1 year agoMiranda: Demonstrators return at Redoma of San Antonio de los Altos
Leopoldo López: I think it is a matter of weeks before the cessation of the usurpation. 2May
Leopoldo López: The coalition in favor of freedom in Venezuela is the largest of recent times, and the concrete goal in which we all agree is free elections in Venezuela. We do not want to impose a de facto government. What is to be achieved is a free choice.
[email protected] "For 3 weeks I had meetings in my house with commanders and generals".
Leopoldo López: I thank the government of @sanchezcastejon and the Spaniards who have been very supportive of Venezuela
Leopoldo López: At the dawn of April 30th I received a pardon from the President @jguaido.
Spain warns that it will not deliver Leopoldo López
1 year ago@CarlosHolmesTru: On instructions from the President @IvanDuque and on behalf of Colombia, tomorrow I will make strong proposals at the meeting of the Lima Group.
Venezuela calls on US to protect its embassy in Washington, says foreign minister
OAS urges extraregional powers to refrain from supporting Maduro
1 year agoCaracas: Citizens return to take the streets of Altamira this Thursday.
Three protesters arested outside the embassy of Venezuela during a confrontation as Code Pink protesters attempted to throw food and supplies onto a landing outside an embassy door. Two of the detained are Code Pink folks, one from the Venezuelan pro-opposition group. DC
1 year agoCaracas Court issues arrest warrant against @leopoldolopez who is in the residence of the Ambassador of Spain in Caracas.
1 year agoVenezuela Supreme Court in exile requested the international community to apply the R2P and stop the genocide in Venezuela through an international military coalition on a peace mission.
Code Pink is holding a press conference at noon about their inability to transport food and medicine into the Venezuela embassy in DC where 50ish protesters have been living. They say pro-opposition protesters are blocking the enterances and exits, while police stand back.
US official: meeting next week between US and Russian foreign ministers in Finland to discuss the Venezuelan crisis
Trump condemns brutal crackdown against the Venezuelan people: It must end
OAS Meeting. US Representative: We are aware of Russia's intentions of increasing its presence in Venezuela's security systems
1 year agoAt NationalDayOfPrayer event, @POTUS begins by sending prayers to the people of Venezuela, adding "it must end soon.and we are there to help."
Russia's FM says phone call with US Secretary of State Pompeo about Venezuela had elements of the surreal
Meeting of The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) begins, to discus presence of Cuba and Russia in Venezuela
Russia will create a group of countries to counter military intervention in Venezuela, it is already being formed in the UN - Lavrov
Caracas: 14-year-old Yoifre Jesus Hernández Vásquez has succumbed of his wounds in the Ávila clinic after being shot in Altamira during the protest on 1st May
Confirmed death of a second injured in Altamira: Identified as Yoifre Jesús Hernández Vasquez
1 year agoMaduro marched this Thursday at dawn with the FANB in Fort Tiuna
Maduro stars a military march that aims to reach the Ministry of Defense from Fort Tiuna
AFP: More than 60 thousand Venezuelans have entered Brazil so far in 2019.
1 year agoMaduro: Yes we are in the battle. Maximum moral in this battle to disarm any traitor, any couper.
1 year agoMaduro appears on the national TV at 6 am this 2May together with Vladimir Padrino López and Remigio Ceballos at Fort Tiuna. "The FANB has to show itself before the united, cohesive people," he says from the courtyard of the Military Academy.
Turkish Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu on developments in Venezuela: We are against violence, military intervention. Problems can be solved through dialogue and cooperation
[email protected] from Fort Tiuna: Before the world and before our people our FANB has to give a historical lesson at this time.
Julio Borges asked Germany to lead the final action of Europe against Maduro
1 year agoRally at embassy of Venezuela in DC
1 year agoTáchira, San Cristobal: Moments in which the National Guard launches tear gas bombs in the Church Fatima of Barrio Sucre
Tense situation in El Cafetal de Caracas sector. Officials of the FAES demolished entrance of Guarico Alcabalas from avenue Principal of Las Mercedes
1 year agoJurubith Rausseo Garcia Betzabeth, 27, was shot in the skull with firearm, and was transferred to Clinica el Avila. She died tonight at 8PM
1 year agoNight protest in San Antonio de Los Altos
[email protected]: I am continuing to monitor the situation in Venezuela very closely. The United States stands with the People of Venezuela and their Freedom.
1 year agoChrystia Freeland:Canada commends the courage of Venezuelans demonstrating their desire for a return to democracy. It is time for the Maduro government to step aside and allow for a peaceful end to this crisis.
1 year agoJuan Guaidó: 397 demonstrations throughout Venezuela, 97 rally points, 23 of them brutally repressed, 32 detainees and 25 wounded. We are facing a government that lost control. The more we are on the streets, the closer we are
1 year agoOfficials leaving the vicinity of the Miraflores Palace, during a speech of Maduro. Video courtesy: @DiarioTalCual
U.S. Acting Sec. Def.: Not surprising that China, Russia, Cuba, and Iran recognize Nicolás Maduro as his is an issue of freedom vs. tyranny. Echoing @POTUS, we're considering all options in support of the Venezuelan people.
