Venezuelan opposition leader names successor after two close aides arrested
Corina Yoris will now take on Nicolás Maduro in presidential election in July after Maria Corina Machado stepped aside Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado...
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Venezuela orders arrest of key opposition figure’s campaign manager
Maria Corina Machado’s campaign manager and eight others accused of involvement in a violent anti-government conspiracy Venezuela’s top prosecutor has announced arrest warrants for the...
Boris Johnson ‘held unofficial talks with president of Venezuela in February’
Former PM apparently met autocratic leader Nicolás Maduro over concerns he may supply weapons to Russia Boris Johnson flew to Venezuela in February for unofficial...
Venezuelan migrants boost economies of South American countries, studies find
Benefits for Latin American host nations could be greater still if access to jobs for migrants were increased, research shows An exodus of nearly 8...
Repression in Venezuela intensifying ahead of elections, rights groups say
Fears Maduro government is trying to shut down scrutiny after lawyer is arrested and UN human rights office shut down Human rights groups are calling...
Venezuela closes UN human rights office citing ‘colonialist attitude’
Foreign minister claims local office of UN high commissioner for human rights supported impunity for coup plotters Venezuela’s government has ordered the local UN office...
Tobago oil spill spreads to Grenada waters and could affect Venezuela
Fuel continues to leak from overturned and abandoned barge as stain spreads into the Caribbean Sea An oil spill that has stained Tobago’s coastline in...
Venezuela building up troops on Guyana border, satellite images show
Aerial evidence follows months of President Nicolás Maduro ramping up claim to Essequibo region Venezuela is expanding military bases near its border with Guyana and...
Exxon plan for Guyana oil exploration risks raising tensions with Venezuela
President of ExxonMobil Guyana confirms plan to drill two new wells off Atlantic coast as territorial dispute simmers ExxonMobil has insisted it will explore for...
Venezuela mounts military exercises as UK sends warship to support Guyana
Nicolás Maduro orders ‘defensive’ manoeuvres as British Navy deploys vessel in territorial dispute Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro has ordered more than 5,600 military personnel to...
