This is Beirut, 03/09 23:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Venezuela
US President Donald Trump's deadly strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat from Venezuela marks a significant escalation from law enforcement to military action against cartels that his administration has branded as terror groups. Video footage posted by Trump on social media Tuesday showed a multi-engine speedboat with several people aboard ...
This is Beirut, 03/09 11:57 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA Venezuela Trafficking Drug
President Donald Trump said US forces had attacked a boat carrying drugs to the United States Tuesday, killing 11 "narcoterrorists" from a gang he alleged was controlled by leftist Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. Trump posted a video online of an open-topped speedboat carrying a number of people traveling on a body of water before it ...
This is Beirut, 01/09 20:42 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nicolas Maduro Venezuela United States
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed Monday that eight US military vessels "with 1,200 missiles" were threatening his country, denouncing an "absolutely criminal, bloody threat." The United States, which accuses Maduro of leading a drug cartel, has announced a deployment of warships to the southern Caribbean in an ...
This is Beirut, 26/05 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's party on Sunday swept the board in parliamentary and regional elections that were boycotted by the opposition in protest over his disputed re-election last year. The United Socialist Party of Venezuela won 23 out of 24 state governor positions and scored 82.68 percent of the votes cast for lists of National ...
This is Beirut, 27/03 05:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump's homeland security chief on Wednesday visited the mega-prison in El Salvador where hundreds of Venezuelan migrants have been deported under contested legal grounds. Standing in front of a cell of inmates who were stripped to the waist, revealing their tattooed torsos, Kristi Noem recorded a message telling others ...
This is Beirut, 17/03 05:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The United States flew over 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang to be imprisoned in El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele said Sunday, after US counterpart Donald Trump controversially invoked wartime legislation to expel them. The deportations took place despite a US federal judge granting a temporary suspension of the expulsions order, ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-20 05:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The United States said Tuesday it recognizes opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as president-elect of Venezuela -- the first time it called him that -- four months after a disputed election in which incumbent Nicolas Maduro claimed victory amid accusations of fraud. The statement from Secretary of State Anthony Blinken prompted a ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-09 19:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warned his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro against any attempt to invade the Essequibo, a province of neighboring Guyana, during a telephone conversation on Saturday, December 9. Caracas currently has its sights set on this oil-rich region. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged his ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-06 16:14 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Caracas Essequibo Guyana Nicolas Maduro Oil and Gas South America Venezuela
Tensions increased between Venezuela and Guyana following a referendum held by the former on Sunday, December 3rd, concerning the annexation of Guyana's Essequibo province. Claimed by Caracas, this region is rich in natural resources, particularly oil. Tensions rose between Venezuela and Guyana on Tuesday as Caracas proposed a bill to create a ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-04 11:46 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Annexation Essequibo Guyana Nicolas Maduro South America Venezuela
95% of voters chose to support the "yes" camp in the referendum on Venezuela's annexation of the Guyanese province of Essequibo, according to results published on Monday, December 4. However, it seems unlikely that Nicolas Maduro's regime will attempt to seize this resource-rich territory by force. Venezuelan electoral authorities on Sunday ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-03 21:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Essequibo Guyana Hydrocarbons ICJ International Court of Justice Nicolas Maduro Oil & Gas United Nations Venezuela
Venezuelans commenced voting in a referendum on Sunday, December 3, aimed at bolstering the government's century-old assertion over the oil-rich Essequibo territory, currently under the control of neighboring Guyana. "Essequibo is ours!" say posters plastered on walls lining the streets in Caracas, part of an intensive campaign by the government ...
Malo Pinatel, 2023-12-03 11:00 - Reading : 9 minute(s)
Essequibo Guyana Nicolas Maduro Oil and Gas South America Venezuela
On December 3rd, Venezuelans will cast their votes on the annexation of Essequibo, a region under the governance of Guyana but claimed by Caracas. The outcome of the vote raises concerns about a potential military conflict between the two South American countries. After Ukraine and the Middle East, is Latin America on the brink of a new escalation ...