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Maduro calls for early Parliamentary elections in Venezuela
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], Feb 3 (ANI): Embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday (local time) called for early Parliamentary elections in the country, which was earlier slated to be held in 2020.
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'Announce elections by Sunday': France issues ultimatum to Maduro
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], Feb 3 (ANI): France has issued an ultimatum to embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, stating that it would recognise opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim President if fresh Presidential elections are not announced by Sunday night.
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Guaido determined to implement democracy in Venezuela, while Maduro clings
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], Feb 2 (ANI): Self-proclaimed interim President of Venezuela Juan Guaido on Saturday said that democracy is one of the five principles that he will implement in his country to seek immediate relief to the ongoing political and humanitarian crisis in the South American nat
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Venezuelan crisis: Guaido considers accepting US military support
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 1 (ANI): Venezuelan self-declared interim President Juan Guaido has denied ruling out accepting military support from the United States amid the ongoing political crisis, stating that the Venezuelan citizens want an end President Nicolas Maduro's dictatorship wi
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3 more Journalists detained amid political crisis in Venezuela
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela] Jan 31 (ANI): Venezuelan authorities have detained three journalists and a driver of the Spanish news agency EFE, covering the ongoing country's political crisis and US-backed efforts to oust President Nicolas Maduro. The arrests come after two Chilean reporters were d
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Russia offers to mediate in Venezuelan crisis
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 31 (ANI): Russia has offered to mediate in talks between the embattled President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, and opposition leader Juan Guaido to find a way out of the political impasse gripping the South American country.
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Protests in Venezuela a 'fight for freedom', says Trump
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 31 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday spoke with Venezuela's self-declared interim President Juan Guaido to "congratulate him on his historic assumption of the presidency" and termed the fresh wave of protests in the country as a "fight for freedom". Read More
Uruguay, Mexico to convene international conference over Venezuelan crisis
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Montevideo [Uruguay], Jan 31 (ANI): Uruguay and Mexico will convene an international conference over the Venezuelan political crisis, a statement from Uruguay's Foreign Ministry confirmed.
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Maduro ready to hold talks with Opposition
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], Jan 31 (ANI): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday said he is ready to hold talks with the US-backed opposition in the presence of international mediators, while also accusing Washington of plotting his assassination.
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Ties with Russia not affected by US sanctions: Maduro
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], Jan 30 (ANI): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said that US sanctions on the state-controlled oil company PDVSA do not threaten the close ties his country shares with Russia.
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Venezuela: Military defectors ask US for weapons
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], Jan 30 (ANI): Venezuelan military defectors have called on the US administration, led by Donald Trump, to support them with weapons to help in realising "Venezuelan freedom".
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China slams US over Venezuela sanctions
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing (China), Jan 29 (ANI): China on Tuesday slammed the United States for what it termed "one-sided" sanctions on the embattled Nicolas Maduro regime in Venezuela.
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