Venezuela's largest refinery out of service after power blackout, sources say. Feb 9 (Reuters) - Venezuela's largest refinery, the 645,000-barrel-per-day Amuay, was taken out of service on Monday following a power blackout, four sources close to the facility's operations said
1 week agoOvernight, U.S. military forces conducted a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding on the Aquila II without incident in the INDOPACOM area of responsibility. The Aquila II was operating in defiance of President Trump's established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean. The Department of War tracked and hunted this vessel from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says Juan Pablo Guanipa, a former governor and one of her closest allies, was kidnapped hours after being released from prison
Jesús Armas was released from prison a few minutes ago.
1 week agoThe release of Naomi Arnaudez, lawyer and leader of Voluntad Popular, has been confirmed.
1 week agoAfter months marked by absence and uncertainty, Luis Somaza is free again. Nearly a year of unjust imprisonment failed to break his conviction or his commitment to the country he always defended.
Just days before the one-month anniversary of National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez's announcement of mass releases of political prisoners in Venezuela, protests demanding their release are intensifying.
2 week agoSOUTHCOM: On Feb. 5, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Two narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed.
US authorities confirm that Alex Saab was arrested in a joint operation between the Venezuelan regime and the Trump administration
Petro proposes to Trump that Colombia and Venezuela work together to defeat drug traffickers
2 week agoHundreds of students march, demanding the release of political prisoners, in what is the largest protest the country has witnessed in months
Venezuela's first shipment of liquefied petroleum gas is headed to the US: it is expected to arrive in Providence, Rhode Island.
2 week agoDominican Republic and Venezuela resume consular relations
2 week agoU.S. Envoy to Venezuela: I just arrived in Venezuela. My team and I are ready to work
Delcy Rodriguez has announced a general amnesty for all political prisoners in the country
US Ambassador Laura Dogu, newly appointed as head of mission to Venezuela, will be in Caracas tomorrow Saturday, @CNN has learnt.
.@POTUS says he just spoke with @delcyrodriguezv, announces Americans will be able to visit Venezuela, and Venezuelan airspace will be open to US planes
Venezuela's military and police have pledged their loyalty to Delcy Rodriguez. Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino presented the interim President with a ceremonial baton as 3,000 troops filed past. - AFP
Interim President Delcy Rodríguez announced the unfreezing of Venezuelan assets in the United States after holding a dialogue with President @realDonaldTrump
3 week agoMaría Corina, after meeting with Marco Rubio: "It's not what Delcy says, but what she does. Let's evaluate based on the facts. Things are happening that were unthinkable in Venezuela before January 3rd."
3 week agoRubio on Venezuela: You can have elections all day, but if the opposition has no access to the media, if the opposition candidates are unable to be on the ballot, those are not free and fair elections. We want free, fair, prosperous, and friendly Venezuela. We are not going to get there in three weeks. This is going to take some time
Marco Rubio before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: "They are releasing political prisoners. They are releasing them at a slower pace than I would like. But they are releasing them."
Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners confirms 22 releases during the night of January 27 at Rodeo I
In prepared remarks to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration is ready to use military force if Venezuela’s acting President, Delcy Rodríguez, does not cooperate with US demands. He said Venezuela has agreed to open its oil sector to US companies and use oil revenue to buy American goods.
Trump: "We're gonna get a lot of money from Venezuela . We had a very strong moment with Venezuela a couple weeks ago”
The State Department notified the U.S. Congress that it will deploy diplomatic personnel to Caracas.
3 week agoColombian President Petro: They have to return him (Maduro) and have a Venezuelan court judge him, not a U.S. court. Why? Because Latin American civilization is different from Anglo-Saxon European civilization
The families of two Trinidadian men killed in a U.S. military strike on a boat off the coast of Venezuela are suing the U.S., the first legal challenge to the Trump administration’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling boats coming from Latin America
The CIA is quietly working to establish a permanent US presence on the ground in Venezuela - CNN
The examples of Venezuela and Iran require the defense ministries of Russia and China to constantly analyze the security situation, said Russian Defense Minister Belousov during talks with Chinese Defense Minister Admiral Dong Jun.
