The Daily Journal.- Judge Alvin Hellerstein scheduled a hearing in New York for October 15, at which ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, must respond to new charges of conspiracy to commit torture that U.S. prosecutors filed last week. According to an order the judge issued Wednesday and entered into the […]
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The Daily Journal.- The U.S. government announced Wednesday that it had lifted sanctions against Jorge Rodríguez, president of Venezuela’s National Assembly. According to a statement from the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the agency removed Rodríguez’s name from its sanctions list. The Treasury Department initially placed Rodríguez on its sanctions list on […]
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The Daily Journal.- Venezuela’s Vice President for Economic Affairs, Calixto Ortega, presented the country’s economic roadmap on Wednesday during a discussion in Bangkok on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank annual meetings. The plan focuses on the oil and mining extractive industries. Ortega, a former president of the Central Bank […]
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The talks will focus on political and civil guarantees to lay the groundwork for a potential electoral process. The Daily Journal.- The opposition delegation participating in talks with Chavismo met Tuesday to prepare the agenda for the third round of negotiations, scheduled to begin Wednesday. The discussions aim to advance an agreement on political and […]
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The Daily Journal.- Venezuelan opposition leader Dinorah Figuera reiterated on Friday that the country must reform its public institutions before holding elections, following a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington. “We are committed to rebuilding public institutions, including the Supreme Court of Justice and the National Electoral Council, guiding the country […]
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The Daily Journal.- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reaffirmed Washington’s support on Friday for the dialogue process led by opposition figure Dinorah Figuera with Delcy Rodríguez’s interim administration. He said the goal is to move toward a peaceful transition that restores democracy in Venezuela. “This process that she is leading, along with her team, […]
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