Chile's minister in charge of Venezuela, Roberto Araos, confirms that the two Chilean journalists are in Miraflores and that "they are not detained, but that they are being interviewed." There is still no timetable for their release
Venezuela President Maduro says next presidential elections will be in 2025, but supports parliament elections (where he has no majority)
Venezuela's Maduro says 'ready to negotiate' with opposition
A mural in Catia in tribute to murdered in the last protests was painted
US sanctions are one of National Security Advisor John Bolton's "craziest" decisions, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro says in an interview to Russia's news agency RIA
Venezuela's Supreme Court has imposed a travel ban on opposition leader Juan Guaidó. The ruling comes amid an escalating crisis in Venezuela, which has seen the opposition leader in a power struggle with President Maduro.
Four hours after the arrest of reporters Rodrigo Pérez and Gonzalo Barahona, from Chile. Yriarte and Ana Rodríguez de Venezuela, representing Sntp and the Chilean embassy, they are in Miraflores asking that they be released.
2 month agoAnother video allegedly showing armoured vehicles in Cucuta Colombia tonight
2 month agoMinutes ago Maduro made a statement through their social networks. "People of the United States, I ask for your support to reject the interference of Donald Trump that intends to make My Homeland a Vietnam in Latin America
2 month agoThis is the military movement in La Parada, north of Santander, Colombia. The tanks go in the direction of the Simón Bolívar International Bridge, which links Colombia and Venezuela through Táchira. Video courtesy of Deputy Franklyn Duarte.
2 month agoMovement of military tanks in the vicinity of "La Parada" in Cucuta
5:40 pm New earthquake registered in Valencia, Sandiego and Naguanagua.
2 month agoDeputy José Guerra on Russian aircraft in Maiquetía: They intend to smuggle 20 tons of gold from Venezuela
2 month agoMiraflores palace reactivated its heliport
Supreme Tribunal of Justice gathering judges at 4pm to consider the case of Guaidó
MP @JoseAGuerra "We get information from officials of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV): an airplane arrived from Moscow, in which they intend to extract at least 20 tons of gold, and we demand from the BCV details of what is happening. That gold is not of Calixto Ortega, it is of the Venezuelan people"
2 month agoMPs of the National Assembly unanimously approved the Draft Agreement in rejection of the assassinations and arbitrary arrests of peaceful demonstrators by the state security agencies.
2 month agoGovernment of Venezuela A319 0001 FAV0001 On the move again from El Libertador Air Base
2 month agoResidents of Maracaibo state Zulia, went to the streets to protest the crisis in public services. "This is too much, it's depraved," a protester said, rejecting the lack of water and electricity in the entity
2 month agoMaduro took part in military exercise - running together with soldiers
2 month agoMP Delsa Solórzano at National Assembly Session: We request a criminal investigation against Rafael Bastardo Mendoza, head of Faes(Special operation forces of Venezuelan police) and Alfredo Pérez Ampueda, director of the PN, for repression in protests
2 month agoMaduro: Yesterday Mr. John Bolton came with a folder saying that he would send 5,000 troops to Colombia. Is that the childish way to run a foreign policy from the White House?
Russia's Lukoil, one of PdVSA's main suppliers of oil products, froze its contract with Venezuela today. Moscow Corp. not prepared to risk ban from U.S. financial system for Maduro.
2 month agoMaduro: I announce the formation of more than 50,000 popular defense units in all the neighborhoods, towns, cities and hamlets of the country.
2 month agoNeighbors and passers-by from the vicinity of the Firefighters ULA managed to capture the criminal who shot the vehicle and was handed over to Cicpc officials who arrived at the scene. Merida
2 month agoPresident @NicolasMaduro thanks the Bolivarian Armed Forces for their commitment to the constitution and their defense of peace on the streets.
Colombia National Government recognizes Humberto Calderón Berti, designated as diplomatic representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Colombia.
2 month agoFAV0001 - after a low circuit around Valencia, landed at El Libertador Air Base, SW of Caracas. Venezuela
Bolton: We denounce the illegitimate former Venezuelan Attorney General's threats against President Juan Guaido. Let me reiterate - there will be serious consequences for those who attempt to subvert democracy and harm Guaido.
2 month agoGovernment of Venezuela A319 0001 FAV0001 - out from Caracas, Venezuela
2 month agoUSAF/Sierra Nevada Corp DHC-8-202 N991HA 645 AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS GROUP tracking near SaintVincet island, 130 miles away from territorial waters of Venezuela
2 month agoMaduro's warning to Donald Trump in SPANGLISH: "Do not get involved with Venezuela, Donald Trump, hands off Venezuela.
The @StateDept raised the Travel Advisory Level for Venezuela to Level 4 – "Do Not Travel" -due to crime, civil unrest, poor health infrastructure, and arbitrary arrest and detention of U.S. citizens.
