The first direct US-Venezuela commercial flight in seven years departed Miami for Caracas on Thursday.
The first direct commercial flight between the United States and Venezuela departed a bit early on Thursday on its way to the capital of the South American country, seven years after the US Homeland Security Department ordered an indefinite suspension, citing security concerns. The resumption of a commercial flight between the two countries comes months after the US capture of then-president Nicolas Maduro in a stunning night-time raid on his residence in Caracas in early January. It also comes...
Defence lawyers had asked for case to be thrown out, claiming Maduro's rights were violated following US abduction.
When US special forces raided Caracas and abducted president Nicolas Maduro and his wife in early January, the Venezuelan capital was hit by widespread power outages and communication blackouts. Yet, within hours of the attacks, connectivity began to return – not from paralysed ground infrastructure, but from space. Elon Musk’s Starlink, a subsidiary of SpaceX, activated communications services across Venezuela via its vast constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites on terminals residents...
Border security set to loom large as Colombia's leader meets interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez.
Acting President Delcy Rodríguez calls resumption of ties 'great achievement' of Venezuelan diplomacy.
The IMF said on Thursday that it was restoring relations with Venezuela, a country whose ties with the institution had been on pause since 2019. “Guided by the views of International Monetary Fund members representing a majority of the IMF’s total voting power, and consistent with long-standing practice, the Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva today announced that the IMF is now dealing with the government of Venezuela, under the administration of acting President Delcy Rodriguez,” it said in...
Two months after the United States’ capture and forcible extradition of former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro – and as the South American country attempts to settle into a state of relative normalcy in the aftermath of the military incursion – a cohort of Chinese migrants are relocating there in search of business opportunities. Not all are new arrivals. Mey Hou, a long-term Venezuela resident in her 40s who fled the country during Maduro’s tenure, said many people from her hometown in...
Police pushed back protesters in Venezuela’s capital as they demanded an increase to the minimum wage.
Cost of living issues have persisted in Venezuela since the US abducted former President Nicolas Maduro in January.
Venezuela’s government and its political opposition are seeking to coordinate their legal defence of the oil-rich country’s United States assets, after Washington’s official recognition of interim president Delcy Rodriguez raised questions about who could represent the country in US courts. Lawyers for Rodriguez’s government and the opposition asked Manhattan-based US Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn on Monday to pause for 45 days a case in which creditors are seeking to seize funds linked to...