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Caracas, Venezuela | Xinhua | Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Saturday that U.S. hegemony in Latin America, the Caribbean and the rest of the world is in decline. “The U.S. empire is in historical decline and no longer has anything to offer for the good of the people of Latin America and …

  Nairobi, Kenya  | THE STAR KENYA |  Venezuelan Jose Camargo is the one who decided who the President of Kenya would be,  lawyer Julie Soweto has told the Supreme Court. Soweto on Friday demonstrated to the court how the staging of results was happening in the IEBC portal. “You are …

Caracas, Venezuela | Xinhua | Venezuela confirmed a decision by the United States to ease oil sanctions, calling for a total lifting of the U.S. sanctions on the South American country. “The Bolivarian Government of Venezuela has verified and confirmed the news … that the United States of America has …

How GMO seeds and Monsanto are driving US policy in Venezuela | Whitney Webb | As the political crisis in Venezuela has unfolded, much has been said about the Trump administration’s clear interest in the privatisation and exploitation of Venezuela’s oil reserves, the largest in the world, by American oil …

Caracas, Venezuela | AFP | Venezuela’s auditor general’s office announced Thursday it has stripped opposition leader and speaker of congress Juan Guaido of the right to hold public office for 15 years. The move, announced by Auditor General Elvis Amoroso on state television, marked another effort by President Nicolas Maduro’s regime …

Paris, France | AFP | Massive electricity blackouts, like the one which ground much of Venezuela to a halt on Friday, have struck several times around the world since the beginning of the 21st century. – Latin America – Venezuela previously experienced a power outage on September 3, 2013, which …

Caracas, Venezuela | AFP | Sanctions have worsened Venezuela’s crippling economic and political crisis, the UN human rights chief said Wednesday, as Washington warned it may expand measures targeting President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government. UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said sanctions had exacerbated the crisis but also slammed Maduro’s “violations of civil and political rights” …

Caracas, Venezuela | AFP | Juan Guaido proudly calls himself a “survivor,” and he proved just that in defying the threat of arrest to make a triumphant return to Venezuela on Monday. Since stunning the world on January 23 when issuing a direct challenge to Nicolas Maduro’s authority by declaring himself acting president, Guaido has …

Caracas, Venezuela | AFP | Opposition chief Juan Guaido stunned the world on January 23 when he declared himself acting president of Venezuela, plunging the crisis-hit country into new turmoil. Some 50 countries have since recognized him as leader while others continue to back President Nicolas Maduro. Here is a recap …

Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump warned Venezuela on Wednesday that “all options” are on the table and demanded that far left leader, Nicolas Maduro, unblock US aid shipments to the country. Again stressing that he had not ruled out military options, Trump said he was “sad” about the “turmoil” in the …