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1 year, 6 months ago

Opponents compete to square off against Venezuela’s powerful leader

CARACAS, Venezuela — Leaders of Venezuela’s fractured opposition are shaking voters’ hands and promising — yet again — that they will defeat President Nicolás Maduro at the ballot box. Despite the sky-high odds against them, opposition leaders say that giving up would be worse, so they’re holding an Oct. 22 primary to decide who will take on Maduro next year. …

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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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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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1 year, 11 months ago

Venezuelan opposition strips Juan Guaidó of ‘presidential’ role

LA Times

Opposition leader Juan Guaidó speaks in Caracas, Venezuela, on Sept. 16. For three years, Juan Guaidó led the Venezuelan opposition’s efforts to bring about new elections and remove President Nicolás Maduro. “We haven’t been able to come up with a unanimous decision, but we need to look for new strategies.” Daniel Varnagy, a political science professor at Simon Bolivar University …

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3 years, 5 months ago

US eases crippling Venezuela sanction, allows propane deals

Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela — The U.S. government on Monday moved to ease a crippling sanction imposed by the Trump administration on Venezuela by allowing companies to export propane to the troubled South American country, a step that could mitigate a shortage that has pushed people to cook on charcoal or wood grills. “The intimidation has never stopped us,” said Guaidó, who …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Trump signs last-minute order shielding Venezuelan migrants from deportation

LA Times

A man stands in front of signs displaying prices of products in U.S. dollars outside a grocery store in the Quinta Crespo neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela. In his final few hours in office, President Trump signed an order late Tuesday shielding tens of thousands of Venezuelan migrants from deportation, rewarding the Venezuelan exiles who have been among his most loyal …

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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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4 years ago

Venezuela vote likely to give Congress to Maduro’s party

Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s congressional election on Sunday will almost certainly give President Nicolás Maduro control over the country’s last major independent institution, but will do little to improve his image at home and abroad. Like outgoing President Donald Trump, President-elect Joe Biden has called Maduro a “dictator,” though it’s unclear what approach he’ll take toward Venezuela’s crisis. “What’s happening …

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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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4 years, 1 month ago

Opposition activist leaves embassy haven to flee Venezuela

Associated Press

MEDELLIN, Colombia — Prominent opposition activist Leopoldo López has abandoned the Spanish ambassador’s residence in Caracas and left Venezuela after years of frustrated efforts to oust the nation’s socialist president, his party said Saturday. In a statement from Popular Will, the party López founded, leaders confirmed he had left the country to continue his work from abroad in a decision …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Ex-Green Berets sentenced to 20 years for Venezuela attack

Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela — A Venezuelan court has sentenced two former U.S. special forces soldiers to 20 years in prison for their part in a blunder-filled beach attack aimed at overthrowing President Nicolás Maduro. Lawyers for the former Green Berets, Luke Denman and Airan Berry, said they were barred from the secretive jailhouse proceedings Friday night in what they consider a …

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Opponents compete to square off against Venezuela’s powerful leader

Venezuela orders arrest of exiled lawmakers fighting Maduro

Exiled Venezuela lawmakers chosen to lead anti-Maduro fight

Venezuelan opposition strips Juan Guaidó of ‘presidential’ role

US eases crippling Venezuela sanction, allows propane deals

Trump signs last-minute order shielding Venezuelan migrants from deportation

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

Venezuela vote likely to give Congress to Maduro’s party

Venezuela’s Maduro claims sweeping victory in boycotted election

Opposition activist leaves embassy haven to flee Venezuela

Ex-Green Berets sentenced to 20 years for Venezuela attack