The guided-missile destroyer Pinckney transits the Pacific Ocean on April 26. (Navy) For the second time in three weeks, U.S. Southern Command has sent a Navy warship through waters off the coast of Venezuela, the combatant command said Wednesday. The guided-missile destroyer Pinckney steamed … Read More
Iranian officials are reporting that Iran and China are close to signing a major deal that would expand security ties and economic ties including the banking sector. The exact terms have not yet been announced. Deal would advance both Chinese … Read More
BRASILIA, BRAZIL – JUNE 23: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro looks on during ceremony to inaugurate the Main Spacial Operations Center (COPE-P) amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic at the Comando de Operações Aeroespaciais on June 23, 2020 in Brasilia. Brazil has … Read More
(Reuters) – Venezuela’s oil exports slumped in June to their lowest level since 1943 after half a dozen tankers, looking to avoid the threat of U.S. sanctions, sailed away from the nation’s waters without loading, according to vessel-tracking data. The … Read More
A British judge said it was unlawful to give it to the socialist leader since Britain recognizes opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the country’s legitimate leader. Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, … Read More
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela Jorge Arreasa has announced President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro’s willingness to hold talks with US President Donald Trump, TASS reports. According to Areasa, Maduro is always ready for any proposal. “Since the first day … Read More
President Nicolas Maduro accuses opposition leader Juan Guaido of being behind a military raid designed to oust him during an online press conference in Caracas on May 6, 2020. (CNN)Venezuela’s embattled ruler President Nicolas Maduro has made the most of … Read More
Coronavirus cases are rising sharply in South America, made worse by inequality, reports Luke Taylor from Bogotá, Colombia. A demonstrator’s placard reads “30,000 deaths, ‘so what?’” at a pro-democracy protest in Manaus, Brazil, on 2 June – BRUNO KELLY/Reuters/PA Images CONFIRMED … Read More
DUBAI, June 1 (Reuters) – Iran will continue oil shipments to Venezuela if Caracas requests more supplies, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday, despite Washington’s criticism of the trade between the two nations which are both under U.S. … Read More
The first of five Iranian tankers has docked in the South American country. A worker of the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA waves an Iranian flag as the Iranian-flagged oil tanker Fortune docks at the El Palito refinery in Puerto … Read More