Tag Archives: Caracas

Images of Venezuela’s Bancamiga buildings in the capital of Caracas, after authorities announces a „process of accompaniment and follow-up“ to ensure its operability. The announcement follows the arrest of the bank’s directors for alleged corruption within the state-owned oil company PDVSA. IMAGES

Delegations from the European Union and the Carter Center meet with Venezuelan election authorities in Caracas to evaluate the possibility of conducting observation missions for the July 28 presidential election. IMAGES

Colombian President Gustavo Petro arrives in Caracas to meet with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro. The visit comes a week after Petro called the disqualification of opposition candidates in Venezuela’s presidential election an „undemocratic coup.“ IMAGES

Venezuela’s Executive Vice President Delcy Rodriguez arrives at parliament in Caracas to discuss a law against fascism proposed by President Nicolas Maduro. Several other ministers and authorities are attending the parliamentary session, including Parliament President, Jorge Rodriguez, and Vice President and Minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino. IMAGES

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro arrives at the National Electoral Council in Caracas to formally registers as a candidate in the country’s 2024 presidential elections. IMAGES

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro greets his onetime confidant, Colombian businessman Alex Saab, who arrived in Venezuela after being released from a US prison as part of a prisoner swap deal between Washington and Caracas. IMAGES

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his Guyanese counterpart Irfaan Ali shake hands after a two-hour meeting in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. There was no immediate news on the outcome of talks about Caracas’s claim on oil-rich Essequibo, which makes up more than two-thirds of neighboring Guyana. IMAGES

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and his Guyanese counterpart Irfaan Ali begin talks in the Caribbean aimed at easing tensions over Caracas’s claims on Guyana’s oil-rich Essequibo region. IMAGES

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and his Guyanese counterpart Irfaan Ali begin talks in the Caribbean aimed at easing tensions over Caracas’s claims on Guyana’s oil-rich Essequibo region. IMAGES

Der Außenminister der in Venezuela amtierenden Maduro-Regierung, Jorge Arreaza, hat die Ausweisung des deutschen Botschafters Daniel Kriener verteidigt. Dieser habe die Wiener Konvention über diplomatische Beziehungen verletzt, sagte Arreaza der Tageszeitung „Junge Welt“ (Freitagausgabe). Gleichzeitig forderte er die Bundesregierung auf, ihre Haltung gegenüber der Maduro-Regierung zu korrigieren. „Unsere Hand ist ausgestreckt, und wir warten darauf, nicht nur auf diplomatischer Ebene, …

Außenminister Heiko Maas (SPD) hat die Ausweisung des deutschen Botschafters aus Venezuela scharf kritisiert. „Wir haben die Entscheidung, Botschafter Kriener zur `persona non grata` zu erklären, zur Kenntnis genommen“, sagte Maas am Mittwochabend. „Ich habe entschieden, unseren Botschafter zu Konsultationen zurück nach Hause zu rufen.“ Das sei eine unverständliche Entscheidung, die die Lage verschärfe und nicht zur Entspannung beitrage, fügte …