Caracas, April 21 (IANS) A nationwide mobilisation against US sanctions continued in Venezuela, with National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez leading a rally calling for political and social unity. “We have to put an end to the sanctions,” Rodriguez said at Cerro El Gallo in San Felix, where the rally took place on Monday (local time). He said the campaign aims to build consensus and push for the lifting of economic sanctions, urging Venezuelans to set aside differences and focus on shared in…
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Washington, April 2 (IANS) The United States has removed sanctions on Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodriguez, according to an update posted on the website of the US Treasury Department.The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control on Wednesday (Local time) said Rodriguez had been removed from its sanctions list, without providing further details on the decision, reports Xinhua news agency.In a post on social media platform X, Rodriguez welcomed the move as a positive step toward norma…
Caracas, March 28 (IANS) A delegation is currently in Washington to establish Venezuela’s diplomatic mission in the United States, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry has announced.In the delegation are Vice Foreign Minister for Europe and North America Oliver Blanco, as well as Felix Plasencia, who has been appointed charge d’affaires for the Venezuelan embassy in the United States.In a video shared on social media on Friday (local time), Blanco said that the delegation has held meetings with the U…
Washington, Feb 25 (IANS) President Donald Trump declared that the United States had “obliterated Iran’s nuclear weapons program,” pushed NATO allies to sharply raise defence spending, and “ENDED 8 wars” in a sweeping projection of American military and geopolitical strength.Describing what he called “a breathtaking operation” known as “Operation Midnight Hammer,” Trump told Congress the US military had “obliterated Iran’s nuclear weapons program with an attack on Iranian s…
Caracas, Feb 4 (IANS) Thousands of people rallied in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas to demand the release of the country’s President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, one month after they were seized by force during a US military operation in Venezuela.Miranda state Governor Elio Serrano said that the mobilization showed people’s determination to tell the world they are still standing, adding the country’s acting president Delcy Rodriguez has “the support of the people,” Xinhua news…
Washington, Feb 2 (IANS) Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said the transition away from the Maduro regime is “unstoppable,” arguing that sustained US pressure is forcing changes inside Venezuela even as the opposition continues to push for a democratic transfer of power.Speaking on CBS News’ Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan, Machado said she does not believe Washington is easing pressure on Caracas, despite US Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying the United States do…
Caracas, Jan 26 (IANS) Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodriguez said that differences with the United States would be resolved through diplomatic channels.Speaking at an event with oil workers at the Puerto La Cruz refinery in northeastern Venezuela on Sunday, Rodriguez said her government would address long-standing disputes with Washington “face to face” through what she described as Bolivarian diplomacy, Xinhua news agency reported.”We are not afraid, because what must unite us as a peopl…
Washington, Jan 16 (IANS) Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado said she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to US President Donald Trump during a closed-door meeting at the White House, framing the gesture as a historic symbol of shared struggles for freedom between the two nations.“I presented the president of the United States the medal of the Nobel Peace Prize,” Machado told reporters in Washington after the meeting.She said she recounted to T…
New Delhi, January 12 (IANS) Even as the week began, global media buzzed with the news of US President Donald Trump declaring himself the “Acting President of Venezuela” in a post on his social media site Truth Social. The post featured, featuring the President’s “Official portrait, 2025”, named him “Acting President of Venezuela Incumbent January 2026” along with the “45th 47th President of the United States” who “Assumed Office January 2025”.The post, on the platform launched…
Washington, Jan 12 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has shared a photo showing him as the ‘Acting President of Venezuela’. The photo seemed to be of an edited Wikipedia page, where Trump is shown as the ‘incumbent Venezuelan president’ as of January 2026. It also mentions his actual official posts — the 45th and 47th President of the United States.This comes against the backdrop of Trump’s remarks that the United States is “working along really well” with Venezuela’s leadership, pointing …