On Wednesday evening, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro delivered the Annual Message to the Nation address. Speaking before members of the National Assembly and supporters at the Teresa Carreño Cultural Theatre Complex in Caracas, he opened the speech by stating that 2025, “must be a year marked by gatherings, meetings, speaking (to one another), dialogue, and, […]
Chile’s Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria (MIR) is sending a message to Gabriel Boric in repudiation of his position on Venezuela in the context of renewed foreign intervention surrounding the presidential inauguration of President Nicolás Maduro. Read the full text below. RESPONSE TO MR. BORIC Today, the inauguration of a new presidential term in the Bolivarian
Venezuela’s military high command has categorically rejected calls for a military coup made over social media by opposition figure and former presidential candidate, Edmundo González, from the United States. Minister of Defense Vladimir Padrino López reiterated in a televised statement that the Bolivarian National Armed Forces of Venezuela will recognize President Nicolás Maduro on January
The National Assembly of Venezuela installed the national parliament for the 2025-2026 legislative period in a session held Sunday, respecting provisions of the Constitution. A new executive board was elected by clear majority and sworn in to the executive of the body: Jorge Rodríguez as president, Pedro Infante as vice president and América Pérez as
Brazilian social movements and organizations penned a letter to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva asking the government to recognize Nicolás Maduro’s victory in Venezuela and respect its sovereignty. The letter, published December 26, states that a change in the Lula government’s stance “strengthens the bonds of friendship and cooperation that historically unite our two
Venezuelan authorities announced a $100,000 reward for the capture of far-right leader and former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia. According to an Instagram post by the Scientific, Criminal and Criminalistic Investigations Corps (CICPC), the opposition figure is wanted for the commission of multiple crimes, including: conspiracy, complicity in the use of violent acts, forging of
With Venezuela’s presidential inauguration one month away, President Nicolas Maduro says the country’s US-backed opposition is working to create the conditions to replicate the circumstances of Syria in Venezuela. “Looking at the events in Syria, we are witnessing the painful suffering of the Syrian people,” Maduro said. “Now, the outspoken fascist extremists are calling for
U.S. organizations are observing this year’s International Human Rights Day with a call to end the cruel unilateral coercive measures targeting Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Human Rights Day is celebrated annually on December 10, the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A week of actions against sanctions will demand an
Statement delivered by H.E. Mr. Yvan Gil Pinto Minister of the People’s Power for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela during the “General Debate of the 79th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations” New York, 25 September 2024
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