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.
January 29, 2019 Venezuela high court prevents opposition leader Guaido from leaving country Venezuela's Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to a prosecutor's request to prevent opposition leader Juan Guaido from leaving the country while the Socialist government conducts a criminal probe into his activities.
January 29, 2019 Venezuela chief prosecutor tries to block opposition leader Juan Guaido from leaving country Venezuela’s chief prosecutor is seeking a court order to ban opposition leader Juan Guaido from leaving the South American nation, launching a criminal probe into his anti-government activities.
January 29, 2019 40 people killed, some 850 detained in Venezuela amid ongoing anti-government protests, the UN says The reignited anti-government demonstrations in Venezuela have led to the deaths of more than 40 people and the detention of some 850 people, including at least 77 minors, the United Nations’ human rights office said Tuesday.
January 28, 2019 John Bolton's written note on 'troops to Colombia' raises eyebrows National Security Adviser John Bolton may have inadvertently revealed a potential next move by the Trump administration in the Venezuela crisis Monday when photographers captured a note on a legal pad that read: "5,000 troops to Colombia."
January 28, 2019 US announces sweeping sanctions against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, state-owned oil company The White House on Monday announced billions of dollars in new sanctions against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the country's state-owned oil monopoly PDVSA, less than a week after President Trump formally recognized Juan Guaido as Venezuela's legitimate leader.
January 28, 2019 Mark Penn: Could the US end up like Venezuela? It might if we don't learn these three critical lessons Several decades ago I worked with two of Venezuela’s presidents, helping them understand the aspirations of their people through polls. The country enjoyed universal voting, a free press, and oftentimes a million people would turn out for a political rally.
January 28, 2019 Venezuelan opposition leader calls for more protests as Maduro remains defiant to mounting pressure Juan Guaido, opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim head of state, ordered more protests in “every corner of Venezuela” and around the world as President Nicolas Maduro defiant against intensifying pressure against his administration.
January 27, 2019 Venezuela allows US diplomats to stay, defusing showdown, as crisis continues Venezuela defused one aspect of its ongoing political crisis by suspending a demand that U.S. diplomats leave the country.