Venezuela News
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Bejing -
China on Friday denounced the US for calling Venezuela's entry into the UN Human Rights Council "a tragedy", after the South American country won a seat despite criticism from advocacy groups.
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New York -
Venezuela won a seat on the UN Human Rights Council Thursday, sparking outcry from the United States, advocacy groups and Latin American countries who say its rights record is appalling.
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New York -
Venezuela won a seat Thursday on the UN Human Rights Council despite criticism from advocacy groups and fellow Latin American countries that its own rights record is appalling.
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Quito -
Ecuador began counting the cost Monday of 12 days of indigenous protests against fuel hikes that left eight demonstrators dead and severely dented President Lenin Moreno's austerity program.
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Apo -
Stateless baby Wilbelys officially "doesn't exist," Arianna is a six-year-old who's moved home seven times, Jazmin is missing school -- the children of the Venezuelan exodus are trading one ordeal for another in neighboring Colombia.
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Caracas -
Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA on Thursday denied accusations by Brazil that it was responsible for a massive oil spill that has polluted beaches on its northeastern Atlantic coast.
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Rio De Janeiro -
Large blots of oil that have turned up on more than 130 Brazilian beaches are "very probably" of Venezuelan origin, Brazil's environment minister said on Wednesday.
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Caracas -
The small waiting room at the home of self-styled healer "Brother Guayanes" in Caracas' rundown Petare district fills up quickly with patients -- business has never been better.
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Cabimas -
Smelling like an oil refinery, the vast expanse of Lake Maracaibo has become polluted by its own reserves of crude as Venezuela's economic collapse has left wells and pipelines in ruin.
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Caracas -
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday scoffed at sanctions imposed by the European Union and accused Brussels of doing US President Donald Trump's bidding.
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New York -
Virtually all countries sent diplomats to the United Nations for the General Assembly, but Venezuela was a special case -- it had two delegations, each dueling for recognition.
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Apo -
Colombian President Ivan Duque said he handed the UN photographic evidence this week proving Venezuela was sheltering ELN rebels, but the images were duds.
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Geneva -
The UN Human Rights Council on Friday voted to send a team of investigators to probe alleged violations, including extrajudicial executions and torture, in crisis-wracked Venezuela.
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Seoul -
The right-hand man of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is in North Korea leading a "high-level delegation", state media in the North said Thursday, as both nations grapple with economic pressures from international sanctions.
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New York -
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Venezuela was suffering "a tragedy of historic proportions" as he pledged to do everything in his power to isolate Nicolas Maduro's regime.
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Moscow -
Russian President Vladimir Putin told Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro Wednesday he supported talks between the embattled leader and the opposition, warning that refusing dialogue could further threaten the crisis-wracked country.
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Caracas -
Lawmakers from President Nicolas Maduro's socialist party made a noisy return to the opposition-controlled National Assembly on Tuesday, ending a three-year boycott.
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Miami -
Two Venezuelans have been charged in US federal court with allegedly smuggling $5 million worth of gold bars into the United States in a private airplane.
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New York -
President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned the United States was watching the situation in Venezuela "very closely," as it unleashed new sanctions targeting the crisis-wracked country's ties with Cuba.
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New York -
Countries in the Americas voted Monday to activate a regional defense treaty against Venezuela, responding to a request by the United States, which is seeking to topple leftist president Nicolas Maduro.
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Caracas -
Venezuela's socialist government on Wednesday called on the United States to restore diplomatic ties with Caracas after it opened talks with fringe opposition parties.
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New York -
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday ruled out meeting Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido if he attends next week's General Assembly, despite the support he has among most Western and Latin American nations.
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Caracas -
Venezuela has released key opposition figure Edgar Zambrano from jail, where he had been held since a failed uprising in May, Attorney General Tarek William Saab announced Tuesday.
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Caracas -
Venezuela's opposition-dominated National Assembly on Tuesday ratified Juan Guaido as the country's interim president until new elections can be held.
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Madrid -
A US Drug Enforcement Administration agent accused late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez of cooperating with Colombian rebel group FARC to ease the shipment of cocaine into the United States, a Spanish court ruling published Tuesday showed.
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Caracas -
Venezuela's government said Monday its deputies will return to the opposition-controlled legislature, which they walked out of three years ago."In the interests of deepening and extending the dialogue...
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Madrid -
A top Spanish court on Monday said it had denied a US request to extradite Venezuela's former military intelligence chief on drug trafficking charges, instead ordering his release.
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Geneva -
Venezuela is "ready" to defend itself, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said Friday, after Washington invoked a regional defence pact that might justify such a move.
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Havana -
Havana awoke Thursday to long lines at gas stations and public transportation stops after President Miguel Diaz-Canel warned fellow Cubans to expect fuel shortages and blackouts that he blamed on US sanctions.
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Washington -
President Donald Trump on Thursday warned that the exit of his hawkish national security advisor won't bring a softening of the US position on Venezuela.
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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (C) talks to supporters during a meeting at Plaza Bolivar in Caracas December 8, 2013 With permission by Reuters / Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Yanomami children. Wikimedia Commons
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez returns from Cuba where he received chemo treatments. Miraflores Presidential Press Office
Experts are preparing a report on the condition of the Venezuelan structure following a fire which destroyed an electricity transformer Federico PARRA, AFP/File
Venezuelan actress Monica Spear. AVN
Mount Roraima, Venezuela CIA
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez returns from Cuba where he received chemo treatments. Miraflores Presidential Press Office
Venezuelan lawmakers brawl LiveLeak
Caracas, Venezuela in 2013 Julio César Mesa
Moises statue at the entrance of Agricultural Resort Waters of Moses, located in Rio Azul sector, Pantoño rural settlement, Ribero municipality, Sucre state, Venezuela Jaimeluisgg
Fire at an oil refinery in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela was caused by a lightning strike (August 11, 2013). YouTube
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Access road to Amuay Refinery, Venezuela. Tank picture of Hugo Chávez reads: "Of course we can!" Yix
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US Navy Commander Robert S. Kerno (left) points out some sights to the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez. Photo by Martin Maddock, USN
Some of the 1,088 Colombians deported from Venezuela last week in the wake of the border closing. Youtube
Ivian Sarcos, Miss Venezuela is the Miss World 2011 PR / Miss World Ltd.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro insists his government will adhere to the rule of law. Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom/ABr
Venezuela has announced power cuts from next week – plunging people into darkness for four hours each day as the crisis-hit country grapples with a drought that has limited energy production. YouTube
President Maduro gave a rousing speech to his military before they were deployed across the country on Saturday to begin a "military exercise." teleSur English
Empty stores shelves in Venezuela are now a fact of life as economic collapse seems right around the corner. The Photographer
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