WEATHER ALERT
Venezuela latest: Maduro sworn in for third term as global backlash and sanctions mount
Read full article: Venezuela latest: Maduro sworn in for third term as global backlash and sanctions mountVenezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term after a reelection widely viewed as illegitimate and as his administration grows increasingly brazen in cracking down on its opponents.
Maduro taps a hardline loyalist to oversee Venezuela's police, raising fears of a further crackdown
Read full article: Maduro taps a hardline loyalist to oversee Venezuela's police, raising fears of a further crackdownVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has named the ruling socialist party boss to oversee the country’s police forces.
Venezuela opposition leader provides hope for many, even though she isn't on the presidential ballot
Read full article: Venezuela opposition leader provides hope for many, even though she isn't on the presidential ballotMaria Corina Machado has walked highways, sought shelter in supporters’ homes and seen her closest collaborators detained and persecuted as she crisscrossed Venezuela ahead of the upcoming presidential election.
Venezuelan opposition voters band to safeguard election, warning of the ruling party's tricks
Read full article: Venezuelan opposition voters band to safeguard election, warning of the ruling party's tricksUnlike previous elections in Venezuela, thousands of supporters of the typically fractured opposition have agreed to organize, mobilize and support voters during the highly anticipated July 28 presidential contest.
Venezuela sets its presidential election for July 28 as the opposition candidate remains barred
Read full article: Venezuela sets its presidential election for July 28 as the opposition candidate remains barredVenezuela has announced that its highly anticipated presidential election will take place July 28, but the country’s leading opposition candidate remains barred from the ballot.
Opponents compete to square off against Venezuela's powerful leader
Read full article: Opponents compete to square off against Venezuela's powerful leaderLeaders of Venezuela’s fractured opposition are shaking voters’ hands and promising — yet again — that they will defeat President Nicolás Maduro at the ballot box.
Venezuela y Colombia avanzan en normalización de relaciones
Read full article: Venezuela y Colombia avanzan en normalización de relacionesPor primera vez en más de tres años un embajador de Colombia es aceptado por Venezuela, dando un paso fundamental en el restablecimiento de las relaciones diplomáticas de los países vecinos.
Guaidó's envoy meets with Democrats behind Venezuelans’ Temporary Protected Status
Read full article: Guaidó's envoy meets with Democrats behind Venezuelans’ Temporary Protected StatusTuesday is the first of 180 days that Venezuelans in South Florida will be able to apply for the new Temporary Protected Status, which also allows applications for a work permit and travel authorization. The benefit comes about a month after former President Donald Trump’s administration granted Deferred Enforced Departure for some Venezuelans. Carlos Vecchio has been the Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó’s envoy in Washington, D.C., since 2019. “Over 320,000 will be able to apply,” Menendez said about Biden’s TPS, adding Trump’s DED did not provide enough time. Ad“The goal is to be able to make sure that we don’t need TPS,” Wasserman Schultz said.
Government-owned hotel stands as evidence of deepening class divide in Venezuela
Read full article: Government-owned hotel stands as evidence of deepening class divide in VenezuelaCARACAS, Venezuela – The Hotel Humboldt in Venezuela is the project of an extravagant military dictator’s use of oil royalties in the 1950s. Now it stands as irrefutable evidence of the country’s deepening class divide. Former President Hugo Chávez started to restore the 14-floor tower in 2012, and despite shortages of food and medications, President Nicolas Maduro completed the project in 2018. He shared the video on social media and talked about the hotel’s casino on national radio. Related social mediaWeddle reported from Bogota, Colombia and Torres contributed to this report from Miami.