venezuela News of 05/28/20

First Of 5 Iranian Gas Tankers Reaches Venezuela With No Sign Of U.S. Interference

(CARACAS, Venezuela) — The first of five tankers loaded with gasoline sent from Iran reached Venezuelan waters late Saturday, expected to temporarily ease the South American nation’s fuel crunch while defying Trump administration sanctions ...

U.N. Urges Venezuela’S Rival Political Leaders To Resume Talks

(UNITED NATIONS) — The United Nations called on Venezuela’s feuding political leaders Wednesday to urgently resume serious negotiations, while Russia and its Caracas government ally traded barbs with the United States and Colombia over a ...

President Maduro Airs Video Of American Detained In Venezuela Plot

BOGOTA, Colombia — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro touted a video showing a scruffy-looking American divulging details about a failed invasion as proof Wednesday that U.S. authorities backed an alleged attempt to forcibly remove him ...

2 Americans Reportedly Arrested As Part Of Venezuela Raid That Sought To Capture Maduro

(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Venezuelan security forces arrested eight people, including two alleged U.S. citizens, following a beach invasion aimed at capturing socialist President Nicolás Maduro, according to information released Monday by ...

Ex-Green Beret Claims He Led Failed Raid Into Venezuela In Attempt To Overthrow Maduro

(CARACAS, Venezuela) — A former Green Beret has taken responsibility for what he claimed was a failed attack Sunday aimed at overthrowing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and that the socialist government said ended with eight dead. ...

Venezuela Says It Foiled Attack By ‘Mercenary Terrorists’ Invading The Country’S Coast

(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Venezuelan officials said they foiled an early morning attempt by a group of armed “mercenaries” to invade the country in a beach landing on speedboats Sunday, killing eight attackers and arresting two more. ...

Venezuelan President Maduro Appoints U.S. Fugitive To Revamp Nation’S Oil Industry

(MIAMI) — President Nicoás Maduro on Monday named a powerful ally sanctioned by the U.S. as a drug kingpin, along with a cousin of the late socialist leader Hugo Chávez, to revamp Venezuela’s oil industry amid massive ...

Trump Administration To Deploy Anti-Drug Navy Ships Near Venezuela

MIAMI — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Navy ships are being moved toward Venezuela as his administration beefs up counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean following a U.S. drug indictment against Nicolás Maduro. ...

U.S. Indicts Venezuelan President Maduro, Aides For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

(MIAMI) — The Trump administration will announce indictments against Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and members of his inner circle for effectively converting Venezuela’s state into a criminal enterprise at the service of drug ...

Could The Coronavirus Topple Nicolas Maduro’S Regime In Venezuela?

The new coronavirus pandemic is a crisis for all countries. But in Venezuela, it could be a catastrophe. COVID-19’s arrival in Venezuela, with 42 cases reported since March 14, comes six years into one of the worst economic collapses in ...

1 In 3 Venezuelans Struggling With Hunger, U.N. Study Finds

(CARACAS, Venezuela) — One of every three people in Venezuela is struggling to put enough food on the table to meet minimum nutrition requirements as the nation’s severe economic contraction and political upheaval persists, according to a ...

Denouncing The U.S., Venezuelan Troops And Militias Stage Drills

(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Venezuela’s armed forces and civilian militias took the streets in cities, beaches and border regions on Saturday for drills ordered by President Nicolás Maduro, amid tensions between Washington and Caracas. ...

Energized Guaidó Returns To Venezuela, Vowing Move Forward In Campaign Against Maduro

(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó is gearing up for the next stage of his campaign to oust President Nicolás Maduro following his return home from a tour abroad that included a meeting with his ...

U.S. Allows Chevron To Keep Drilling In Venezuela For 3 Months

(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration has granted Chevron a special license to keep drilling oil in Venezuela despite a ban on American companies doing business with President Nicolás Maduro’s socialist government. The Treasury ...

Venezuela Opposition Leader Guaido Blocked From Congress Voting Session As Conflict With Maduro Deepens

(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó was violently blocked Sunday from presiding over a special session of congress where rivals proclaimed a substitute leader — moves opposition officials condemned as a ...

Support For Venezuela’S Opposition Leader Guaido Wavers As Maduro Holds Firm

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Tour operator Alejandro Palacios joined hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans protesting in the streets early this year, wanting to believe that things would finally change in the country as upstart opposition leader ...

Attackers Hit A Venezuelan Military Post, Killing A Soldier

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s defense minister said that “extremist opposition sectors” attacked a military outpost near the border with Brazil early Sunday, killing at least one soldier before being chased down. Gen. ...

Trump Administration Set To Triple Pro-Democracy Aid In Venezuela

(NEW YORK) — The Trump administration is more than tripling U.S. support for pro-democracy work in Venezuela and for the first time directly funding opposition leader Juan Guaidó as he attempts to set up a government to rival the ...

A Split Has Emerged In Venezuela’S Opposition Over Talks With Maduro

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A minority group of opposition parties in Venezuela agreed Monday to enter negotiations with President Nicolas Maduro’s government without the participation of U.S.-backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó, ...

Washington Is Holding Secret Talks With One Of Venezuela’S Top Officials

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The U.S. has opened up secret communications with Venezuela’s socialist party boss as members of President Nicolás Maduro’s inner circle seek guarantees they won’t face retribution if they cede to ...