CARACAS—Venezuelan prosecutors on Monday said they had charged opposition politician Freddy Guevara with terrorism and treason, among other allegations, after the country’s intelligence service arrested him from his car on a Caracas highway. Guevara is a close ally of opposition leader Juan Guaido, who is recognized as the South American country’s legitimate president by the […]
Top officials in the Trump administration on April 30 said they backed Venezuela’s interim President Juan Guaidó’s “final phase” plan to oust illegitimate dictator Nicolás Maduro. Guaidó’s plan to bring freedom to the country took on new life as he gathered on the streets with a small contingent of heavily armed troops and called for Venezuelans and the military […]
Venezuelan interim president Juan Guaidó cleared customs and returned to his country on March 4, in defiance of the threat of arrest by the regime of illegitimate socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro. “Already in our beloved land! Venezuela, we have just passed migration and we will mobilize where our people are!” Guaidó wrote in Spanish on […]
Hundreds of pensioners lined up outside banks and even blocked main roads in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas on Sep. 1 to demand monthly benefits in this South American country suffering from hyperinflation. The retirees and others living on pensions arrived at banks in the early hours on Sep. 1 carrying umbrellas and small chairs […]
CARACAS—At one of Caracas’ biggest public hospitals, most bathrooms are closed. Patients fill jugs from a tiny tap on the ground floor that sometimes has a trickle of water. Operations are postponed or canceled. The Central Venezuelan University hospital, once a Latin American leader, is reeling as taps run dry. “I have gone to the […]
CARACAS—Only 3.7 million people had voted by 5.30 p.m. in Venezuela’s controversial Constitutional Assembly election on Sunday, according to internal electoral council data reviewed by Reuters, casting doubt on the 8.1 million people authorities said had voted that day. The election of the legislative super-body has been decried by critics as illegitimate and designed to […]
CARACAS—State workers in Venezuela are receiving frequent phone calls, pressure from bosses and threats of dismissal to ensure they vote in favor of President Nicolas Maduro’s controversial new congress on Sunday. The unpopular leftist Maduro is pushing ahead with the election to create a powerful new legislature despite four months of deadly anti-government protests in […]
Venezuelans planned to march peacefully through the capital, Caracas, on May 26. Dubbed the “March of the Liberators,” the procession intended to honor fallen demonstrators. At least 55 people have been killed protesting the rule of President Nicolás Maduro. For seven weeks the city streets have been battlegrounds. This day was no different. Police met […]
Protesters in Venezuela were met with tanks. Police also threw tear gas and shot water. Months of anti-government protests have filled Venezuela’s streets with death, violence, and looting. Venezuelans are protesting President Nicolas Maduro. He is seeking to alter the constitution in order to fortify his power and eliminate opposition. Venezuelans have suffered economically and […]
Once again police fought protesters on the streets of Caracas, Venezuela. This is the latest in a long string of violent confrontations. Police and anti-government demonstrators have clashed almost daily since March. So at least 37 people have been killed. Many Venezuelans reject President Nicolás Maduro. He has taken over Congress, but was forced to […]
