US President Donald Trump on Sunday said no more Venezuelan oil or money will go to Cuba and suggested the Communist-run island should strike a deal with Washington, ramping up pressure on the long-time U.S. nemesis and provoking defiant words from the island’s leadership. Venezuela is Cuba’s biggest oil supplier, but no cargoes have departed […]
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Trump snubbed as Nobel Peace Prize goes to Venezuela’s Corina Machado
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. She won “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in its citation. The committee chose to focus […]
Venezuelan opposition returning to Barbados to continue talks with government
Venezuela’s opposition said on Sunday it will return to Barbados to continue talks with the government of President Nicolas Maduro as part of efforts to resolve the South American nation’s political crisis. The two sides met in the Caribbean island last week as part of talks being mediated by Norway but returned on Thursday for […]
Maduro hangs on as Venezuelan protests could fizzle out
Venezuelans heeded opposition leader Juan Guaido’s call to take to the streets on Wednesday in a bid to force President Nicolas Maduro from power, but there was little concrete sign of change in a crisis that increasingly looks like a political stalemate. Guaido had called for the “largest march” in Venezuela’s history and said on […]
Colombia gets $31.5 million grant to aid Venezuelan migrants
A refugee fund set up by the World Bank, the United Nations and the Islamic Development Bank on Friday approved a $31.5 million grant for Colombia to aid Venezuelan migrants and refugees. The Global Concessional Financing Facility grant provides budget support to Colombia as it works to facilitate access to jobs and basic social services […]
1.1 million children affected by Venezuela crisis: UNICEF
The number of children who are affected by the Venezuelan crisis and who will need humanitarian aid this year is expected to more than double to reach 1.1 million, up from nearly 500,000, the UN children’s agency said Thursday. The figure includes children uprooted from Venezuela, those who have returned and others in host and […]