United States courts have mandated the auction of聽CITGO Petroleum, US-based Venezuelan state-owned oil refining company, reports Coral Wynter.
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The Australian government should re-consider its confused policy towards Venezuela and once again recognise the elected government of President Nicolas Maduro, writes Chris Slee.
The only 鈥渞eal鈥 democratic institution in Venezuela, according to United States State Department spokesperson Ned Price, is one that has not met in seven years, writes Vijay Prashad.
Opposition leader Juan Guaido installed a 鈥減arallel鈥 parliament in Caracas on January 7.
The self-proclaimed 鈥渋nterim president鈥 led a group of deputies in a standoff with security forces outside the Legislative Palace in Caracas, while the National Assembly (AN) held its regular session inside. The session was led by AN President and Yaracuy State Deputy Luis Parra, who announced the creation of a commission to 鈥渞estore鈥 constitutional order.
The border between Venezuela and Colombia has been partially reopened after nearly four months.
The principal crossing posts of the Simon Bolivar and Francisco de Paula Santander International Bridges 鈥 which connect Venezuela鈥檚 Tachira State with Colombia鈥檚 Northern Santander Department 鈥 were reopened on June 8 for pedestrian crossing. They still remain closed for vehicles.
At 9.30am on May 16, police officers illegally entered the Venezuelan embassy in the Georgetown neighbourhood of Washington DC and arrested four activists lawfully living in the building since April 10, as guests of the legitimate Venezuelan government of Nicol谩s Maduro.
Self-declared Venezuelan Interim President Juan Guaido has ordered the setting up of a meeting with the United States Armed Forces to discuss cooperation in his efforts to oust President Nicolas Maduro, writes Paul Dobson.
The recognition by some states of the self-proclaimed government of Juan Guaid贸 in Venezuela has generated an unprecedented political and legal controversy.
Forget about the right-wing opposition and its self-proclaimed 鈥渋nterim president鈥 Juan Guaid贸 鈥 the fate of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro will be decided by the political movement forged under his predecessor, writes Federico Fuentes.
Given the media barrage surrounding Venezuela鈥檚 鈥渉umanitarian crisis鈥, recent tensions on the Venezuela-Colombia border, and talks of 鈥渕ilitary options鈥 and coup attempts, it was hard to know what to expect on returning to the country for the first time in five years, writes Federico Fuentes.
One month after declaring himself the 鈥渓egitimate president of Venezuela鈥, Juan Guaid贸 attempted to provoke a crisis on February 23 by forcing United States' humanitarian aid across the Venezuela-Colombia border. Here Elisa Trunzo asked Jose Curiel for his account of what happened at the border that day.
Below is a 聽February 4 letter signed by 39 members of the European Parliament. It comes from three different political groups in the European Parliament and condemns EU support for the attempted coup in Venezuela.
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Letter in defence of a political dialogue in Venezuela, guaranteeing that Latin America and the Caribbean remains a zone of peace.
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