Maduro signals interest in better Venezuela, US relations
Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro has signaled an interest in improving relationships between the South American country and the U.S. Maduro spoke Monday during a late-night televised meeting with cabinet members that followed weekend discussions with American officials
washingtonpost.comBusinessman close to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was DEA informant, records show
A businessman linked to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was secretly signed up by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a cooperating source in 2018 and provided agents with information about bribes he paid to officials as well as forfeiting more than $9.5 million in illegal proceeds he earned from corrupt state contracts.
sun-sentinel.comVenezuela’s divided opposition returns to the ballot for first time in years
For the opposition, the elections are an opportunity to revive a disillusioned base and redefine the faltering pro-democracy movement. For President Nicolás Maduro, they’re a chance to project a veneer of legitimacy while reasserting strength.
washingtonpost.comReport: Venezuela security forces continue killings, torture
A United Nations report says Venezuelan security forces carried out fewer extra-judicial killings for almost a year beginning last June, but it accuses them of a continued pattern of torture or cruel treatment of individuals as well as enforced disappearances and incommunicado detentions
washingtonpost.comVenezuela gives US oilmen house arrest in gesture to Biden
Six American oil executives jailed in Venezuela more than three years ago on corruption charges have been granted house arrest in a gesture of goodwill toward the Biden administration as it reviews its policy toward the politically turbulent South American country.
Venezuela gives US oilmen house arrest in gesture to Biden
Six American oil executives jailed in Venezuela more than three years ago on corruption charges were granted house arrest on Friday in a gesture of goodwill toward the Biden administration as it reviews its policy toward the politically turbulent South American country. The partial release of the six employees of Houston-based Citgo was confirmed to The Associated Press by family members of the men. Tomeu Vadell, Jose Luis Zambrano, Alirio Zambrano, Jorge Toledo, Gustavo Cardenas and Jose Pereira were hauled away by masked security agents while at a meeting in Caracas just before Thanksgiving in 2017.
news.yahoo.comVenezuela: Maduro desafía a Facebook por bloquear su cuenta
Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. “Facebook de manera totalitaria y de manera abusiva me censuró", dijo Maduro en un acto de gobierno televisado sobre el balance semanal de la lucha contra el COVID-19, justo un día después de que Facebook bloqueó por 30 días la actualización de la página del gobernante. Es posible acceder a todo el contenido que Maduro ha publicado, con excepción de un video que fue borrado por la red social en el que recomendaba el uso de un antiviral contra el COVID-19 que no cuenta con la evidencia científica necesaria, según los protocolos internacionales. Además, el mandatario ya no puede publicar nada más. All rights reserved)If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.
Democrats — and Republicans — praise Biden granting TPS to Venezuelans in U.S.
“While Venezuelans who fled Maduro’s narco-terrorist regime cannot return home safely today, I know they await the day they can return to their beloved homeland. That is why it is critical that we continue working with our democratic allies to secure a Venezuela free from tyranny and ensure this temporary status in the U.S. does not become a permanent one,” Rubio said.
sun-sentinel.comVenezuela expulsa a embajadora de la UE
Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. Horas después en un acto de gobierno televisado, Maduro afirmó que “la Unión Europea es bienvenida en Venezuela, pero si respeta” y si los europeos “rectifican ” su postura con Venezuela. Mientras eso no ocurra, “con ustedes no hay más nunca ningún trato”, ni “ningún tipo de diálogo, señores de la Unión Europea”, agregó, sin dar detalles. All rights reservedIf you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.
Nicolás Maduro acusa a ejecutivos de Citgo de espionaje
Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. “Yo no soy juez ni fiscal, y no debo meterme en este tema”, dijo Maduro, pero luego acusó a la CIA de infiltrarse en Citgo. “¿Hay espacio para el diálogo?”, manifestó Maduro en respuesta a una pregunta de The Associated Press sobre si ha entablado conversaciones con el gobierno del presidente estadounidense Joe Biden. “Siempre hay espacio para el diálogo”, añadió. (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press.
“Milagro” de Maduro contra COVID-19 genera dudas
Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. “Esto es, al igual que con otras cosas, como la gente que intenta vender, ya sabes, algunos frijoles mágicos como solución a un problema complejo”, dijo Boulware a The Associated Press el martes. (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.
Líder del Congreso de Venezuela insta al diálogo con Biden
Todos los derechos reservados. Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. Intentos pasados de establecer un diálogo entre el gobierno y la oposición no han logrado destrabar el estancamiento político en el país, y Maduro ha reafirmado su control del poder. Mientras tanto, no se avizora en el horizonte un fin a una crisis económica que ha obligado a millones a emigrar, y que ha hecho que los que aún viven en Venezuela sufran la carestía de bienes básicos, incluida la gasolina, a pesar de que el país cuenta con las mayores reservas petroleras del mundo. All rights reserved)If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.
Maduro pide a congresistas abrir canales de diálogo con EEUU
Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. Todos los derechos reservados. Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. Los partidarios de Maduro obtuvieron 256 de las 277 bancas en los comicios legislativos del 6 de diciembre que fueron boicoteados por la oposición al considerar que no existían condiciones para elecciones libres y democráticas. All rights reserved)If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.
