Maduro rival promises ‘government for all’ if he wins Venezuela election
Edmundo González Urrutia, who has never before run for office, hopes for a more ‘democratic and peaceful country’ The soft-spoken septuagenarian who could be on...
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Could Venezuela’s softly-spoken opposition newcomer end 25 years of Chavismo?
Hopes rise that Edmundo González Urrutia can beat Nicolas Maduro on 28 July and lead the country out of a wretched decade The road from...
US seizes $63m worth of cocaine after dramatic shootout on high seas
Patrol boat off Venezuelan coast shoots and sinks vessel suspected of carrying drugs as three people go overboard A high-seas shootout pitting drug runners against...
US reimposes sanctions on Venezuela as hope for democracy crumbles
Relief had been granted after president Nicolás Maduro promised to hold free and fair elections this year The Biden administration has reimposed crushing oil sanctions...
Venezuela’s ex-oil minister charged with stealing millions from state oil company
Tareck El Aissami latest in purge of politicians, human rights advocates and critics by government of Nicolás Maduro Venezuela’s former oil minister Tareck El Aissami...
Venezuela arrests YouTuber for ‘terrorism’ amid pre-election crackdown
Detention of influencer Oscar Alejandro Pérez at Caracas airport en route to southern national park raises free speech concerns A popular Venezuelan YouTuber has been...
‘Potentially serious impropriety’: Labour questions Johnson’s Venezuela meeting
Former PM’s meeting with President Maduro, in capacity as hedge fund consultant, is under further scrutiny Labour is demanding answers over what the party said...
Brazil and Colombia voice concern as Venezuela bans opposition candidate
South American neighbours respond to blocking of Corina Yoris, who was favoured to beat strongman Nicolás Maduro in elections A chorus of Latin American nations,...
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...
