Venezuela’s Maduro moves Christmas to October amid post-election turmoil
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has declared that Christmas will come early this year, on October 1, as he seeks to impart some holiday cheer after a disputed presidential election the opposition claims he stole.
Venezuela asks Brazil to turn over ‘deserters’ suspected of raid
Venezuela on Saturday asked Brazil to hand over five military “deserters” who are suspected of involvement in a raid on a remote military outpost in southern Venezuela last weekend, officials said. Separately Brazil’s government said in a statement it was processing asylum claims from five deserting Venezuelan soldiers it had picked up earlier in the […]
UN rights council to mull sending investigators to Venezuela
A group of Latin American and other countries on Friday brought a resolution before the UN Human Rights Council urging the body to send a team of investigators to probe rights violations in Venezuela.
REPORT: Venezuela women getting pregnant because they ‘don’t have option’
Dr Saturnina Clemente pulls up to the small clinic in the impoverished Caucaguita neighbourhood armed with one of Venezuela’s most sought-after commodities: Hormonal implants to prevent pregnancy. In a country where contraceptives are in short supply, word in the shantytown on the outskirts of Venezuela’s capital spreads quickly. The lucky get on a list run […]
At least 29 inmates killed in clashes at Venezuela jail
At least 29 prisoners were killed and 19 police wounded in clashes at a jail in western Venezuela Friday, authorities said.
Orji Uzor Kalu cuts oil deals in Venezuela
Former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu was a guest of embattled President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela on Monday.
