Venezuela extends border closing with Colombia, Brazil
Venezuela extended the closure of its borders with Colombia and Brazil for another 72 hours as part of a drive to fight what it calls criminals hoarding 100-bolivar banknotes.
Dec 16, 2016, 11:12 AM IST
Demonetisation: After India, it's Venezuela's turn for note ban to fight black money
Weeks after India tried its hands at the demonetisation exercise, Venezuela banned use of 100-bolivar bills, the highest denomination in the local currency, which will lose their value and be removed from circulation on Thursday by order of President Nicolas Maduro.
Dec 14, 2016, 10:44 AM IST
Venezuela closes border with Colombia
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the closure of Venezuelan border with Colombia for 72 hours till Thursday to deal with the "mafias" operating and smuggling out Venezuelan currency.
Dec 13, 2016, 10:04 AM IST
Maduro calls nephews` US conviction `imperialist attack`
The pair -- Efrain Antonio Campo Flores, 30, and Francisco Flores de Freitas, 31 -- were convicted of plotting to smuggle 800 kilos (1,760 pounds) of cocaine into the United States.
Nov 26, 2016, 03:35 AM IST
Nephews of Venezuela first lady guilty of US drug charges
Efrain Antonio Campo Flores and Francisco Flores de Freitas were arrested in Haiti in November and flown to New York by US Drug Enforcement Administration agents.
Venezuelan President urges Barack Obama to revoke executive order
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has urged his US counterpart Barack Obama to revoke an executive order that labelled his country a security threat.
Nov 14, 2016, 11:06 AM IST
Venezuela's Maduro vows 'revolution' will continue
The Venezuelan opposition needs to understand that "the revolution is going to continue", President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday while urging his political foes to remain part of the dialogue the two sides began earlier this week.
Nov 04, 2016, 10:11 AM IST
Venezuela protests against Nicolas Maduro escalate, dozens injured
Despite sitting on the world`s biggest oil reserves, Venezuela is in the throes of a punishing recession that has many poor families skipping meals amid scarce food.
Oct 27, 2016, 09:08 AM IST
Thousands protest in Venezuela demanding President Maduro's resignation
Dressed in white and waving banners and signs demanding Maduro`s resignation, they gathered at seven points across the city to march through the streets, converging in the east of the capital
Oct 27, 2016, 04:56 AM IST
Iranian president tells Venezuela essential to raise oil prices
Iran`s President Hassan Rouhani told his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro in a phone call that it was essential for oil producing countries to take a decision to raise the price of oil and stabilise the market, Iranian state news agency IRNA said.
Oct 04, 2016, 00:46 AM IST
Peru brings up Venezuela crisis at UN, Venezuela swipes back
Peru`s president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday he is concerned about what he called the critical economic situation in Venezuela, citing shortfalls of food and medicine, while Venezuela accused him of meddling.
Sep 21, 2016, 09:07 AM IST
Non-Aligned summit opens in crisis-torn Venezuela
The Non-Aligned Movement opens a summit Saturday in Venezuela, seeking relevance in a post-Cold War world as the crisis-torn host country seeks to lessen its growing isolation.
Sep 17, 2016, 11:57 AM IST
`Biggest demo in decades` pressures Venezuela President
Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed to have mobilized a million demonstrators Thursday in the biggest rally in decades, vowing weekly mass protests to demand a referendum on ousting him from power.
Sep 02, 2016, 08:13 AM IST
Venezuela`s Maduro vows crackdown on protest violence
Maduro accused the United States of plotting against leftist governments in Latin America.
Venezuela braces for answer on Maduro recall
Venezuelan electoral authorities are due to meet Monday to rule on the opposition`s bid for a referendum on removing President Nicolas Maduro from power amid an economic implosion.
Aug 01, 2016, 07:55 AM IST
Thousands of Venezuelans stream over border to Colombia
Tens of thousands of Venezuelans streamed across bridges into Colombia over the weekend after Venezuela briefly lifted a year-old border closure to allow people to buy food and medicine.
Jul 12, 2016, 11:46 AM IST
Venezuela's Maduro seeks to block recall vote
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's allies have asked the Supreme Court to block a bid to call a referendum on sacking him.
Jun 14, 2016, 07:19 AM IST
Maduro vows no recall referendum before next year
Venezuela's embattled President Nicolas Maduro has vowed that no referendum on ending his administration would be held until next year.
Jun 12, 2016, 06:55 AM IST
'We want food!', Venezuelans cry at protest near presidency
Despite the country having the world`s biggest oil reserves, Venezuelans are suffering severe shortages of consumer goods.
Jun 03, 2016, 02:34 AM IST
Irregularities in petition to oust Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro
Venezuelan authorities on Tuesday reported irregularities in signatures handed over by the opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) in a petition to hold a referendum to oust President Nicolas Maduro.
May 25, 2016, 12:53 PM IST