Venezuela

Iran is exporting thousands of tons of gasoline to Venezuela by ignoring US sanctions.The country is protecting the entire oil export activities through its own defense system. Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported that at least...

Venezuelan Cardinal Baltazar Porras led Easter Mass on Sunday from an empty church, offering a sermon that was broadcast over Instagram to hundreds of people quarantined in their homes because of the coronavirus pandemic. Standing before...

A shipment managed by UNICEF of approximately 90 tons of vital supplies arrived in Caracas. The shipment includes Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits for health workers on the frontline in the battle against COVID-19. The shipment...

Hundreds of Venezuelans who fled to neighboring Colombia during their country’s economic crisis are now returning home, pushed by the deadly novel coronavirus and Colombia’s own pandemic woes. Colombian migration officials said Sunday that 600 people...

Russian oil giant Rosneft announced on Saturday it is halting its activities in Venezuela and selling its assets there, a country that has been hit by US trade sanctions. “Rosneft announces the termination of its operations...

Venezuela’s first communications satellite, launched in 2008, is out of service due to a systems failure, the country’s government said on Wednesday. “Due to a failure, the Simon Bolivar satellite is no longer working for communication,”...

UNICEF appealed for more than US$70 million to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance to 900,000 children across Venezuela through the end of the year. New funding in the coming weeks is essential for UNICEF and its partners...

Venezuela has released 22 hostages including the emblematic cases of judge Maria Afiuni and journalist Braulio Jatar, a senior U.N. official said on Friday, and an opposition lawmaker called for more releases. Twenty students were also...

The number of Venezuelans leaving their country has reached four million, IOM, the International Organization for Migration, and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today. Worldwide, only Syrian refugees, at 5.6 million, surpass Venezuelans as the...

Canada announced Sunday it was temporarily shutting its embassy in Venezuela, blaming President Nicolas Maduro for refusing to accredit diplomats critical of his regime. At the same time, Ottawa is reviewing the status of Maduro envoys...