Turkey’s Erdogan slams Venezuela sanctions, Maduro defends gold exports
CARACAS - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday criticized sanctions on Venezuela during a visit to Caracas, while President Nicolas Maduro defended the country’s right to export gold after U.S. sanctions More...
European Union extends sanctions Venezuela
BRUSSELS - The European Union extends the sanctions against Venezuela by one year. The situation in the South American country continues to deteriorate, the EU motivates the decision. Weapons and material that can More...
Trump amps up Venezuelan crackdown, sanctions gold exports with executive order
WASHINGTON - President Trump is continuing to put pressure on the government of Venezuela’s leftist President Nicolas Maduro, introducing a new round of sanctions designed to further rattle the embattled South More...
EU: For the time being no new sanctions against Venezuela
LUXEMBURG - The European Union is not taking any new sanctions against Venezuela for the time being. The foreign ministers decided this at a meeting in Luxembourg. "But there is no question of a softening of the More...
Minister of Foreign Affairs signs agreement with Venezuelan Minister suspected of torture
THE HAGUE - Minister Stef Blok (Foreign Affairs) has concluded an agreement on the abolition of a border blockade with the former Venezuelan vice president Tareck El Aissami. Blok knew that the EU would impose sanctions More...
The United States imposes sanctions on Venezuelan individuals and entities
WASHINGTON - The United States imposed sanctions on four current or former officials of the Government of Venezuela: First Lady and Former Attorney General Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro, Executive Vice President More...
Venezuela official on sanction list was let into Netherlands
THE HAGUE - The Netherlands allowed a visit of President of the Venezuela Supreme Court Maikel Moreno, who is on a European sanction list, to visit an anniversary event at the International Criminal Court in The More...
Venezuela vice-president Delcy Rodríguez banned from EU
BRUSSELS - The European Union has imposed sanctions on 11 Venezuelan officials following elections in May which the EU says were “neither free nor fair”. Among those sanctioned is newly nominated Vice-President More...
Venezuela says US sanctions hurt oil market stability
VIENNA - U.S. sanctions on Venezuela are an attack against the stability of the global oil market, Venezuelan Oil Minister Manuel Quevedo said on Thursday. Venezuela, a member of the Organization of the Petroleum More...
Iran sanctions add to Venezuela collapse, jolting oil market
While the world ponders the fate of Iran's exports, the oil market is exposed more than ever to the effects of Venezuela's spectacular production collapse. The South American nation, holder of the world's biggest More...
