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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro walks next to Bolivia's President Evo Morales during their meeting in Caracas, Venezuela, yesterday. ... Venezuela is already struggling with growing isolation, worsened by its decision last week to stop Panama's Copa airline flying in and out of Caracas — one of the ...

"We can only account for only about 20% of the Electricidad de Caracas (EDC) holders via a Bloomberg data search, with the biggest known holder being Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. with $111.5 million face in their GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund (GMCDX) -- that is a little over 17% of the $650 ...

TEHRAN – Iran and Venezuela signed a memorandum of understanding to boost cooperation in pharmaceutical sector. Iranian Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh-Hashemi and Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza inked the MOU in Tehran on Saturday. Exporting medicine to Venezuela, ...

CARACAS: Panama on Thursday ordered Venezuela's ambassador out and recalled its own envoy to the country as Caracas imposed sanctions on senior Panamanian officials and suspended flights in an escalating diplomatic row. At issue is Panama's alignment with other Latin American countries as ...

Later that day Venezuela recalled its ambassador to Panama for consultations, according to Vice President Tareck El Aissami, after the neighboring country announced plans to pull its top diplomat from Caracas. "To protect the sacred interests of Bolivar's homeland and the Venezuelan people, President ...

Venezuelans fleeing their country's economic and political catastrophe pour across the border into Colombia last month. Fernando Vergara / AP via Miami Herald. At a warehouse near Miami International Airport, Adelys Ferro is unpacking boxes and making a checklist of donated medicines for ...

Relatives grieve during the funeral of some of the victims of the prison fire, in Valencia, northern Carabobo state, Venezuela. Text Size: A A A. Reuters/Caracas. Venezuela's government broke its silence about a riot and fire in a police station's cells that killed dozens of prisoners last Wednesday, issuing a ...

Caracas is the world's most dangerous capital, according to a survey which confirms that Latin American cities are the most violent on the planet. Last year the Venezuelan city's murder rate was 111 per 100,000 residents. By contrast, the murder rate in London is 1.5 per 100,000 people. The study, which ...

Caracas, Venezuela, was the most dangerous capital city in the world in 2017, according to a new study that underscores how Latin America remains one of the bloodiest swaths of the planet. According to Mexico's Citizens Council for Public Safety and Criminal Justice, 43 of the world's 50 most violent ...

Sure, some analysts say, Venezuela could start importing diluents from African oil producers, but these will come at a steep price, and Caracas is short of cash. In an effort to scrounge up some much needed cash, President Maduro said the country's brand new cryptocurrency had received more than ...

All of the 125 beds the organisation has in four properties across Caracas are occupied. The same day a child leaves, often to an adoptive family, another takes its place. The flood of children needing the help of organisations such as the Bambi orphanage is a consequence of the country's collapsing ...

After successfully launching the 'petro,' Venezuela is now on its way to becoming the world's first country with two national cryptocurrencies, reports TV news network Globovision. The channel quotes Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, who made the announcement during his meeting with members of ...

A power cut during the evening rush hour in Venezuela's capital, Caracas, caused major disruption to parts of the city on Tuesday. Hundreds of commuters could be seen walking along the city's central avenues as the metro was affected. Other caught lifts on lorries or hung on to the doors of overcrowded ...

Panama Bans Flights of Venezuelan Airlines in Response to Caracas Sanctions ... (Sputnik) - The authorities of Panama have decided to ban the flights of the Venezuelan airlines working in the country for 90 days responding to the similar move of Caracas, the Panamanian government said in a statement.

The premise for communities issuing their own currency in Venezuela comes from one of Hugo Chavez's strongholds in Caracas. In 2017, the civil association Fuerza Patriotica Alexis Vive (FPAV) was inspired by the late president's "socialist commune" concept to establish and mint a new currency in the ...

(RTTNews) - The President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos asked the Venezuelan government to allow at least one humanitarian channel to alleviate the situation of the country's population. According to him, Venezuela's trouble is "an issue that greatly concerns us." He added that both Colombia and ...