Maduro espera que Trump no lo agreda al final de su mandato
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Maduro busca fortalecer su control a través de elecciones
Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. Abrams dijo que también espera que el amplio apoyo internacional a la oposición venezolana se mantenga firme a pesar de los esfuerzos del gobierno de Maduro por socavar la democracia. “Han hecho todo lo posible para asegurarse de que ésta no sea una elección libre”, dijo. “En cambio, estamos obteniendo una elección que no merece ser llamada elección”. La consulta, impulsada por organizaciones civiles, no contará con ninguna auditoría ni observación independiente y no tendrá validez legal.
U.S. deports Venezuelan refugees to Trinidad and Tobago
MIAMI – President Donald Trump’s administration has deported Venezuelan migrants to Trinidad and Tobago, according to Sen. Robert Menendez. law forbids the forcible return of refugees to a place where their lives or freedom would be threatened," Menendez wrote. Trump recognized Juan Guaidó as the president of Venezuela, and he has imposed sanctions. Syracuse University’s Transactional Access Records Clearinghouse reports about 30 to 40% of asylum cases for Venezuelan refugees are being denied. The National Assembly elections are in December, but since Maduro excluded three of the four opposition political parties there is little hope for change.
Venezuela 1st lady's nephew takes drug case to Supreme Court
did not seek confirmation or clarification—when the DEA informants dropped their various oblique hints,” according to the petition, which was prepared by New York-based attorneys with the firm Sidley. Campo and Flores were arrested in Haiti in a DEA sting in 2015 and immediately removed to New York to face trial. Lawyers for Campo and Flores argued at their two-week trial that no drugs traded hands and the men never intended to deliver any. But in the lower court trial, his legal bill was flipped by Wilmer Ruperti, a Venezuelan shipping magnate close to Maduro's government. The two have made almost no mention of their loved ones' conviction in the U.S.—Follow Goodman on Twitter: @APJoshGoodman
Report: Rogue tankers help Maduro evade sanctions
MIAMI As U.S. sanctions scare away the world's largest shippers from Venezuela's oil industry, new players are willing to brave the heightened risks and help keep socialist leader Nicols Maduro afloat, according to a new report. Collectively, those ships accounted for 33% of all maritime traffic since the U.S. banned Americans from doing business with Venezuela's oil sector on Jan. 28, 2019. As the Trump administration has sought to deprive Maduro of easy cash from Venezuelas vast oil reserves, it has sanctioned more than 50 vessels found to have violated sanctions. The 103 tankers visiting Venezuela for the first time appear to be owned by just 41 companies, according to the report. Three companies with the largest fleets belong to TMS Tankers Limited, Eastern Mediterranean Maritime Limited and Delta Tankers Limited, C4ADS and IBI said.
Nancy Pelosi on how mainstream message wins 2020 election, Trumps impeachment and her 49ers
PELOSI: We passed TPS in the House a while ago. I dont know why Sen. Rubio isnt picking up that ball and running with it. I dont know why (the administration) hasnt. We are in agreement with the administration that we have to oppose (the regime) and support the people of Venezuela. (In our bill), we urge the White House to urge the Russians and the Turks, for example, to be helpful because they have influence there.
sun-sentinel.comGuaido blocked from Venezuelas congress as impasse deepens
A year ago, Guaid asserted at a street demonstration that his position as legislative leader made him Venezuela's interim president in place of the usurper Maduro, whose 2018 reelection has been rejected as invalid by the legislature, as well as by the U.S., European Union and several Latin American governments. Key opposition figures were barred from running in that election.
sun-sentinel.comVenezuelan opposition renews support for Juan Guaid
BOGOTA, Colombia - The Venezuelan opposition's next hope is on the Organization of American States' Inter-American Reciprocal Assistance Treaty, better known as the Rio Treaty. The treaty allows supporters of Juan Guaid to use coordinated economic sanctions, military force and communications disruptions to push Nicols Maduro out of the presidency. Maduro has the support of the Venezuelan military elite, which has the backing of two global super powers: Russia and China. "There is a branch of the opposition that disagreed with Guaid, and it is still in negotiations with Maduro, but it represents less than one-tenth of the National Assembly seats. Venezuelan Communications Minister Jorge Rodrguez recently told reporters that members of the ruling socialist party were going to return to the opposition-controlled National Assembly.
Miami's Exiled Venezuelans Lose Hope as Trump Administration Stalls
The report, which has been denied by the Trump administration, resonated with exiled Venezuelans in Miami who feel more abandoned by the day. "The feeling among exiled Venezuelans is that international support for the Venezuelan community has been paralyzed." Colina is a former Venezuelan military officer who has been in exile for almost 15 years. Helene Villalonga, president of AMAVEX (Association of Venezuelan Mothers and Women Abroad), says she stopped holding out hope for the Trump administration to help Venezuelans months ago. The Trump administration, in its bluster, announced that all options including military intervention were on the table.
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