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☆ U.S., Western nations take measured stance on Venezuela’s disputed vote
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Three officials from different countries said the measured response comes as they are mindful of what happened after Maduro’s 2018 reelection. Then, the vote was quickly condemned as a sham and led to the most severe sanctions yet on the OPEC nation. In Washington, which under Republican President Donald Trump blocked Venezuela’s critical oil exports, there seems little appetite for more severe sanctions. The European Union last week said there was not enough evidence to support Maduro’s victory as announced by the CNE. Countries including China, Russia, Nicaragua and Cuba have recognized Maduro’s victory and offered him support.

Persons: Nicolás Maduro, Edmundo González, Jose Manuel Albares, Maduro’s, Donald Trump, Biden, Maria Corina Machado, Gonzalez, ”, Vedant Patel, Maduro, Elvis Amoroso, Kamala Harris, “, ’, Machado Organizations: Electoral Council, Maduro, United Nations, EU, Republican, Democratic U.S, Venezuela’s, U.S ., . State Department, . Washington, U.S, U.S . Treasury Department, State Department, Reuters, American States, Electoral, International, European Union, CNE, NBC Locations: U.S, Brazil, Venezuela, Spanish, Spain, OPEC, Maduro, Washington, ., reneging, Elvis Amoroso ., Mexico, Colombia, Canada, Panama, China, Russia, Nicaragua, Cuba

☆ U.S. recognizes opposition candidate González as winner of Venezuela’s presidential election
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, center left, and Opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González, center right, greet supporters at a protest against the result of the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday. On Monday, after the National Electoral Council declared Maduro the winner of the election, thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets. The presidents of Colombia and Brazil — both close allies of the Venezuelan government — have urged Maduro to release detailed vote counts. He added that Mexico expects “that the evidence, the electoral results records, be presented.”Pressure has been building on the president since the election. But Machado, the opposition leader, has said vote tallies show González received roughly 6.2 million votes compared with 2.7 million for Maduro.

Persons: Nicolás Maduro, Edmundo González, Edmundo González Urrutia, Antony Blinken, Maduro, Maria Corina Machado, Jesus Vargas, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Gustavo Petro of, “, ”, Freddy Superlano, Maria Corina Machado —, —, González, Jorge Rodriguez, Machado, Machado’s, ” Machado, Venezuela’s, López Obrador Organizations: U.S . Department of, Electoral Council, México, Getty Images, Brazilian, Electoral, Foro Penal, National Assembly, Street, AP, Justice, Maduro, Brazil —, Venezuelan, Maduro’s United Socialist Party of Venezuela Locations: CARACAS, Venezuela, United States, Venezuela’s, ” U.S, U.S, Brazil, Caracas, Colombia, Mexico, Gustavo Petro of Colombia, “

Venezuela's opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia thanked the U.S. on Friday for recognizing him as the official winner of Sunday's controversial presidential election, in which both González Urrutia and President Nicolás Maduro claimed victory. "Those tally sheets indicate that Edmundo González Urrutia received the most votes in this election by an insurmountable margin," Blinken said in a statement Thursday. "Given the overwhelming evidence, it is clear to the United States and, most importantly, to the Venezuelan people that Edmundo González Urrutia won." Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, center left, and opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González, center right, greet supporters at a protest against the result of the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday. The controversy over the election results is fueling fears of increased protests and violence amid the international debate and lack of consensus.

Persons: Edmundo González Urrutia, González Urrutia, Nicolás Maduro, Antony Blinken, Maduro, Blinken, González, Maduro's, María Corina Machado, Machado, Maria Corina Machado, Edmundo González, Jesus Vargas, “, Venezuela’s, it's, Freddy Superlano Organizations: United, NBC, Electoral Council, Associated Press, Venezuelan, Pro Locations: U.S, United States, Venezuela, Argentina, Peru, Vente Venezuela, Caracas Saturday, Caracas, Maduro, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuelan

CNN —Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado says she’s in hiding, fears for her life, and can prove President Nicolas Maduro did not win Sunday’s contentious presidential election. “I am writing this from hiding, fearing for my life, my freedom,” Machado wrote in an opinion editorial published Thursday by The Wall Street Journal. Though the country’s Public Ministry later clarified that no arrest warrant had been issued for either opposition figure. The United States is among numerous countries that have called on Venezuelan electoral officials to publish detailed results from Sunday’s presidential election. I call on those who reject authoritarianism and support democracy to join the Venezuelan people in our noble cause,” she said.

