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Want a place on the UN stage? Leaders of divided nations must first get past this gatekeeper
1 year, 3 months ago

Want a place on the UN stage? Leaders of divided nations must first get past this gatekeeper

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — It’s one of the United Nations’ more obscure bodies, with no space to call its own within the riverside headquarters. The workings of the Credentials Committee received little scrutiny until recently — when the Taliban and Myanmar military junta sought entry — and remains “an astonishingly opaque body,” said Richard Gowan, U.N. director for the International Crisis …

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Venezuela orders arrest of exiled lawmakers fighting Maduro
1 year, 11 months ago

Venezuela orders arrest of exiled lawmakers fighting Maduro

Associated Press  

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s socialist government has ordered the arrest of three exiled former lawmakers at the forefront of renewed efforts to unseat President Nicolas Maduro. The opposition-controlled body is widely considered Venezuela’s last democratically elected institution, and although its five-year mandate ended in late 2020, it continues to function as a symbolic shadow to Maduro’s rubber-stamping National Assembly. On …

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Exiled Venezuela lawmakers chosen to lead anti-Maduro fight
1 year, 11 months ago

Exiled Venezuela lawmakers chosen to lead anti-Maduro fight

Associated Press  

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s opposition has selected an all-female team of mostly unknown exiled former lawmakers to replace the beleaguered Juan Guaidó as the face of its faltering efforts to remove socialist President Nicolas Maduro. Last week, politicians who were elected to the National Assembly in 2015 voted to oust Guaidó from his role as “interim president,” a title he …

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U.S. looks for opportunity in demise of Guaidó, whom it recognized as ‘interim president’ of Venezuela
1 year, 11 months ago

U.S. looks for opportunity in demise of Guaidó, whom it recognized as ‘interim president’ of Venezuela

LA Times  

Juan Guaidó had the backing of the U.S. and other nations in his claim to Venezuela’s presidency, but he proved unable to unseat Nicolás Maduro. But for the last year, it has not made sense.” Guaidó, at the time a minor opposition figure who was elected head of the National Assembly, declared himself the legitimate president of Venezuela in January …

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Venezuela opposition looks to overhaul ‘interim government’
2 years ago

Venezuela opposition looks to overhaul ‘interim government’

Associated Press  

CARACAS, Venezuela — Juan Guaidó has been the face of Venezuelans’ efforts to restore their democracy since he took to the streets to challenge the rule of President Nicolás Maduro in early 2019. Geoff Ramsey, a Venezuela analyst at the Washington Office on Latin America, said the proposal to reshape the interim government reflects efforts by the opposition to adapt …

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Support for Venezuela’s opposition is dwindling at OAS
2 years, 2 months ago

Support for Venezuela’s opposition is dwindling at OAS

Associated Press  

BOGOTA, Colombia — Venezuela’s opposition suffered a rebuff Thursday as 19 members of the Organization of American States backed a proposal to remove its envoy from the regional forum for political and economic issues. More than half of the organization’s 35 members voted for the resolution and many others abstained, signaling a growing lack of support in the region for …

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Venezuelan government, opposition leaders to meet in Mexico
3 years, 4 months ago

Venezuelan government, opposition leaders to meet in Mexico

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The fragile process, however, fell apart when the …

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Official: Maduro allies win 91% of seats in Venezuela vote
4 years ago

Official: Maduro allies win 91% of seats in Venezuela vote

Associated Press  

CARACAS, Venezuela — Election officials say political allies of President Nicolás Maduro have won 91% of seats in congressional balloting that was boycotted by his adversaries as fraudulent. Venezuela’s National Elections Council, which is loyal to Maduro, said that as of Thursday, Maduro’s United Socialist Party of Venezuela had won 253 of 277 seats in the National Assembly. In a …

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Venezuela’s Maduro claims sweeping victory in boycotted election
4 years ago

Venezuela’s Maduro claims sweeping victory in boycotted election

LA Times  

A supporter of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro shouts in support at a closing campaign rally in Caracas on Thursday. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s political alliance claimed a sweeping victory Monday in congressional elections that were boycotted by the most influential opposition politicians and criticized internationally as being fraudulent. “It’s a great victory without a doubt for democracy.” Maduro’s United Socialist …

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The Latest: Venezuela’s Guaidó urges nations to decry Maduro
4 years, 3 months ago

The Latest: Venezuela’s Guaidó urges nations to decry Maduro

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The Latest from the U.N. General Assembly : 8:10 p.m. At the talks, Ghani said, “the Afghan people have a clear and urgent priority: a cease-fire.” He called on the 192 other members of the General Assembly to help achieve a “sovereign, united and democratic Afghanistan.” The Afghan president says that outcome would show “how our collective …

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British judge denies Venezuela’s Maduro access to gold in London vault
4 years, 5 months ago

British judge denies Venezuela’s Maduro access to gold in London vault

LA Times  

A British judge Thursday refused to give Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro control of nearly $2 billion in gold stashed in a Bank of England vault, ruling that it would be unlawful as Britain does not recognize him as president of the South American nation. But Britain’s central bank has refused to hand it over to Maduro’s socialist administration because London …

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