1 year agoThere'll be an orderly withdrawal of personnel this week from @usembassyve but wrong to term it an 'evacuation,' responds @StateDeputySPOX
1 year agoUS Special Representative for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams: "You will soon see a large additional number of new visas revoked, and in coming days, new and significant sanctions" - against the Maduro dictatorship
1 year agoNational protest begins called by the Acting President @jguaido. In Crystal Park citizens are already gathered
Elliot Abrams from @StateDept "All options are always on the table".
1 year agoSpecial Representative Abrams: The conditions in Caracas make it very difficult to keep the embassy staff there. The situation has deteriorated considerably in recent weeks.
1 year agoUSAF RC-135V 63-9792 SNOWY06 departed Offutt AFB for a surveillance mission off the Venezuela coast.
Colombia bans entry to its territory to cousin of @NicolasMaduro
1 year agoPress and civil society workers call for the release of @LuisCarlos
Russian VTB will leave ownership of bank linked Venezuelan state fund: sources
1 year ago@MigracionCol barred relatives of Maduro officials who wanted to enter Colombia fleeing energy crisis in Venezuela
1 year agoActing President Juan Guaidó, (@jguaido): "The plan of the regime was unveiled with this process of persecution"
1 year ago[email protected], prosecutor appointed by the Maduro’s ANC: There were a series of subsequent messages, where not only Guaidó is involved but other spokespersons.
1 year agoKalitta Charters II 737 N331CK from Miami heading Venezuela to withdraw all staff from Caracas embassy
Tarek William Saab - Prosecutor designated by the Constituent- announces investigation against @jguaido for "electrical sabotage"
1 year agoWife of Luis Carlos Díaz: "One of the SEBIN officials told me not to make noise, that I am subject of apprehension"
UN technical mission sent by @mbachelet to Venezuela is in the National Assembly
#LuisCarlos @Naky on @TVVnoticias: When he was arrested he was told that I was in the military Hospital, he was beaten with a helmet on his head and told that they were going to bring a corpse to our house.
Maduro calls an urgent press conference at 11 am in Miraflores, same hour of the protest to demand freedom for Luis Carlos at the Prosecutor's office
Venezuelan Foreign Ministry: U.S. diplomats have 72 hours to leave the country
1 year agoNew electric explosion occurred the night of this 11Mar in Baruta
1 year agoOfficial Statement on the decision of the Bolivarian Government of Venezuela to end the talks with the US for the establishment of interest offices. The US diplomatic staff must leave Venezuelan territory in the next 72 hours
Lavrov on Pompeo statement about Rosneft and Sechin: it does not comply with international law
1 year ago110 hours into the nationwide power outage Venezuela remains largely offline; nationwide connectivity currently at 40% severely limiting the flow of information and access to basic services #SinLuz
1 year agoNaky Soto, wife of Luis Carlos Diaz, denounces raid on his residence at dawn of this 12Mar and summons at 11:00 a.m. to the Prosecutor's Office, in Parque Carabobo, to demand the freedom of Luis
The Sebin Commission raided the residence of Luis Carlos Diaz. They took computers, pen drives, cell phones, money, among others. Diaz was allowed to be in the raid in handcuffs.He recounted in those minutes that he was beaten during his detention at 5:30 pm
1 year agoSubjects snatched the cell phone from journalist @LuzMelyReyes when she broadcasts live by Periscope the presence of Sebin outside the residence of @LuisCarlos and @Naky.
Searches at Luis Carlos residence
Táchira: About 400 kidney patients are at risk for not being able to receive dialysis since last Wednesday
At this time in SEBIN Plaza Venezuela, they do not confirm that journalist @LuisCarlos Díaz has been arrested there. Still missing from 6:30 PM
1 year agoPompeo announces US pulling out all diplomats from Venezuela
The journalist @LuisCarlos has been disappeared for 6 hours, after being harassed and threatened by the Maduro regime.
