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UN official Volker Turk drew ire of the Venezuelan government after condemning what he says are abuses by state forces. Venezuela’s National Assembly has voted to declare United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk persona non grata after he publicly criticised the government’s human rights violations. The unanimous Tuesday declaration follows comments from…
Hugo Carvajal pleads guilty to four criminal counts including narcoterrorism conspiracy, conspiracy to import cocaine. A former director of Venezuelan military intelligence has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and narcoterrorism charges in a United States federal court, according to the Justice Department, a week before his trial was set to begin. Hugo Carvajal, who served…
The State Department has offered up to $3m for information leading to the arrest of Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano. The United States Treasury Department has sanctioned the alleged leader of Tren de Aragua (TDA), a Venezuelan gang that the administration of President Donald Trump has used as justification for its immigration crackdown. In a statement…
Ruling says those deported from US under 1798 law have right to challenge their removal and that Trump administration must help. A federal judge in the United States has ruled that Venezuelan immigrants deported to El Salvador under an obscure 1798 law must be given the chance to challenge their removals and detention. The ruling…
Legislative, regional elections are the first to allow broad voter participation since last year’s disputed presidential vote. Venezuelans are casting their ballots in legislative and regional elections, but in a low turnout fuelled by disillusionment and frustration, under the shadow of a heightened government crackdown and opposition leaders calling for a boycott. Sunday’s elections are…
A top figure in Venezuela’s opposition has been arrested on charges of “terrorism” before parliamentary elections scheduled for the weekend. On Friday, a social media account for Juan Pablo Guanipa, a close associate of Maria Corina Machado, considered the leader of the opposition coalition, announced he had been detained. State television also carried images of…
A United States citizen has been transferred to the US after being held for nearly six months in Venezuela. The family of US Air Force veteran Joseph St Clair confirmed his release on Tuesday, following his detention in November of last year. “This news came suddenly, and we are still processing it, but we are…
Venezuela’s aviation authority said flights will resume a day after Sunday’s parliamentary elections. Venezuela has suspended flights from neighbouring Colombia after authorities detained more than 30 people allegedly plotting activities to destabilise the country before Sunday’s parliamentary election. Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello announced on state television on Monday that the flight ban was “immediate”…
