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President Nicolas Maduro speaks during an interview. | Photo: Twitter / @PresidencialVen

Maduro Confirms Meeting Between Venezuela's Arreaza and Elliott Abrams

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro revealed Thursday that his Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza met with the U.S. special envoy for Venezuela Elliott Abrams, whom the president invited to visit the South American nation.

February 15, 2019
Published in Latin America

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen says Ghana has failed to live up to its obligations under international law to accept the return of its nationals ordered removed from the United States.

United States slaps Ghana with visa Sanctions

WASHINGTON, DC. February 5, 2019 - The Department of Homeland Security in the United States, has announced the imposition of visa sanctions on Ghana as a result of the country's failure to accept Ghanaian nationals who have been deported from the U.S.

February 5, 2019
Published in Diaspora

Twitter has been known to arbitrarily delete accounts before particularly those supporting movements in Iran, Russia, or Bangladesh. | Photo: Reuters

Twitter Erupts After 2,000 Pro-Venezuelan Accounts Are Deleted

Nearly 2,000 pro-Venezuelan Twitter accounts have been removed for “engaging in a state-backed influence campaign,” the social media company said in a blog post on Thursday.

February 3, 2019
Published in Latin America

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez delivers an official statement on the government's position on the political crisis in Venezuela, in Madrid, Spain, Jan. 26, 2019. | Photo: Reuters

Trump Admin Pressured Spain Gov't to Support US-Backed Coup in Venezuela: Report

MADRID, Spain, Feb 2, 2019 - The United States has exerted considerable pressure on the left-leaning government in Spain, led by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, in order to come out against the Venezuela president Nicolas Maduro, recognize the opposition lawmaker Juan Guaido as the country “interim president,” and not to endorse or participate in any talks or dialogue between the opposition and the government, the Spanish newspaper El Pais reported Friday.

February 2, 2019
Published in World News

John Bolton said in an interview that U.S. wants to overthrow Maduro's government in Venezuela because of the country's rich oil reserve. | Photo: Reuters

John Bolton Admits US-backed Coup in Venezuela Is About Oil, Not Democracy

Smashing the claims of “protecting democracy” in Venezuela, the United States National Security Advisor John Bolton said in an interview that they are backing the illegal coup in the South American country because of oil.

February 2, 2019
Published in Latin America

PM Rowley holds press conference on return from CARICOM UN Mission on Venezuela.

TRINIDAD | TT entitled to its opinion on Venezuela says PM Rowley

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jan 31, 2019 - Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley says the TT Government is not “at war” with the United States over Venezuela. Rather, there is a difference of opinion to which his government is entitled.

January 31, 2019
Published in Politics

Why Is Venezuela a Key Geopolitical Target for The US?

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro denounced that the real objective of the United States behind imposing a new government in the South American nation is to appropriate the energy and mineral resources of this country.

January 25, 2019
Published in Latin America

Britain’s High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn

GUYANA | Britain joins US and CARICOM in reaffirming Guyana's Sovereignty

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, December 25, 2018 - Britain has joined the United States and CARICOM in reaffirming Guyana's, sovereignty following an incident on Saturday in which Venezuela’s Navy attempted to land a helicopter on the Bahamas-flagged Ramform Tethys, a seismic research vessel that ExxonMobil hired from the Norway-based Petro Geological Services to gather data from the western end of the Stabroek Block in Guyanese waters.

December 26, 2018
Published in Caribbean

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