Maduro announces arrest of Colombian paramilitary leader
Mar 24, 2019, at 06:42 pm
Caracas, Mar 24 (Xinhua/UNI) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced Saturday the arrest of a "powerful Colombian paramilitary leader" in the Venezuelan state of Carabobo.
Trump discusses Venezuela, security cooperation with Caribbean leaders: White House
Mar 23, 2019, at 10:09 am
Washington, Mar 23 (Sputnik/UNI) US President Donald Trump met with leaders of countries in the Caribbean to discuss the political crisis in Venezuela and security cooperation, White House spokesperson Hogan Gidley said in a press release.
US state department says Maduro to face consequences for arresting opposition figures
Mar 22, 2019, at 08:07 am
Washington, Mar 22 (Sputnik) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government will face consequences if it continues arresting members of the opposition including staff of self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido, a US State Department spokesperson told Sputnik.
Venezuela: ‘A worrying destabilizing factor in the region’, Bachelet tells Human Rights Council
Mar 21, 2019, at 11:37 am
New York, Mar 21 (IBNS): Expressing deep concern at the “magnitude and gravity of the human rights impact” of Venezuela’s current crisis, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Wednesday that the country had become “a worrying destabilizing factor in the region.”
Russian, Iranian foreign ministers discuss Venezuela in phone talks
Mar 19, 2019, at 04:46 pm
Moscow, Mar 19 (Sputnik/IBNS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif have addressed the situation in Venezuela in phone talks at the initiative of Tehran, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
Trump vetoes bill blocking his border emergency declaration
Mar 16, 2019, at 09:43 am
Washington, Mar 16 (Xinhua/UNI): US President Donald Trump Friday vetoed a bill blocking his declaration of a national emergency at the southern border, the first such move in his presidency.
Venezuela investigates Guaido for electrical sabotage
Mar 13, 2019, at 09:58 am
Caracas (Xinhua/UNI): Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido is under investigation for sabotage following a massive blackout, Attorney General Tarek William Saab said on Tuesday.
Maduro says one of Venezuelan energy facilities suffered cyber attack on Saturday
Mar 10, 2019, at 08:33 am
Caracas, Mar 10 (Sputnik/UNI): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that a cyber attack was carried out against one of the country's energy facilities on Saturday, which did not allow the authorities to restore the electricity supply interrupted earlier in the week.
UN rights team heading to Venezuela may pave way for official mission led by Bachelet
Mar 09, 2019, at 09:01 am
New York, Mar 9 (IBNS): A United Nations human rights team is to begin an official visit to Venezuela on Monday at the invitation of the Government, potentially paving the way for an official mission to Caracas by the UN’s top rights official, Michelle Bachelet.
US to revoke more visas of Venezuelan government Officials - Abrams
Mar 06, 2019, at 08:56 am
Washington, Mar 6 (Sputnik/UNI): The United States is planning to revoke more visas of Venezuelan government officials soon, US Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams said during a press conference.
Venezuela starts legal fight for property held abroad: Vice President
Mar 03, 2019, at 10:02 am
Mexico City, Mar 2 (Sputnik/UNI): Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said that her country had taken the first steps to launch legal proceedings to protect its property and assets abroad, following US sanctions against Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA and United Kingdom's move to block Venezuelan government’s access to gold reserves held in London.
Venezuela must guarantee judicial impartiality - UN human rights expert
Mar 02, 2019, at 12:15 pm
New York, Mar 2 (IBNS): As political tensions continue to escalate in Venezuela, a United Nations independent human rights expert has called on the Government to “take all necessary measures to guarantee judicial independence,” following concerns that some pressure may have been placed on the country’s justice system “to act against the political opposition”.
'Protracted crisis' in Venezuela leads to ‘alarming escalation of tensions': UN political chief
Feb 27, 2019, at 04:32 pm
New York, Feb 27 (IBNS): The “protracted crisis” in Venezuela has led to an “alarming escalation of tensions”, Rosemary DiCarlo, the UN’s political and peacebuilding chief, told the UN Security Council on Tuesday.
Feb 25, 2019, at 10:03 am
New York, Feb 25 (IBNS): As tensions escalated on Saturday at various points along Venezuela’s borders with Colombia and Brazil, as well as within the country itself, resulting in the death and injury of various civilians, the United Nations chief, António Guterres, and the head of the UN human rights office (OHCHR), Michelle Bachelet, expressed their shock and appealed for calm.
Venezuelan refugees now number 3.4 million; humanitarian implications massive, UN warns
Feb 23, 2019, at 09:33 am
New York, Feb 23 (IBNS): As the number of refugees and migrants from Venezuela continues to rise – hitting the 3.4 million mark this month – United Nations agencies sounded the alarm on Friday over the humanitarian needs these women, children and men face, and the strain this represents for communities hosting them.
