February 1, 2019 Venezuela’s opposition leader courts Maduro’s international allies after ‘clandestine meetings’ with military Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido has reportedly crossed the line in the sand and reached out to disputed President Nicolas Maduro’s staunchest supporters – Russia and China – to convince them to switch sides.
January 31, 2019 David Webb: The catastrophe in Venezuela Venezuela is a tragedy under the socialist dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro aided by Cuba and other players including Iran, China, and Russia.
January 31, 2019 Venezuela's Lady Macbeth? Maduro's 'puppet master' wife is a lawyer, TV star, style icon - and linked to drug trafficking Some call her Lady Macbeth. Others say she’s the most powerful person – not just woman – in Venezuela. She’s a lawyer, political leader, television star and style icon in her Chanel suits emblazoned with the country’s flag. Meet Venezuela’s First Lady Cilia Flores, 62, the wife of embattled dictator Nicolas Maduro.
January 31, 2019 Venezuelan opposition held ‘clandestine meetings’ with military in effort to oust Maduro Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido revealed he has held “clandestine meetings” with military officials in his attempt to win support against disputed President Nicolas Maduro.
January 31, 2019 Venezuela's Maduro is feeling the heat both inside and outside his country. Here's the big question now For a socialist strongman, Maduro is looking very weak indeed. Here is why he may not stand much longer.
January 30, 2019 Pompeo confident of Trump-Kim summit in February, tells ӣƵ he's helping lay groundwork Secretary of State Mike Pompeo revealed he's started laying the groundwork for a second top-level summit between the United States and North Korea, telling ӣƵ on Wednesday night that “we’ll have a summit” by the end of February.
January 30, 2019 Why Russia, China are fighting US push against Venezuela's Maduro The United States continues to squeeze and isolate the Venezuelan regime led by Nicolas Maduro with even more sanctions and prominent support for opposition leader Juan Guaido. But more than a week after protests erupted through the streets of the embattled nation, Maduro remains steadfast – with the hand of Russia and China working in and out of the shadows, complicating US efforts for change.
January 30, 2019 Liberal Dems fret over ‘US backed coup’ in Venezuela against socialist dictator Maduro Several liberal Democrats are speaking out against the Trump administration's stance against Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro -- even describing the support for opposition leader Juan Guaido as a “US backed coup” -- despite bipartisan support elsewhere for the administration's actions.
January 30, 2019 Venezuela’s Maduro open to negotiations with opposition, accuses Trump of ordering murder Venezuela’s socialist leader Nicolas Maduro is holding firm in refusing to step down amid mounting political and international pressure, but said he is “willing to sit down” and negotiate with opposition leaders “for the sake of Venezuela’s peace and its future.”
January 30, 2019 $840M in gold bars prepared for loading onto Russian jet at Venezuelan airport: report About 20 tons of gold from Venezuela's central bank was ready to be hauled away Tuesday on a Russian airline's Boeing 777 that landed in Caracas a day earlier, a Venezuelan lawmaker wrote on Twitter.