News Venezuela Bolivar: Venezuela marks 208th National Day with special ´Bolivar and Manuela´ art exhibition
KUALA LUMPUR, July 5 (Bernama) -- The Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Malaysia on Thursday organised a popular Venezuelan native art exhibition in celebration of the Republic’s ...
News Venezuela Bolivar: The Rabbi Who Helped Me Sneak Into Venezuela
Cúcuta is a small town just on the border between Colombia and Venezuela and I’d come to enter the latter, using one of the world’s most dangerous border crossings. It wasn’t my first choice, or even ...
News Venezuela Bolivar: Venezuelan opposition, Maduro government to hold talks in Barbados
Juan Guaidó, who has appointed himself interim Venezuelan president, speaks during a meeting with deputies, media and supporters organized by the National Assembly at Plaza Bolivar of Chacao on Jan. ...
News Venezuela Bolivar: What will become of the Venezuelan Embassy — and activists who lived for weeks inside and outside?
After weeks of round-the-clock protests, police patrols and sometimes violent clashes, the Northwest Washington street on which the Venezuelan Embassy sits has returned to a quiet order. The ...
News Venezuela Bolivar: Venezuelan Embassy in Washington reaches quiet calm after protesters' ouster
WASHINGTON - After weeks of round-the-clock protests, police patrols and sometimes violent clashes, the Washington street on which the Venezuelan Embassy sits has returned to a quiet order. The protesters have gone. So, too, have banners that hung from the embassy's red-brick facade for more than a month, declaring "stop the coup." Police cars that dotted the Georgetown street have vanished. Activists on both sides of the showdown between supporters of President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaido say their influence among diplomats and American lawmakers has increased markedly since their high-profile clash. Members of the Venezuelan diaspora established an organization to carry on the activism started in the street, and Code Pink organizers say demonstrators are joining their cause, inspired by what they saw. Even the building, now in the hands of Guaido's handpicked ambassador, Carlos Vecchio, was transformed. Vecchio said Friday that the structure suffered "a lot" of physical damage during the demonstrations. The building also became a symbol - and a trophy - in the international tug of war over Venezuela's political future. "Obviously, controlling the embassy in Washington is not the same thing as controlling the streets of Caracas," said Allen Weiner, director of Stanford University's program on international and comparative law. "But it's symbolically important." Code Pink and its supporters moved quietly into the building in early April. At the time, few seemed to notice, or care, said co-founder Medea Benjamin, except the few Maduro-appointed diplomats working inside. By day, demonstrators went about their routines under the watchful gaze of portraits of South American revolutionary Simon Bolivar. By night, they hosted events and guest speakers...
News Venezuela Bolivar: In Venezuela, criminals feel the pinch of an economic crisis
The feared street gangster El Negrito sleeps with a pistol under his pillow and says he's lost track of his murder count. But despite his hardened demeanor, he's quick to gripe about how Venezuela's failing economy is cutting into his profits.
News Venezuela Bolivar: Russia Confirms Military Forces Remain in Venezuela After Donald Trump Said They Were Removed
Russia's officials said the country's military personnel remain in Venezuela, where they are backing leader Nicolas Maduro, even after President Donald Trump assured his Twitter followers that the ...
News Venezuela Bolivar: Pompeo visits Venezuelan migrants in Colombia
Not far away, Venezuelan security forces with riot gear stood in the middle of the Simon Bolivar international bridge separating the two countries. Story Continued Below The migrant center has been ...
News Venezuela Bolivar: As Venezuela crisis drags on, Pompeo defends U.S. actions
In the hot and muggy weather on Sunday, Pompeo toured the Simon Bolivar bridge connecting Venezuela and Colombia. Venezuelan forces in blue camouflage stood atop the bridge with riot gear, surrounded ...
News Venezuela Bolivar: Venezuelan refugees demand U.S. action as Pompeo visits Colombian border
Cucuta, Colombia-- People clung to the outside rails of the Simon Bolivar Bridge to watch as President Ivan Duque and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walked the same path taken by almost 4,000 ...
News Venezuela Bolivar: A new humanitarian aid experiment is headed to Venezuela. It’s virtual
But Venezuela — where bolivar bills are literally not worth the paper they’re printed on and inflation is running in excess of 73,000 percent by conservative estimates — has been fertile ground for ...
