Tag: Venezuela

Opponents to Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro confront loyalist Bolivarian National Guard troops firing tear gas at them.

CNN, BBC pulled off the air by Maduro’s regime

Zach Halaschak · April 30, 2019 9:28 pm

Opponents to Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro confront loyalist Bolivarian National Guard troops firing tear gas at them.

Venezuelans against Maduro hindered by 2012 gun ban

Claude Thompson · April 30, 2019 9:07 pm

President Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion on the economy and tax reform in Burnsville, Minn., Monday, April 15, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s leadership was lacking on Tuesday

Tom Rogan · April 30, 2019 8:39 pm

National security adviser John Bolton speaks about Venezuela outside the West Wing of the White House, Tuesday, April 30, 2019, in Washington.

Bolton continues to suggest US could intervene militarily in Venezuela amid coup attempt

Emily Ward · April 30, 2019 6:47 pm

Venezuela's opposition leader and self proclaimed president Juan Guaido, center, greets the crowd during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 27, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s Twitter war, and why the odds are against Juan Guaidó on Tuesday

Tom Rogan · April 30, 2019 4:43 pm

Venezuela's opposition leader and self proclaimed president Juan GuaidÃ³ talks to an Army officer outside La Carlota air base in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 30, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

In Venezuela, a win for Guaidó would be a win for Trump

Erin Dunne · April 30, 2019 4:31 pm

An opponent to Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro returns a tear gas canister to soldiers who launched it at a small group of civilians and rebel troops gathered outside La Carlota air base in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. Venezuelan opposition leader Juan GuaidÃ³ took to the streets with activist Leopoldo Lopez and a small contingent of heavily armed troops early Tuesday in a bold and risky call for the military to rise up and oust socialist leader Nicolas Maduro.

Gunfire in the Venezuelan streets may signal opposition victory

Zach Halaschak · April 30, 2019 2:18 pm

From left to right, front line, Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela's socialist party boss and president of the National Constituent Assembly speaks to first lady Cilia Flores, as Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks to Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez and on the right corner Admiral Remigio Ceballos, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Strategic Operational Command during the tenth anniversary celebration of the Bolivarian militia in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 13, 2019.

Pompeo: Maduro loyalists looking for ‘golden ticket’ out of regime

Joel Gehrke · April 29, 2019 3:51 pm

A sales woman introduces human identification technology from state-owned surveillance equipment manufacturer Hikvision.

China able to grab ‘entire digital identity’ of Western citizens, State Department says

Joel Gehrke · April 26, 2019 10:09 pm

Elliot Abrams, the U.S. special adviser for Venezuela, speaks to reporters at the US embassy in Lisbon, Tuesday, April 9, 2019.

US invites Maduro’s followers to run for office

Joel Gehrke · April 25, 2019 8:28 pm

An oil tanker is filled at the Jose Antonio Anzoategui Petroleum Complex in the Anzoategui State in Venezuela, August 24, 2004.

Energy and Environment

Trump’s sanctions could knock out Venezuela oil production indefinitely

John Siciliano · April 24, 2019 9:03 pm

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro shows his ballot after casting a vote for a constitutional assembly in Venezuela on Sunday. The Trump administration imposed sanctions on Maduro on Monday following what it called a "sham" election of a new, powerful legislative assembly. (Miraflores Press Office via AP)

US diplomat: ‘Very, very possible’ half of Venezuela’s population flees Maduro regime

Joel Gehrke · April 23, 2019 11:30 am