Lucas Koerner (VA) Venezuela and Colombia recalled their ambassadors for consultations on Thursday after a meeting between the two nations’ foreign ministers on Wednesday failed to calm diplomatic tensions over Venezuelan border closures and Colombian smuggling activities. The move was followed by further border closures announced by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday. Colombian police […]
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Maduro Announces Further Border Closures After Colombia and Venezuela Recall Ambassadors
Venezuela and Palestine Sign New Round of Agreements
Lucas Koerner (VA) : Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro signed a series of agreements with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki during an official meeting in Miraflores on Wednesday. Maduro and al-Maliki in Miraflores Palace yesterday. (Credit: AVN) “I say to Palestine that they will forever count on all of the solidarity of the people of the […]
Venezuelan Primaries: Voter Turnout – Divisions – Questions
Lucas Koerner (VA) : Amid notably low turnout, Venezuelan opposition voters went to the polls over the weekend to choose 42 parliamentary candidates for the country’s rightwing Roundtable of Democratic Unity (MUD) coalition in the run-up to National Assembly elections later this year. Sunday’s primaries were held in just 33 of Venezuela’s 87 circuits and […]
US Prosecutors Accuse Top Venezuelan Legislator of Drug Smuggling
Lucas Koerner (VA) : US federal authorities have opened an investigation accusing Venezuelan National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello and other top officials of involvement in international cocaine trafficking and money laundering. “There is extensive evidence to justify that he [Cabello] is one of the heads, if not the head, of the cartel,” a justice department […]