Nicolas Maduro

Venezuela's Maduro says ready to run for second term

Caracas - Muslimchronicle

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday that he is ready to run for a second term if he is nominated by his ruling Socialist Party. "I am a humble worker, a humble man of the people. If the United Socialist Party of Venezuela... believes that I should be the presidential candidate... I'm at your service," Maduro, 55, told reporters beforeRead more

EU agrees to sanctions against Venezuelan officials

Brussels - Muslimchronicle

The EU agreed to add Venezuelan officials to its sanctions blacklist on Thursday, European sources said, the first time the bloc has targeted individual members of President Nicolas Maduro's embattled regime. Seven individuals have been blacklisted according to diplomats, making them subject to asset freezes and travel bans. Source: AFPRead more

Several dead in operation to arrest Venezuela pilot

Caracas - Muslimchronicle

Several people, including two police officers, were killed in an operation to capture a helicopter pilot who dropped grenades on Venezuela's Supreme Court during anti-government protests last year, the interior ministry said Monday. A ministry statement said members of a "terrorist cell" were killed in a gunbattle, and five were captured, but did not say whether the pilot, Oscar Perez, wasRead more

Four Venezuelan generals placed on US sanctions blacklist

Washington - Muslimcheonicle

The US Treasury placed four serving or retired Venezuelan generals on its sanctions blacklist Friday, raising pressure on the embattled government of President Nicolas Maduro. The Treasury Department alleged that the four were either involved in repressing protesters or tied up in major corruption schemes. Washington has already targeted Maduro himself for sanctions, and is a long-standing opponent of what itRead more

Colombia ships 50 tonnes of holiday ham

Bogota - Muslimchronicle

Colombia has shipped around 50 tonnes (55 tons) of ham to Venezuela after protests broke out over shortages of the traditional holiday staple, an official said Saturday. The first two trucks of ham arrived in Venezuela on Friday night, a source from Colombia's national tax and customs office told AFP. On Saturday, there were "two other trucks ready to go," but awaitingRead more

Almost 70 media outlets close in Venezuela

Carcas - Muslimchronicle

Venezuela saw almost 70 newspapers, TV and radio stations close in 2017 while attacks on journalists rose, the main union representing the media said Wednesday, accusing the socialist government of trying to "silence" the press. The National Union of Press Workers (SNTP) said 46 radio stations, three television channels and around 20 newspapers had been shuttered in the past year. TheRead more

Venezuela frees first of 80 opponents

Caracas - Muslimchronicle

Venezuelan authorities late Saturday began releasing some of those detained during demonstrations against President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government, a rare goodwill gesture to the opposition at the end of a politically torrid year. Delcy Rodriguez, the president of the assembly and head of its Truth Commission investigating the protests, said that Christmas was “a moment of reconciliation” as she announcedRead more

Pro-government panel in Venezuela recommends

Caracas - Muslimchronicle

A commission from Venezuela's pro-government Constituent Assembly has recommended the release of more than 80 political opponents of President Nicolas Maduro who were arrested during protests. Delcy Rodriguez, president of the assembly and head of its Truth Commission investigating the protests, said the recommendation had been forwarded to Maduro and to relevant criminal-justice offices. "We hope this will be doneRead more

Venezuela to create digital currency amid financing crisis

Caracas - AFP

Venezuela is creating a digital currency to combat a financial blockade by the United States, President Nicolas Maduro announced Sunday. The Petro will be backed by Venezuela's oil and gas reserves and its gold and diamond holdings, the president said in his weekly television program. "This is going to allow us to move toward new forms of international financingRead more

Venezuela's Maduro to seek 2nd term in 2018: vice president

Caracas - Muslimchronicle

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro — who is battling a crippling economic crisis in his oil-rich, cash-poor nation — will seek re-election next year, Vice President Tareck El Aissami said Wednesday. In 2018, "we will have, God willing, people willing, the re-election of our brother Nicolas Maduro as president of the republic," El Aissami told a meeting of the ruling UnitedRead more