Venezuela’s Special Action Forces carrying out a security operation in Caracas in April.CreditCreditYuri Cortez/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images GENEVA — Venezuelan special forces have carried out thousands of extrajudicial killings in the past 18 months and then manipulated crime scenes … Read More
Venezuelan Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez speaks during a press conference at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas Wednesday. Venezuela’s socialist government said Wednesday it has derailed an attempted coup, claiming the United States, Colombia and Chile colluded in a plot by … Read More
Refugees from crisis-hit Venezuela are driving up the number of asylum seekers in Europe according to the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) annual report findings According to Nina Gregori, the EASO’s new Executive Director, the number of asylum seekers increased by 11% in the … Read More
The three Northern Triangle nations have done little to provide for the poor. Central American refugees ride a cargo truck in Mexico. Photographer: Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador are, by all accounts, countries ravaged by gang violence, drug trafficking and … Read More
President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, center left, meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, center right.CreditCreditPool photo by Maxim Shemetov MOSCOW — In his toughest moments, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has turned to Russia for support. When the United … Read More
Banknotes of 10,000, 20,000 and 50,000 bolívar denominations will begin circulating on Thursday, the central bank said A man looks at Venezuelan bolívar notes hung to resemble a tree,in Caracas, Venezuela, on 6 March. Photograph: Carlos García Rawlins/Reuters Venezuela is … Read More
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Russian currency will replace the dollar in transactions between the two countries, Tareck El Aissami, Venezuela’s vice president of the economy, said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. “Unilateral American sanctions are preventing us from using … Read More
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — President Vladimir Putin has told reporters that Moscow has no intention to deploy its troops or set up military bases in Venezuela. He added that Russian experts have been in Venezuela to service Russian-made weapons bought … Read More
Five years of ruin. This week Venezuela’s central bank unexpectedly published data (link in Spanish) on economic growth and inflation. It’s the first time in years that official figures on the economy have been released. Regular updates stopped in 2015 as president … Read More
Graham believes the threat of an invasion could check what he says is Cuban influence in the country. A rally for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó. Edilzon Gamez/Getty Images Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), a close ally of President Donald Trump, suggested … Read More