Tag: Venezuela

Earlier, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said that 317 houses had been completely destroyed and 757 damaged.

Caracas:  Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) has announced that the country’s presidential election will be held on April 22. The announcement on Wednesday is in accordance of the ruling National Constituent Assembly’s (ANC) decision in January to move up the presidential election before the April 30 deadline, reports Xinhua news agency. President Nicolas Maduro will […]

Caracas: An earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale has jolted Venezuela’s northeast coast, with no immediate reports of casualties. The Venezuelan Seismological Research Foundation (Funvisis) said the quake occurred on Tuesday evening at 5:31 p.m., with the epicentre located 19 km southeast of the town of Yaguaraparo, in Sucre state, Xinhua news agency reported. The […]

Caracas: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has survived what he called an “attempt against his life” involving explosive drones, blaming far-right elements and Colombia’s outgoing President Juan Manuel Santos for carrying out the foiled assassination bid. Maduro was evacuated from a stage on Saturday during a speech at an event event to commemorate the 81st anniversary […]

Caracas: Thousands of children and young people have dropped out of Venezuela’s schools and universities as the oil-rich nation’s economic crisis deepens. Juan Maragall, education secretary in the northern coastal state of Miranda said that in his jurisdiction alone, roughly 10,000 students have walked away, representing 9 per cent of primary-school enrolment and 13 per […]

Caracas: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that his US counterpart Donald Trump is deeply involved in “terrorist” activities and the ongoing violence in his country is due to Washington trying to take “political control”. On Sunday, Maduro said on his weekly radio-television show that his country is facing an “attack by violent forces,” “intolerance and […]

Caracas: A confrontation among inmates at a prison in Venezuela left three men dead, including former professional basketball player Carlos Morris, police and sports sources said Thursday. Morris, known as “El Nene”, played 20 seasons in Venezuela’s professional league and starred for the team that won the 2011 national tournament. He was fatally shot Wednesday […]

Caracas: Venezuelan schools and offices on Tuesday were ordered to shut down for 24 hours as officials worked to restore electricity following a second widespread blackout, Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez said. The move came a day after the country’s central hydroelectric plant at the Guri Dam in southeastern Venezuela suffered at least two new attacks, knocking […]

Rio de Janeiro: Argentina defeated Venezuela 2-0 to advance to the semi-finals of the 2019 Copa America, where they will face host nation Brazil. On Friday, Venezuela turned out with a solid performance, but were not up to the task of stopping Argentina, who continue to win despite captain Lionel Messi’s lack of form, reports […]