Acting SecDef Shanahan: A free and stable Venezuela is a U.S. national security priority. Juan Guaidó is the legitimate leader of Venezuela, officially recognized by 54 countries around the world. It is not surprising that China, Russia, Cuba, and Iran recognize Maduro.
1 year agoNational Guard attacks demonstrators protesting in the San Antonio de los Altos, throws tear gas bombs
1 year agoGuaidó-appointed ambassador Carlos Vecchio has arrived on the steps of the Venezuela embassy here in DC to a booming rendition of the Venezuelan national anthem by the dozens of pro-opposition demonstrators gathered here.
1 year agoVenezuelan Red Cross takes a wounded man to the Chacao Health Center. There are already 41 people attended at the health center on the afternoon of this 1May.
Maduro: Today Pompeo saying that I was on the plane to leave and the Russians pushed me out. Let me tell you that you were deceived.
Maduro: Could it be that the road to dialogue has ended? Is it that we are going to a civil war to see who has more weapons? That is what the opposition and imperialism want.
Maduro: "My hand won't shake when Justice orders to put behind the bars the authors of this coup d'etat."
Maduro: "I think there was a lot of nerve in the US yesterday, I was reading as in the White House itself was Donald Trump's advisor, John Bolton, coordinating the actions of the coup, calling the government of Colombia, of Chile and Argentina "
1 year agoReport of heavy crackdown and arbitrary detentions in several points of Maracay, Aragua. In San Jacinto there would have been 5 arrests Photos @Borolaki
1 year agoProtesters burn building of the Mayorship of Iribarren in Lara. Allegedly there were pro-Maduro militiamen inside the property
1 year agoApure: Several wounded and arrested during crackdown reported on the march held in San Fernando
1 year agoMoment in which the journalist @GregJaimes was injured in demonstration in Altamira (via @hugormarin)
1 year agoJournalist @GregJaimes was wounded in the face and in the hand.
1 year agoPNB(National Police) seriously wounded the journalist @GregJaimes, was attacked at point-blank range
1 year agoCrackdown against the demonstrators in Altamira intensifies. At least three journalists wounded
1 year agoContinued clashes between National Guard and anti-Maduro protesters in Altamira, Caracas.
1 year agoRussian Air Force Il-76 RA-78840 flying south via Italy
1 year agoPortuguesa: today 1May again on the street demonstrating the absolute conviction of change and support to achieve the cessation of the usurpation
National Guard troopers violently detaining protesters at Altamira
1 year agoGuaidó supporters demand US authorities let them seize the embassy while @codepink activists stand inside holding signs that read "NO COUP"
1 year ago27 injured in Chacao after the police crackdown against demonstrators asking for Maduro departure. Information from the mayor Gustavo Duque
1 year agoWater cannon deployed to Altamira interchange, to disperse the protesters.
1 year agoJudge of the Venezuela Supreme Court Marisela Godoy withdrew from the full room because that the decision "to be adopted today by this high body is unknown. And in the same situation are the judges who also have no knowledge of their content "
1 year ago[email protected] from the Santa Fe interchange: Yesterday was not a coup, but a civic rebellion
SOUTHCOM is monitoring the situation in Venezuela and remains prepared to support all options when requested by senior leadership. We are working with partners in the region, and are in full support of the diplomatic effort for a peaceful, democratic transition of power in Venezuela.
1 year agoAnother protester injured in clashes at Altamira
Strong bursts of gunfire at La Carlota, paramedics attend to a wounded man.
1 year agoUS Ambassador to the OAS: @USAmbOAS: There are thousands of Cuban officials in Venezuela and Russian officials. President Maduro was willing to go to Havana and the Russians demanded that he stay in Venezuela.
U.S. has done 'exhaustive planning' on Venezuela scenarios: Shanahan
[email protected]: Our camera assistant Rubén Brito, was shot in the arm while covering the demonstration in the Altamira Interchange in the area of La Carlota. National Guard troops shot at members of the press
1 year agoCaracas: Protesters withdraw after prolonged bursts from La Carlota
1 year agoNational Guard (GNB), wounds the photographer JhonFQ with pellet shots in the Altamira Interchange of the Francisco Fajardo Caracas highway.
Diosdado Cabello: "Vladimir Padrino López is an integral patriot, they would like to have in their ranks someone like him"
1 year agoTrucks brought APCs to Bolivar center
Elliott Abrams, US special representative for Venezuela on Padrino López, Maikel Moreno and Hernández Dala: "They talked, talked and talked and when the time came for the action they were not willing to do it".