Lara: Inhabitants of the Gil Fortoul urbanization confirm a serious injury by firearm. They denounce that members of the FAES shot him at point-blank range earlier. The repression ceased at 8:00 pm 11mar
1 year agoTwo injured and six homes affected after explosion of gas pipeline in Barcelona
Declaration of the Revolutionary Government: Cuba condemns terrorist sabotage against Venezuela's electricity system
1 year agoMaduro after 100 hours of the blackout in Venezuela summons the Chavez paramilitary groups to stay in the streets of the country: "The hour of active resistance has arrived"
1 year agoDiosdado Cabello recommends to opponents "not to get sick these days": "It is very dangerous and not because of us, the attempts we have made to lift the electrical system have suffered attacks"
Maduro announces suspension of work and school activities for 48 hours.
1 year agoMaduro after 100 hours of the massive blackout in Venezuela: "Donald Trump is the main responsible for the electric attack against the people of Venezuela"
1 year agoMaduro after 100 hours of the blackout in Venezuela blames the opposition and the United States for the massive blackout in the country: "There is enough evidence in social networks"
1 year agoIn Chacao, the mayor's office is distributing water with cisterns
1 year ago9:15 PM More than 100 hours without light are observed in Palo Verde and Lomas del Ávila.
1 year ago9:00 pm A protest is on the Av Sucre in the Libertador municipality of Caracas, at the area of the Agua Salud metro station. Neighbors of the area block the road with barricades and burn objects as a sign of protest for lack of water supply in the sector.
Bolívar 6:50 pm: Sectors Andrés Eloy Blanco, Carlos Andrés Pérez, Virgen del Valle, Libertador Avenue of Ciudad Bolívar are left without electricity
During today confirmed three more deaths due to blackout. 2 in the Hospital Uyapar (Bolívar) and 1 in the Central Hospital of Maracay (Aragua). With them would add 24 Venezuelans who lost their lives
Lorenzo Rondón, former mayor of Pariaguan and coordinator of Primero Justicia in the Municipo Miranda of Anzoátegui State was arrested
Lara: report that Special operation forces of Venezuelan police has just arrived at the Gil Fortoul district in Barquisimeto to disperse the protesters
1 year agoArrival of cistern to La Charneca turned violent when National Police crackdown on neighbors who demanded water. Some officials used firearms to shoot at those who were in the upper part of the neighborhood and threw stones at the picket
The European Parliament will debate on Tuesday the deepening of the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.
[email protected]: Barquisimeto: The National Guard threw a tear gas inside my house a few minutes ago. My urbanization is brutally repressed by the state security forces for the second consecutive day
1 year agoCrackdown on the demonstrators who are protesting the national blackout, in the Gil Fortoul district of Barquisimeto. Tear gas deployed
1 year agoNational Police threatens to "distribute tear gas bombs" to protesters, who at this time keep the Francisco Fajardo highway closed at San Agustín, in demand for water
1 year agoCommandant of CEOFANB AJ @CeballosIchaso with its EMC, in full cooperation with CORPOELEC, execute permanent monitoring actions of the National Electric System, to guarantee the total restoration of the service in the country.
John Bolton:The Venezuelan National Assembly has decreed the suspension of crude exports to Cuba following the collapse of the national electrical grid. Insurance companies and flag carriers that facilitate these give-away shipments to Cuba are on notice.
Minister Jorge Rodríguez announces the suspension of school and work activities for tomorrow in whole Venezuela
[email protected] says Russia's state owned oil company still buying oil from Venezuela's @PDVSA
Vargas: electric service restored in sectors of Carayaca, Catia La Mar and Urimare, after having 30 hours without electricity. At this moment La Guaira, Macuto, Carabaleda and Naiguatá remain without power
1 year agoOil company @PDVSA is now an ATM for the @NicolasMaduro government, Russia "oligarchs and kleptocrats," says @SecPompeo.
1 year agoRussia responsible for creating crisis in Venezuela, says @SecPompeo.
1 year agoZulia: Looting in the Distribution Center of Monaca in Maracaibo
U.S. @SecPompeo criticizes role of #Cuba, #Russia in #Venezuela's political crisis
Secretary Pompeo @SecPompeo talks about situation regarding Venezuela includes Cuba in the balance sheet and how the Cuban government operates in Venezuela. Situation also of lack of light, water and other services.