Persons: Maria Corina Machado, she’s, Nicolas Maduro, “, ” Machado, Machado, Jorge Rodriguez, Edmundo Gonzalez, Maduro, –, ”, Nicolas Maduro's, Carlos Landaeta, Edmundo González, Maduro didn’t, Federico Parra, Celso Amorim Organizations: CNN, Wall Street, Venezuela’s National, Public, Carter, Venezuelan, Puerto La Cruz, Getty, Electoral Council, CNE, Argentine Embassy, Human Rights Watch, Local, Foro Penal Locations: Venezuelan, Venezuela’s, Venezuela, United States, Puerto La, Anzoategui, AFP, Argentine, Miraflores, Caracas

☆ Analysis: In Venezuela, voters caught in Maduro’s dangerous dance are seeking answers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Flora Charner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“We want peace for Venezuela, for our family members,” a protester, who chose not to be identified, told reporting teams on the ground. Leo Ramirez/AFP/Getty Images/FileA ‘cyberattack’ curveballIt seems unlikely Maduro’s government will pay too much attention to the concerns raised over the results. Nearly 8 million people have left Venezuela since 2014, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reacts following the election results in Caracas on July 29, 2024. “We want Venezuela to be free and for the people’s will to be respected,” she said.

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☆ Margot Benacerraf, Award-Winning Venezuelan Documentarian, Dies at 97
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Alex Williams | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Margot Benacerraf, a critically acclaimed Venezuelan documentary filmmaker whose hypnotic “Araya,” a visual tone poem chronicling the daily lives of salt workers on an austere peninsula on her country’s coast, shared the critics’ prize at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, died on Wednesday in Caracas. Her death was announced by the country’s culture minister. Hailed as a major figure of Latin American cinema, Ms. Benacerraf founded Venezuela’s national cinematheque and in 2018 was given the Order of Francisco de Miranda, honoring outstanding merit in the sciences and humanities, by the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro. But although Ms. Benacerraf was celebrated, she was not prolific. She made only two films in her career: “Reverón” (1952), a 23-minute documentary short about the reclusive later years of the Venezuelan artist Armando Reverón, and “Araya,” her sole feature-length work.

Persons: Margot Benacerraf, Araya, ”, Benacerraf, Francisco de Miranda, Nicolás, “, Armando Reverón, “ Araya Organizations: Venezuela’s, cinematheque Locations: Venezuelan, Caracas

☆ Venezuela’s Oil Industry, Reopening to Investors, Is Major Polluter
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Kejal Vyas | Patricia Garip | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Venezuela’s oil industry suffers from maintenance and management problems, a likely challenge for Western companies looking to resume work there. Across Venezuela’s once-thriving oil industry, environmentalists say rusty pipelines and storage tanks routinely leak contaminants into the ground. Frequent spills stain the mangroves of national parks with oil. Refinery explosions in recent years have sent black smoke billowing into the sky. And Venezuela’s national oil company, unable to process the natural gas that is a byproduct of oil production, burns enough each day to supply the state of Georgia.

☆ Venezuela should release arbitrary detainees, end torture, UN rights chief says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

CARACAS — Venezuela should release arbitrarily detained individuals and end torture, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Saturday at the end of a trip to the country. Turk arrived in Venezuela on Thursday and met with President Nicolás Maduro on Friday, in addition to Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, senior government officials, opposition figures and victims of human rights violations. “In my meetings with the president and ministers, I called for all people who have been arbitrarily detained to be released,” Turk said on Saturday in a statement. Turk extended his call to governments around the world to release, pardon or grant amnesty to “all those arbitrarily detained for exercising their fundamental human rights.”During his trip, Turk said he met with people who were arbitrarily detained and tortured. “I was given commitments that torture complaints would be addressed decisively, fully investigated and those responsible brought to justice,” Turk said.

☆ Chevron Gets New U.S. License to Pump Oil in Venezuela Again
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Andrew Restuccia | Collin Eaton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON—The U.S. said it would allow Chevron Corp. to resume pumping oil from its Venezuelan oil fields after President Nicolás Maduro ’s government and an opposition coalition agreed to implement a humanitarian program and continue dialogue in Mexico City on efforts to hold free and fair elections. Following the agreement, the Biden administration granted Chevron a license that would allow the California-based oil company to return to its Venezuelan oil fields in joint ventures with Venezuela’s national oil company Petróleos de Venezuela SA. The new license, granted by the Treasury Department, would permit Chevron to pump Venezuelan oil for the first time in years.

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