused of drug crimes by the United States as his new interior minister and removed from the cabinet his top economic official who was viewed as a potential reformer. The reshuffle, was announced on his weekly “In Contact With Maduro” show. The Newly-named Interior Minister Nestor Reverol is a former head of both the anti-narcotics agency and National...
Venezuela recall clears hurdle, but no date for next step
Venezuela’s opposition gathered enough signatures to proceed with efforts to call a referendum on removing President Nicolas Maduro, electoral authorities said today, without setting a date for the next step. The head of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Tibisay Lucena, told a press conference Maduro’s opponents had cleared the threshold of 200,000 valid signatures on a petition demanding the leftist leader face a...
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