1 year ago"Cuba is the true imperialist power in Venezuela," @SecPompeo tells reporters.
Venezuelan National Assembly @AsambleaVE unanimously approves decree of national emergency after mega blackout in Venezuela
The airline Iberia reports the cancellation of its Madrid-Caracas flight, which was scheduled for tomorrow, due to the power failures in the country.
Juan Andrés Mejía: The most widespread problem at this time is drinking water, which for example in Caracas depends exclusively on pumping
1 year agoBarquisimeto: Citizens desperate for lack of water bathed in a stream at the bridge las Damas between Barquisimeto and Cabudare.
1 year agoAnarchy in Maracaibo: crowd looting cars. Video Courtesy @TeodoroPinto1
1 year agoA plane Cessna 206, initials YV-1801, crashed at noon on Monday in the GranSabana municipality of Bolívar state. In the aircraft, belonging to Aerotransporte La Montaña, there were 3 colonels and a sergeant major of 3rd assigned to the Bolivar ZODI
1 year agoDuring these clashes in Maturin between protestors and the GNB. A protestor can be seen shooting a handgun into the air. The final shot he fires hits a member of the GNB, who can be seen falling to the ground
1 year agoLara: protesters closed the av. Florencio Jiménez, west of Barquisimeto. Burning tires
1 year agoCaracas: On av. Sucre de Catia, a few blocks from the Miraflores Palace, citizens lined up to several cisterns with water
1 year agoLooting multiplied in the city of Maracaibo 11Mar.
1 year agoReport of a fire at the Corpoelec substation in Cabudare.
Report a gas pipeline explosion at the entrance of Barcelona in front of the Sigo supermarket in Ciudad Real residences, leaving two injured and six homes affected.
The journalist of @VPITV in Zulia, @mariacquintero, was threatened with a firearm by the Faes. She was going to do a live broadcast about an irregular situation in stores
1 year agoVenezuelans protest in front of the UN headquarters in Bogota.
1 year agoSituation tense in Maturin: Protest report in Tipuro after more than 100 hours without light in Monagas
1 year ago#Lara National Guard comes to prevent the inhabitants of the Urb. Gil Fortoul protest in the Avenida Libertador de Barquisimeto
1 year agoMaduro supporter tried to intimidate Luis Gonzalo Pérez reporter from @NTN24ve while covering concentration due to water shortage in Caracas. "I'm not an opponent, I'm a reporter."
1 year agoThe FAES guarding tanker trucks in Barquisimeto, Lara state
Acting President @jguaido announces a national protest on Tuesday, March 12 at 3:00 p.m. throughout the country, in the face of the humanitarian crisis aggravated by the blackout and lack of water.
1 year ago[email protected]: They stole a hundred billion dollars, they owe it to everyone, we have requested no more oil shipments to Cuba. Gentlemen of the FANB, you know, the interference of Cuba in intelligence and counterintelligence, we will not continue to finance them.
Guaidó: Oil won't be sent to Cuba anymore
1 year agoCitizens collecting polluted water from Rio Guaire in Caracas
1 year agoJuan Guaidó: Fulfilling my constitutional powers as Acting President, I have sent the National Assembly @AsambleaVE the request to declare a state of emergency in Venezuela
US sanctions bank based in Russia cause of business with Venezuela - U.S. Treasury
1 year agoBurnt substation Humbolt in Baruta, Caracas after explosion this morning
Merida today: 86 hours without electricity, since Thursday, the city is incommunicado, there have been three looting, there is no electricity, there is no water, there is no Internet
No metro service today in Caracas, although electric power was restored in many districts of Venezuela capital
1 year agoExplosion of electric transformer in Ciudadela, Terrazas del Club Hípico, southeast of Caracas left without electricity
1 year agoCaracas: Transformers exploded at Terrazas del Club Hípico. Baruta sectors without light after the event. Firefighters in place
1 year agoThe teams Zulia FC and Caracas FC in solidarity with the electrical crisis suffered by Venezuela, decided not to play the game this Sunday, March 10, once the initial whistle sounded
1 year agoExplosion of the La Ciudadela substation in Prados del Este / Concres this dawn in Caracas
