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Venezuela slams US defence attache's decision to defect as 'treason'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], Jan 27 (ANI): Venezuela on Sunday slammed its defence attache to Washington's decision to recognise opposition leader Juan Guaido as President, labelling his move as "treason".
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Venezuela's US defence attache breaks with Maduro
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 27 (ANI): In a jolt to the Nicolas Maduro-led Venezuelan government, the South American nation's military attache to the United States broke with the regime and asked other armed forces members to recognise Juan Guaidó as the legitimate interim president.
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Venezuela crisis: Pompeo urges countries to 'pick a side'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 27 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday called on countries to "pick a side" in the Venezuelan political crisis and urged them to support opposition leader Juan Guaido, while appealing for free and fair elections to be held in the South American coun
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Maduro gets 8 days to announce re-election in crisis ridden Venezuela
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], Jan 26 (ANI): The European Union on Saturday warned beleaguered President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela to call for re-elections within a span of eight days or otherwise, opposition candidate Juan Guaido, who announced himself as an Interim President on January 23, would be rec
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USA appoints Elliott Abrams to lead efforts in Venezuela
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 26 (ANI): The US, on Friday, announced that foreign policy veteran, Elliot Abrams, will be leading US efforts on Venezuela in the wake of the political crisis in the South American nation.
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Brazil: 3 dead, 200 missing after mining dam collapse
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Belo Horizonte [Brazil], Jan 26 (ANI): Three people have died while around 200 are missing after a mining dam, at an iron ore mine, collapsed here on Friday.
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Resolve issue through dialogue: India on Venezuela crisis
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 25 (ANI): Addressing the emerging political situation in Venezuela, India on Friday suggested that people of the South American nation should strive to find a political solution to resolve their differences through constructive dialogue and discussions rather than r
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US orders non-emergency govt employees to leave Venezuela
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 25 (ANI): The United States has ordered all of its non-emergency government employees to leave Venezuela, following Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's decision to sever diplomatic ties with the nation.
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Venezuela's embassy, consulates to shut down in the USA
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], Jan 25 (ANI): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced the closure of the South American nation's embassy and consulates in the US, adding that all diplomatic personnel would be returning to Venezuela on January 26.
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US requests for UNSC meeting over Venezuela 'crisis'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 25 (ANI): The United States has requested for a United Nations Security Council meeting over the "ongoing crisis" in Venezuela on Saturday, January 26.
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US ready to provide $20 million aid to Venezuela
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 25 (ANI): The United States is ready to provide more than USD 20 million in initial humanitarian assistance to Venezuela for the South American country to cope with the severe food, medicine shortages and “other dire impacts of their country’s political and economi
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NAS Shibpur commissioned as INS Kohassa
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 25 (ANI): Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lamba on Thursday commissioned the Naval Air Station (NAS) in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands' village of Shibpur as INS Kohassa.
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