1 year agoStrong repression in Washington Square in El Paraiso by the GNB. People stayed in the street despite the tear gas and pellets
1 year agoTáchira: The march in San Cristóbal on Carabobo Avenue
1 year ago
1 year agoVargas: Protesters are gathered in El Cónsul square in Maiquetía reiterating the right to peaceful protest. A police contingent is located on Soublette Avenue
1 year agoActing president @jguaido "we will insist until we achieve our objectives, the cessation of usurpation, transitional government and free elections"
Acting President @jguaido at the Unicentro El Marqués: Of course we talk to the military. But we are all going to talk to them. Starting tomorrow all with a blue band.
1 year agoNational Guard shoots tear gas from La Carlota air base. A group of citizens remains in the vicinity of the Altamira Interchange while other protesters remain in Plaza Francia de Altamira
1 year ago[email protected] from the Unicentro El Marqués: "The call is to you, the Venezuelans, the process of freedom has already begun, the government did not imagine that we would do it"
1 year agoCaracas: In the Chiquinquirá church,the pastor Luis Antonio, received with a blessing the people who come from different parishes of the Libertador and Chacao municipalities this 1May on the occasion of Operation Libertad
1 year agoA lot of people in Av Paseo Caroní, Puerto Ordaz / Guayana
President Juan Guaidó arrived at the rally in La California.
1 year agoLara: Citizens gathered on Venezuela Avenue to walk to the 13th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, of the National Guard
1 year agoIn Coche, citizens on the streets supporting Operation Freedom.
1 year agoValera citizens go out on the street
1 year agoGuárico: After talking with leaders of Frente Amplio, the police force allows a truck with the sound that will lead the opposition march in San Juan
1 year agoAt the area of the La Carlota Air Base, National Guard troops crackdown on the protesters who demand the exit of Maduro
1 year agoThe four marches that came from different points of the northern Anzoategui area came at 12:00m in interchange of Fabricio Ojeda de Lechería
Lavrov to Pompeo: "any your aggressive moves towards Venezuela will bring serious consequences"
1 year agoVenezuela: Statements by the first lady of the Nueva Esparta state, Leynys Malavé de Díaz, on behalf of the island woman this Day of the Worker.
1 year agoDemonstrators throw stones and Molotov cocktails towards La Carlota, National Guard responds with tear gas and shots from the positions placed at the perimeter of the air base
1 year agoOfficials of the National Guard deployed in El Paraíso against protesters who supports @jguaido
Clashes intensify between the ELN and the EPL in the Catatumbo region in Norte de Santander
1 year agoCitizens of Merida begin to gather on the Las Américas Avenue in Mérida following the call of @jguaido
1 year agoCitizen of San Antonio begin to gather on Redoma for the second consecutive day, report the presence of National Guard troops
1 year ago10:40 am Caracas: A contingent of the National Guard leaves the road of El Calvario and climbs up Baralt Avenue to guard the highway
1 year agoStarts rally of Venezuelans in Argentina in support of the acting president @jguaido. Photo @carlosi_suarez
1 year agoRally in San Felipe Yaracuy
1 year agoZulianos march on La Limpia Avenue.
1 year agoArmored vehicles of the National Guard remain behind the Bicentennial of Plaza Venezuela
1 year agoAdjacencies to National Electoral Council in Táchira guarded by National Police
1 year agoStart of march from El Tijerazo, avenue Bolivar 10:45 am Valencia
1 year agoVenezuelan National police fire tear gas at demonstrators in Santa Monica
1 year agoAdm. Faller at HASC on Venezuelan crisis: "The misery of the people of Venezuela came about as a result of the illegitimate dictator's actions and the inept way he has run the country."
Dunford-"The situation is a little bit unclear today from our perspective between Maduro and Guaido, Gauido being the legitimate member of the government, we're doing what we can to collect intelligence to make sure we have good visibility on what's happening down in Venezuela"
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dunford: "We're obviously watching the situation very closely in Venezuela, the President has made it clear that all options are on the table, to date most of our options have been diplomatic and economic."
1 year agoSOUTHCOM's Adm. Faller at HASC on with message for the Venezuelan military and security forces: "The brutal dictatorship of Maduro has led to this man-made crisis. Cuba and Russia have invaded your country and disgraced your sovereignty. You have a chance to do the right thing."
1 year agoSOUTHCOM's Adm. Faller at HASC on Venezuela crisis: "Every security challenge and threat in our hemisphere is compounded by the crisis in Venezuela."
1 year agoDigital Globe: The battle for control of Venezuela continues. On April 30, 2019, at 10:52 am local time, we captured hundreds of protesters in Caracas, near Plaza Altamira, as they clashed in the streets with pro-government forces.
Pentagon: "@ActingSecDef Shanahan will no longer travel to Europe as he has determined remaining present in DC would allow him to more effectively coordinate with NSC and the State Department in Venezuela and to continue coordination with DHS for support along the Southwest border"
Metro de Caracas provides commercial service in all its stations
Russia says US statements about Venezuela are "part of information war"
US Secretary of State for Fox News: Military intervention in Venezuela is possible if necessary but we prefer peaceful transition
1 year agoSenator @marcorubio: Maduro says he is investigating who was behind the military uprising today. He will not have to look very far. 4 of them were sitting with him at the conference table when he said that.
