The president of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, asked this Tuesday Mercosur, a bloc completed by Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, “raise your voice” to condemn the disqualification of Venezuelan opposition member María Corina Machado. “A healthy democracy will not emerge from Venezuela”, if to “a candidate with enormous potential is disqualified for political rather than legal […]
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FAO launches plan to help 175,000 Venezuelans through food production
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) published on Monday a humanitarian response plan for Venezuelawith which it seeks to help 175,000 people through small-scale food production and the intake of “healthy diets” in schools. To comply with this roadmap, 12.75 million dollars are required, an amount that FAO hopes to capture […]
Lotteries resurface in Venezuela with attractive prizes in dollars
William Goitía moves between the cars waving a fan of lottery tickets that he sells to drivers in Caracas. The jackpot: half a million dollars. At least three large lotuses have re-emerged in Venezuela in the last year and a half, driven by an informal dollarization that the government allowed as an escape valve in […]
US explores refugee program for non-Mexican asylum seekers in Mexico
US and Mexican officials are discussing a new refugee program from USA for some non-Mexican asylum seekers waiting in Mexicoas part of the president’s attempts Joe Biden to open up more legal avenues for migration, four sources said. The program would probably be open to Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan refugees in Mexico, the sources […]
Nicolás Maduro congratulated the Communist Party of China on its 102-year anniversary
The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Madurocongratulated this Saturday the Government of China and its citizens on the 102nd anniversary of the founding of the ruler communist party. “Congratulations to the Chinese people and government as they celebrate another year of the founding of the Communist Party, we are convinced that under your leadership, the heroic […]
Maduro’s side loses appeal over control of Venezuelan gold in England
The London Court of Appeal has rejected this Friday an appeal by the board of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) appointed by Nicolás Maduro against a ruling of July 29, 2022 that granted the other board appointed by the opposition authority over gold deposited in the Bank of England. The three judges have dismissed […]
Maduro sends a “hug of solidarity and support” to Putin after the Wagner group rebellion
The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Madurosent this Saturday a “hug of solidarity and support” to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putinafter the armed rebellion that lasted some 24 hours against the Ministry of Defense of that country, led by the group Wagner. “I want to send (…) all our embrace of solidarity and support to the […]
Venezuela aims to export palm oil: begins to plant 50,000 seeds
Venezuela began planting 50,000 oil palm seeds from Indonesiaas part of a cooperation plan that aims at a future export of this product from the Caribbean country, reported this Friday the president of the state-owned Industrias Diana, Félix Romero. “We are starting the sowing of the 50,000 ‘DAMI MAS’ seeds (…) we are also sowing […]
Peru only surpasses Argentina and Venezuela in economic performance
Peru’s economic performance is better only when compared to Argentina and Venezuela at the regional level, according to the recent World Competitiveness Rankingprepared by the Centrum PUCP and the Institute of Management Development (IMD) of Switzerland. The decline in this indicator is significant, considering that we went from position 40 to 53 in one year. […]
With Soteldo as starter and goal in the end, Venezuela beats Guatemala in friendly
Venezuela and Guatemala faced each other this Sunday, in a friendly disputed in the United States. With Santos Soteldo in the starting line-up, the Venezuelans won 1-0. The goal of the game was scored by Yangel Herrera, in the 35th minute of the second half. The match started disputed, with yellow cards for both sides. […]