The Socialist International (SI), the largest coalition of leftist political parties in the world, condemned Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro as “illegitimate” and lent its full support to the nation’s opposition in a meeting of its Council on Tuesday.
Deposed Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro published a video message to the American people late Tuesday, urging them to reject President Donald Trump and his “extremist” administration and not “allow a new Vietnam” in Venezuela.
Socialists still loyal to deposed dictator Nicolás Maduro announced on Tuesday they would freeze Interim President Juan Guaidó’s bank assets and ban him from leaving the country.
Russia strongly denounced U.S. sanctions against Venezuela’s national oil company PDVSA on Tuesday, slamming the sanctions as an illegal attempt to overthrow what Moscow views as the legitimate government.
Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro accused President Donald Trump of being personally responsible for state-driven violence in the country in a Monday night rant against newly imposed sanctions on his regime.
National Security Advisor John Bolton caused a stir in both Washington and Caracas on Monday by getting himself photographed with a notepad that read, “Afghanistan -> Welcome the talks. 5,000 troops to Colombia.”
Deposed Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro condemned the United States Monday night for imposing a new round of sanctions on Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), the state oil company, a move intended to get Maduro to move out of the presidential palace and allow constitutional interim president Juan Guaidó to take charge.
The sanctions block purchases of Venezuelan oil by United States companies and freeze the assets of the state-owned company in the United States.
As the political and economic situation in Venezuela continues spiraling downward, domestic and foreign players await a final outcome, both moving to influence it.
The U.S. State Department confirmed on Sunday that it has recognized Carlos Alfredo Vecchio, appointed by newly-inaugurated President Juan Guaidó this weekend, as Venezuela’s Chargé d’Affaires to the United States.
Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, deposed last week in constitutional action by the country’s National Assembly, published a series of propaganda videos this weekend in which the portly politician appeared to be training with Venezuelan troops, whom he claimed were still loyal to his socialist regime.
TEL AVIV – Venezuelan self-proclaimed interim leader Juan Guaido thanked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for recognizing his government on Sunday.
Deposed Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and his allies in the American far left have worked overtime this week to paint the inauguration of President Juan Guaidó as a U.S.-backed, right-wing coup. In doing so, they omit perhaps the single defining trait of Guaidó’s opposition coalition: his party, Popular Will, is a member of the Socialist International (SI).
Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro vowed to continue selling oil to the United States on Friday soon after severing diplomatic ties with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, claiming Caracas’ feud is with Washington, not the American people.
Over a dozen nations including the United States have recognized Juan Guaidó as the legitimate President of Venezuela. Discussing the new leader, however, conservative Venezuelans are divided on whether they can trust the socialist former student leader to enact change.
Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro on Friday vowed that his country’s military relationship with Russia “will continue profoundly” in a speech delivered after he attempted to cut all diplomatic ties with the United States over America’s official support for the opposition.
Venezuela’s legitimate president Juan Guaidó announced a military amnesty campaign on Friday designed to strip socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro of the force he needs to control the country.
Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro on Thursday ordered the Venezuelan embassy and all of its consulates in the United States to close, recalling all diplomatic personnel from America by Saturday.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) appointed Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) to the House Foreign Relations Committee, and the radical “Justice Democrat” is already drawing mockery for her position on Venezuela.
Interim Venezuelan President Juan Guaidó suggested on Thursday that the nation’s opposition is open to discussing granting prosecutorial amnesty to dictator Nicolás Maduro and top officials, such as drug traffickers Diosdado Cabello and Tareck El Aissami, despite their flagrant record of years of human rights abuses.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) accused the United States of using “non-democratic means” to determine the leadership of Venezuela, a charge echoed by the authoritarian states backing Nicolas Maduro’s socialist regime.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a serial human rights violator believed to be the world’s most prolific jailer of journalists, expressed “shock” at the United States declaring Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro illegitimate and offered words of support to the socialist leader Thursday.
The socialist dictatorship in Venezuela has killed at least 14 people and potentially closer to 20 since widespread protests broke out this week, culminating in the swearing in of President Juan Guaidó, replacing dictator Nicolás Maduro.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday announced a $20 million package of humanitarian aid for Venezuela in response to a request from Juan Guaidó, recognized by the United States and several major South American nations as the acting president of the country.
The U.S. State Department announced late Wednesday that it would maintain a diplomatic presence in Venezuela despite dictator Nicolás Maduro’s demand that they leave, stating that, as Venezuela swore in a new president who does not wish to break diplomatic ties, Maduro has no power to expel the Americans.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Britain’s foreign secretary says Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido is “the right person” to take the troubled country forward.
Action star Vin Diesel posted an Instagram video in Spanish on Thursday alongside Fast and Furious series costar Michelle Rodríguez expressing support for anti-socialist protests in Venezuela and urging those fighting for their freedom to “move forward with faith.”
Venezuela’s dictator Nicolás Maduro announced that his country would cut all diplomatic ties with the United States following the swearing in of Interim President Juan Guaidó to restore the constitutional order.
President Trump said that the Venezuelan National Assembly was the “only legitimate branch of government” remaining in the country, despite Nicolas Maduro’s attempt to keep power.
Juan Guaidó, the president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, took an oath of office on Wednesday and was sworn in as the legitimate interim president of the country, replacing dictator Nicolás Maduro.
Thousands of Venezuelans took the streets on Wednesday – the anniversary of the establishment of democracy in the country in 1958 – to call for an end to the socialist regime of Nicolás Maduro and the restoration of the democratic order.
Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro called Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro the “modern-day Hitler” on Tuesday, declaring that the Brazilian people will eventually “take care of him.”
Members of Venezuela’s National Bolivarian Intelligence Agency (Sebin), the nation’s secret police, arrested National Assembly President Juan Guaidó on Sunday on the way to a rally in Vargas state, which he represents in the legitimate legislator.
