U.S. Vice President Mike Pence plans to have his first meeting with Venezuela’s Juan Guaido in Colombia on Monday, Pence aides said, in a signal of support for the opposition leader after a weekend of…
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Trump Courts 2020 Latino Vote in Miami With Venezuela Remarks
President Donald Trump will demand that Nicolas Maduro leave power during a speech in Miami directed at two audiences: the generals keeping Venezuela’s authoritarian leader in office, and the tens of thousands of Venezuelan expatriates…
Venezuela denies EU lawmakers entry given ‘conspiratorial motives’
Venezuela denied a group of European Parliament deputies entry into the country on Sunday, arguing they had “conspiratorial motives” for flying to Caracas in the throes of a political crisis. The European Parliament last month…
US planes carrying aid for Venezuela land in Colombia
Opposition leader Juan Guaido calls for aid distribution, but President Maduro has refused its entry to Venezuela. US military transport planes carrying humanitarian aid intended for Venezuelans have landed in the Colombian border city of Cucuta. The food…
Losing grip on power, Venezuela’s Maduro leans on Cuban security forces, senior US officials say
A top U.S. admiral told senators that Havana “owns the security around Maduro.” The U.S. and dozens of other nations have recognized Juan Guaido, president of the country’s National Assembly, as Venezuela’s interim president, saying…
Maduro’s demise in Venezuela would drag Cuba into an economic crisis, experts say
For years, the opposition had struggled to challenge Maduro. But now, Juan Guaidó, the National Assembly leader, appears to have woken up the population in just a couple of months If Maduro falls, I don’t…