Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic)
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Venezuela offers assistance to Caribbean countries
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – VENEZUELA has pledged to offer assistance to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries in a number of areas, including transportation, Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar said here Saturday. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro held talks with CARICOM leaders during a near hour-long visit to Trinidad where the Regional leaders were wrapping up their 34th annual summit. He left…
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Decade-old defunct group may be the key to better US-Venezuela ties
BOGOTA — The 2002 snapshot shows Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro standing on a New England tarmac with his arms draped around U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-NY. At the time they were all lawmakers. Everyone’s smiling. Despite deep economic ties, the United States and Venezuela have been at odds for years. Maduro — like his…
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Analysis: Rough honeymoon for Chavez’s successor in Venezuela
CARACAS (Reuters) – Wearing sports gear in the national colors and sitting on a sofa in a modest family home, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro holds a microphone, chats with locals and expounds on the benefits of socialism. Variations of the scene – on a factory floor, playing soccer in the presidential palace or walking the plains with farmers – play…
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PM praises Venezuela-funded project
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says the construction of the Venezuela-funded EC$10 million (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) abattoir will significantly reduce the importation of meat here. “Often times people say government isn’t doing enough for agriculture, but here it is there is an important project geared towards reducing the importation of meat into Dominica. “You…
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Venezuelans rally on Calle Ocho to allege fraud in presidential elections
Several thousand Venezuelans gathered in the heart of Little Havana on Sunday in one of a string of rallies around the world to voice their allegations of fraud in April elections officially won by President Nicolás Maduro. Under a sea of red, blue and yellow Venezuelan flags and amid chants of “fraud,” the protesters packed a stretch of Southwest Eighth…
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China, Venezuela winning the PR war
KINGSTON, Jamaica – RECENTLY, United States President Barack Obama visited Mexico and Costa Rica. His last visit to the Caribbean was in April 2009 when he attended the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad. Hilary Clinton, while she was secretary of state, met the leaders of the Caribbean in Montego Bay. This past week, Chinese President XI Jingping met with…
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ECLAC urges Caribbean to strengthen institutions to aid development
CARACAS, Venezuela, CMC – The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is urging regional countries to review and strengthen their institutions and instruments in order to maximize the contribution of natural resources to regional development, particularly in the current cycle of high prices. ECLAC has submitted a report to the “Conference of the Union of…
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Region urged to maximise natural resources
CARACAS—According to a new ECLAC document launched yesterday, Latin American countries must review and strengthen institutions and instruments to maximize the contribution of natural resources to regional development, particularly in the current cycle of high prices. The report Natural resources within the Union of South American Nations: Status and trends for a regional development agenda was presented by Antonio Prado,…
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Venezuela leader, rivals take battle on the road
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his Argentine counterpart and ally, Cristina Fernandez, announced new energy and food agreements yesterday, then Maduro cheered supporters of Argentina’s president with a rousing speech at a football-stadium rally. Maduro said their two countries are more closely aligned than ever despite the deaths of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and of…
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