Venezuela crisis: Maduro to close border with Brazil to block aid
Feb 22, 2019, at 10:17 am
Caracas, Feb 22 (UNI) Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has announced that he will close the border with Brazil as as a row over foreign humanitarian aid continues.
UN ready to rise above political fray and help Venezuelans based ‘on need, and need alone’
Feb 09, 2019, at 09:41 am
New York, Feb 9 (IBNS): The situation for ordinary Venezuelans is increasingly critical but the United Nations remains committed to providing humanitarian support, based on “need, and need alone”, said a senior aid official on Friday.
Independent UN rights expert calls for compassion, not sanctions on Venezuela
Feb 01, 2019, at 08:48 am
New York, Feb 1 (IBNS): The crisis in Venezuela will not be solved by sanctions that “can lead to starvation”, a UN-appointed rights expert said on Thursday. Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy, who reports to the Human Rights Council, issued the warning against the background of widespread suffering in the South American country, linked to spiralling economic woes and deep political uncertainty.
Jan 26, 2019, at 09:15 am
New York, Jan 26 (IBNS): UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet warned on Friday that the situation in Venezuela could “rapidly spiral out of control”, amid ongoing deadly violence and uncertainty linked to Wednesday’s declaration by Juan Guaidó that he had become the country’s interim president.
UN agencies launch emergency plan for millions of Venezuelan refugees and migrants
Dec 15, 2018, at 09:13 am
New York, Dec 15 (IBNS): A new plan to cover the urgent needs of millions of Venezuelan refugees and migrants, coordinated by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), was launchedin Geneva on Friday.
Venezuela prisons ‘beyond monstrous’, UN warns, highlighting plight of Colombian detainees
Oct 10, 2018, at 09:36 am
New York, Oct 10 (IBNS): Conditions in Venezuela’s prisons are “beyond monstrous”, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday, before calling for an independent and transparent investigation into the death of a leading political opponent of the Government.
Sep 27, 2018, at 02:12 pm
New York, Sept 27 (IBNS): The people of Venezuela are being harassed and attacked in the economic, political, diplomatic spheres, and facing “permanent aggression by the media” at the hands of the United States, President Nicolás Maduro told the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday.
Nicolas Maduro expresses desire to meet Donald Trump
Sep 27, 2018, at 01:38 pm
Caracas, Sept 27 (IBNS): Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro has expressed his desire to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump.
Greater support needed for refugees and migrants from Venezuela – UN
Aug 24, 2018, at 08:47 am
New York, Aug 24 (IBNS): As hundreds of Venezuelans continue to pour into neighbouring countries due to social and political upheaval at home, the heads of the United Nations refugee and migration agencies called for greater international support to meet the most basic needs of the displaced.
Venezuelan exodus to Ecuador reaches record levels: UN refugee agency steps up aid
Aug 11, 2018, at 08:24 am
New York, Aug 11 (IBNS): One of the largest population movements in Latin American history is under way from Venezuela, according to the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, which on Friday confirmed that it is increasing assistance to neighbouring Ecuador, where more and more Venezuelans are arriving each week.
Aug 08, 2018, at 08:17 am
New York, Aug 8 (IBNS): Some 117,000 Venezuelans have claimed asylum already this year — more than for the whole of 2017 — the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday, after welcoming a decision by the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court to reverse the closure of the country’s border with its northern neighbour.
Jun 23, 2018, at 08:03 am
New York, June 23 (IBNS): In Venezuela, “credible, shocking accounts of extrajudicial killings” and impunity for perpetrators, indicate that the rule of law “is virtually absent”, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Friday, in a call for an international inquiry into the alleged violations.
Colombia: UN food relief agency seeks urgent funds to help 350,000 Venezuelan migrants
Apr 28, 2018, at 12:49 pm
New York, Apr 28 (IBNS): The United Nations emergency food relief agency has issued an urgent appeal for nearly $46 million to feed some 350,000 impoverished migrants who crossed the border from Venezuela into Colombia, as well as host communities with pre-existing vulnerabilities.
UN migration agency rolls out regional response to ongoing Venezuelans exodus
Apr 11, 2018, at 02:31 pm
New York, Apr 11 (IBNS): The United Nations migration agency on Tuesday launched a regional action plan to bolster its response to massive population outflows from Venezuela, amid the worsening political and socio-economic situation in the South American country.
Nearly 800 Venezuelans arriving in Brazil each day, many seeking asylum, UN refugee agency says
Apr 07, 2018, at 12:29 pm
New York, Apr 7 (JEN): The United Nations refugee agency is scaling up its assistance to the rapidly growing number of Venezuelans arriving in Brazil, with daily arrivals averaging 800 in recent days amid the worsening political and socio-economic situation in their country.