government of Venezuela

Rapid Cambio isn't the only exchange that was shut down by the Venezuelan Government, two other exchange platforms were also shut down i.e, AirTM and ... “The government of Venezuela through the exchange control ROBA to working citizens and producers with the permanent issuance of bolivars ...

Given the far reaching grasp of the Venezuelan government, there's a good chance President Nicolas Maduro will hold power through 2018 — but after the presidential election could be a different story. A crumbling economy has plunged Venezuela deep into a humanitarian crisis, with hundreds of citizens fleeing to ...

Two Venezuelan managers from US oil company Chevron were arrested on 16 April, prompting the company to evacuate several managers from the South American country to protect its staff. The arrests were conducted by members of the Bolivarian Intelligence Services (SEBIN), which acts in cases of ...

HOUSTON — ConocoPhillips won a ruling on Wednesday that says it is entitled to more than $2 billion from Venezuela's state oil company over the country's expropriation of several oil projects more than a decade ago. Now the problem is trying to collect. The Venezuelan government has resisted the ...

US Officials: 16 Nations Agree to Track Venezuela Corruption. Two senior U.S. Treasury officials say finance ministers from several Latin American nations as well as the U.S. and Europe have agreed to work jointly to locate and seize assets arising from corruption by Venezuelan government insiders.

However, he told Parliament recently: “We have been assured that the offer will be reviewed and considered by the Venezuelan Government, with a view to ... by United States President Donald Trump, last year, which imposes sanctions targeting the Government of Venezuela and its state-owned entities.

Daniel Pena, Venezuela's executive secretary of the blockchain observatory, sat for an interview with Cuatro F, a socialist newspaper in the country, to discuss the Petro and its impact on the country's economy. “In three to six months, we will see the impact of the Petro. We have already advanced quickly.

CARACAS—Venezuela's government broke its silence about a riot and fire in a police station's cells that killed dozens of prisoners on Wednesday, issuing a statement on Friday night sending condolences to relatives and promising an investigation. “The Bolivarian government of the Venezuelan republic ...

Based on this description, the prohibitions on dealing in Venezuelan Government-issued cryptocurrencies would apply to (i) any digital currencies that have not yet been developed but are later issued by, for, or on behalf of the Venezuelan Government and (ii) any digital currencies issued by parties other ...

US Imposes Sanctions Targeting Digital Currencies Issued By the Venezuelan Government And Designates More Venezuelan Officials ... any other dealings in, any digital currency, digital coin, or digital token, that was issued by, for, or on behalf of the Government of Venezuela on or after January 9, 2018.

... has issued an executive order banning US citizens from buying, trading or dealing in cryptocurrencies (the Petro) related to the Venezuelan government. ... that was issued by, for, or on behalf of the Government of Venezuela on or after January 9, 2018, are prohibited as of the effective date of this order.

The housing project is intended to deliver 500,000 homes during 2018, and the Venezuelan government plans to soon reach the historic number of five million houses for people with low resources. “That's almost two houses per day since the mission was born. There's no country in the world that has built ...

All in all, the Chavez/Maduro mismanagement of the Venezuelan economy and oil industry makes their heroes, Fidel and Raul Castro, seem like financial savants. In their financial confusion, Venezuelan government economists decided to try an easy way out of immediate insolvency. Their plan is akin to ...

President Trump on Monday levied new sanctions against the Venezuelan government, banning U.S. citizens from dealing in the South American country's newly introduced cryptocurrency. An executive order signed by Trump bans “all transactions related to, provision of financing for, and other dealings in” ...

President Donald Trump imposed new sanctions against the Venezuelan government Monday targeting the government's new digital currency. ... The order specifically targets “any transaction that evades or avoids” previous United States measures against the government of Venezuela. The new sanctions ...

President Trump on Monday signed an executive order prohibiting U.S. citizens from buying Venezuela's newly created 'Petro' cryptocurrency, and a senior administration official says the White House is mulling additional sanctions on the country. The backdrop: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, whose tenure has ...

However, the government of Venezuela is now facing an avalanche of criticism. The majority of ... The NEM wallet, which is believed to be the one controlled by the Venezuelan government, shows that the authority is yet to initiate the distribution process of the 100 million Petros. “So how exactly did they ...

Severe violations of the right to health, as well as difficulties accessing food and other basic services, are putting thousands of people's lives at risk in Venezuela and fueling a regional forced migration crisis, Amnesty International said today on the launch of its digital platform Emergency Exit. “People in ...

Dicom is the venue at which the Venezuelan government auctions foreign currency. Created in May 2017 with a rate of 2,200 bolivars to one US dollar, by June it had increased the rate to 2,640 bolivars. In September 2017 Diciom was temporarily shut down because it couldn't supply enough foreign ...

Almost exactly two years ago, the Venezuelan government signed a decree creating the Mining Arc of the Orinoco River National Development Strategic Zone, a project that outlined a 111,843 Sq.Km concession area (12.2 per cent of the country's landmass) for mining gold, diamond, iron ore, copper, ...

Venezuela's government on Tuesday opened the pre-sale of its contentious petro cryptocurrency, making 82.4 million of the blockade-busting virtual coins available for purchase. The Bitcoin-esque petro (the code for which is “PTR”) is part of a drive to overcome the U.S.'s economic blockade against ...

Merseyside, United Kingdom, February 15 2018 (venezuelanalysis.com) - The Venezuelan government has accused foreign agencies of foul play in promoting a power outage that affected much of Caracas and part of neighbouring Miranda state. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, residents in both ...

Lima, Feb 13 (Prensa Latina) The controversial Lima Group, made up of governments opposed to the Venezuelan administration, will launch here a new attack on the election in that country, in line with the stance of the opposition and the United States. A report from the local Foreign Ministry says that the group will make ...

News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Weds. Feb. 14, 2018: Five former Venezuelan government officials have been indicted for their alleged participation for their alleged participation in an international money laundering scheme. The scheme involves bribes made to corruptly secure energy contracts ...

President Trump signed an executive order March 21 banning all transactions involving digital currency issued by the Venezuelan government, after it began pre-selling its own cryptocurrency, the petro, in February. The petro differs from other cryptos because, according to the Brookings Institute, “The ...

A former Venezuelan official admitted to soliciting and receiving bribes from owners of certain U.S. energy companies. The official pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. The guilty plea is the 11th plea deal the DOJ obtained in its ongoing multi-year investigation and ...

While many college professors preach socialist and communist ideals from the safety of a comfy university classroom, it isn't often that students gain exposure to the true reality of communism rather than a whitewashed version of it. Now, one college in California has taken brainwashing students to a new ...

Despite the Venezuelan government's optimism about the cryptocurrency, its blockchain is still nowhere to be found. The NEM wallet address (NCGBBZKOTERO3EXMPPCNDNDXZQQJXBEMWWO7MB66, for those who are curious) that supposedly holds the Petro hasn't been active as of March 12.

I was truly shocked to read Linda McQuaig's opinion piece, “Canada on wrong side of Venezuelan conflict.” The article is so completely out of touch with reality in Venezuela. Thousands of people — poor people, not wealthy people — are now fleeing the country due to appalling living conditions and the ...