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☆ Venezuela election: Maduro warns he’ll call for a ‘new revolution’ if forced by ‘North American imperialism’
  + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Abel Alvarado | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
“But if North American imperialism and fascist criminals force us, my pulse will not tremble to call the people to a new revolution with other characteristics,” he added. The president’s comments come just hours after US National Security spokesman John Kirby called on Maduro to “come clean” on Sunday’s election. 20 ‘credible reports’ of deathsThe Venezuelan leader’s comments came as Human Rights Watch (HRW) said it had received 20 “credible reports” of deaths connected to the nationwide protests over the election results. CNN has reached out to Venezuela’s Public Prosecutor for comment. So far, the Venezuelan government has not published any information regarding the death of civilians.
Persons: CNN —, Nicolas Maduro, “, ”, Hugo, Chavez, ” Maduro, John Kirby, ” Kirby, Kirby, Maduro, ” Juanita Goebertus, Alfredo Romero Organizations: CNN, US National Security, Venezuelan, Wednesday’s, Rights Watch, Foro Penal, Venezuela’s Public Locations: Caracas, American, Venezuelan, Foro, Zulia, Yaracuy, Aragua, Tachira
☆ Venezuela public sector workers march for better salaries
  + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
[1/5] A demonstrator holds a placard that reads "Together for a living salary", during a march by teachers, health workers, workers' unions members and members of the opposition to demand better salaries, as the government of President Nicolas Maduro faces renewed challenges in its attempt to fight inflation, in Caracas, Venezuela January 23, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez ViloriaCARACAS, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Hundreds of public sector workers including teachers, nurses and retired police officers took to the streets in Venezuela on Monday to demand better salaries and pensions at a time when the government of President Nicolas Maduro faces growing inflation. Workers in Venezuela's education and health sectors have held three peaceful demonstrations in a dozen cities so far this year to demand more money. In Maracaibo, the capital of the once-powerful oil-rich Zulia state in northwestern Venezuela, protesters marched to the governor's office. "With a (monthly) salary of just $10 it's impossible for a family of four or five people to survive," Jimenez, 56, said.
☆ Venezuelan teachers march for better pay amid sky-high inflation
  + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Jan 16 (Reuters) - Teachers, retirees and workers' unions marched in at least six Venezuelan cities on Monday to demand better salaries, as the government of President Nicolas Maduro faces renewed challenges in its attempt to fight inflation. The minimum monthly salary for a public school teacher is about $10, while university professors earn between $60 and $80. I earn 460 bolivars a month (about $23)," said Odalis Aguilar, a 50-year-old teacher who marched in the city of Maracay. In the central state of Carabobo, teachers and public employees also held demonstrations, saying salaries do not cover the cost of food and medicine. Over the weekend the government paid public employees a bonus equivalent to $29.80.
☆ Venezuela and Colombia fully reopen shared border
  + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
CARACAS, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Venezuela and Colombia will fully reopen their shared border on January 1 to allow passage of cargo and passenger transport via the cross-border Tienditas bridge, Colombia Migration said in a statement on Saturday. The South American countries already reopened in September their border crossing in the Tachira state, in western Venezuela, after political ties strengthened under Colombia's new president, Gustavo Petro. Colombian authorities have said since September that the reopening of the shared 2,200 kilometers (1,367 miles) border between the two countries would be progressive. Elsewhere, people and cargo can already cross the border via two bridges in Tachira as well as the western Zulia state. The commercial exchange between the two countries is worth around $580 million, according to official data from Colombia.
☆ "They shut the door on us": Venezuelans ask Mexico for humanitarian flights home
  + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Lizbeth Diaz | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
Dozens of Venezuelans like Villalobos and her eight-year-old son arrived on Tuesday night at a migrant house in Mexico City funded by the Catholic Church while awaiting a seat on a humanitarian flight. "I want to return to my country because they shut the door on us, in our faces," the 27-year-old said. A first flight returning Venezuelan migrants from Mexico departed on Tuesday, two Mexican officials told Reuters. The Mexican foreign ministry told Reuters a flight paid for by the Mexican government carrying Venezuelan migrants was scheduled to leave on Wednesday. The announcement was made while dozens of Venezuelans protested outside Mexico's foreign ministry in Mexico City, demanding help.
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