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File photo Caracas: Venezuela’s former presidential opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez has left for Spain in the wake of the South American country’s contested election, Venezuelan and Spanish officials said on Saturday night after a day of rising diplomatic tensions. Gonzalez, 75, who ran against President Nicolas Maduro in July, left after “voluntarily seeking refuge in…
Venezuelan nationals protest against the results of their country’s presidential election, in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024 | Photo Credit: AP On July 28, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro returned to power after a controversial election, whose results have been disputed by the Opposition and several countries. The unpopularity of Mr. Maduro’s regime is not…
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Venezuela’s flag flutters over the Federal Legislative Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela on August 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Venezuela’s CNE electoral council, under fire after declaring a widely rejected election victory for President Nicolas Maduro, on Wednesday (August 14, 2024) described a U.N. report disputing the outcome as “rife with lies.” The CNE proclaimed…
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Post-election protests have left 24 people dead, according to rights groups. (Representational) Caracas: The ruling that Venezuela’s Supreme Court will deliver on the disputed presidential election will be “final,” the body’s president Carylsia Rodriguez said Saturday at a hearing on the July 28 vote. The court “is continuing the assessment begun on August 5, 2024,…
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Venezuelans voted on July 28 between continuity in President Nicolas Maduro or change in rival Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia amid high tension following the incumbent’s threat of a “bloodbath” if he loses. Polls suggest the vote poses the biggest threat yet to 25 years of “Chavismo,” the populist movement founded by Mr. Maduro’s predecessor and mentor,…
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The United States will ease some oil and gas sanctions against Venezuela after the South American country’s government and opposition agreed to hold elections next year. In response to those “democratic developments,” the U.S. Treasury Department “has issued General Licenses authorizing transactions involving Venezuela’s oil and gas sector and gold sector,” and is “removing the…
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