U.S advises citizens not to travel to Venezuela
2 month agoThe ordinary session of @AsambleaVE opens on Tuesday 29 January
"The influence of the military on that decision, the Venezuelan military on that decision is probably a key to what direction we might go in" per DNI Coats re future of Maduro government
2 month ago[email protected]: I do not dismiss a threat of jail. There is nothing new under the sun, a regime that does not give answers to the Venezuelan, the only response is persecution and we see how almost 40 Venezuelans have been killed in less than a week.
Tarek William Saab asks the pro-Maduro Supreme Tribunal of Justice to order Juan Guaidó (@jguaido): 1) ban on leaving the country 2) impossibility to tax and dispose of property 3) blocking of bank accounts.
Attorney General asks the Supreme Tribunal of Justice to issue precautionary measures against Juan Guaidó
2 month agoZulia: Residents of the parish cacique Mara shutdown the highway 1 in the city of Maracaibo for having two months without water and assure that the electric cuts are getting more and more continuous
Guaidó: "To those who are now in the seat of the Venezuela Supreme Court, you do not have to sacrifice yourself with the usurper"
2 month agoRussian FM Sergey Lavrov says about the situation in Venezuela that the USA tried an "illegal government change".
Jorge Valero, representative of Maduro at the UN: The US prepares a "military invasion" in Venezuela
DNI Coats: We expect Russia and China to exploit the situation in Venezuela to control the oil sector there
Acting SecDef: "I haven't discussed" sending 5,000 troops to Colombia with John Bolton, refuses to comment further
2 month agoGovernor of Puerto Rico: I just had a telephone call with the acting president Venezuela @jguaido. I reiterated the solidarity of Puerto Rico in the struggle of the Venezuelan people for democracy, justice and peace
Maduro will take legal action against the US for sanctions against PDVSA
2 month ago[email protected] gives control of Venezuela assets in US banks to Guaido; removing them from Maduro's reach
2 month ago"5000 troops to Colombia": US's Bolton's notes. Map behind the Bolton shows countries who supports Venezuela
Kremlin: We warn of the very negative effects of any military intervention in Venezuela
Lavrov: Washington and its allies are trying through sanctions to confiscate Venezuelan funds
Russia's foreign minister says it will take all necessary steps to support Venezuela leader Maduro
Russian Foreign Ministry: The US sanctions against Venezuela are illegal
Russia accuses the United States of violating international law on Venezuela
2 month agoOne Russian paper: Moscow should grant Maduro asylum: "He's used to palm trees, so the cold Moscow winter isn't ideal. But it's better than a warm prison cell in Caracas." Another paper blames falling incomes in Russia on Moscow bankrolling "regimes" like Maduro.
2 month agoSpanish Air Force A310 AME4518 departed Madrid Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez will visit Mexico and DominicanRepublic with Venezuelan crisis in focus
Colombia denies speculation about military intervention in Venezuela
"My son is a political prisoner, he is a political prisoner", shouted disconsolately one of the mothers of the 43 detainees in the detention center Alayón, in Maracay, Aragua state, for the mobilization on 23 January
Uruguayan ex-president José Mujica in favor of "total elections" in Venezuela under UN umbrella
National Security Advisor @AmbJohnBolton believes that militaries in middle and lower levels are looking for ways to support @jguaido in Venezuela
2 month agoTwo dead children and four people missing after sinking ship in Bolívar
Bolton at White House: "The United States will hold Venezuelan security forces responsible for the safety of all U.S. diplomatic personnel, the National Assembly and President Guaidó."
[email protected] has spoken to Venezuela's @jguaido, says he's confident US diplomats are safe
US Treasury Secretary: We are sure that our friends in the Middle East will compensate for any shortage of oil because of our actions against Venezuela
Trump administration says will block $7B in assets of Venezuela's state-run oil company. Sanctions aimed at increasing pressure on Nicolas Maduro to step down from office.
US Treasury says the sanctions on PDVSA can be eased by the "expeditious transfer of control" of the Venezuelan state-owned oil company to Interim President Guaido or a subsequent, democratically elected government.
USA urges the Venezuelan military to accept the peaceful transfer of power to Juan Guaidó
Treasury Department says that PDVSA's subsidiary in the US, Citgo, will continue to operate under conditions
The White House warns that "all options" are on the table in relation to Venezuela
US announces sanctions against Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA
Juan Guaidó announces that it assumes control of Venezuela's assets abroad
Not Confirmed - The US will maybe place sanctions against Venezuela's state oil companies in the "White House" Press briefing today, and place charges against Chinese technology company Huawei.
2 month agoTreasury Department announces economic sanctions on Venezuela.
Trump admin is planning to announce — as soon as this afternoon — new, significant actions to seize Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's wealth and ultimately divert it to his opposition, according to two sources familiar with the planning.
