Venezuela said Wednesday that it would pull out of the Organization of American States , which has long been critical of President Nicolás Maduro’s unyielding accumulation of power at the Continue Reading
The Venezuelan government’s seizure of a GM factory, as reported by Reuters, signals that the deeply corrupt regime of President Nicolas Maduro is escalating its self-defeating actions. Ironically, for oil Continue Reading
A document circulating in Peru, part of a broad political corruption investigation, stands as a quaint piece of Hugo Chávez memorabilia. It’s a 2006 letter allegedly penned by the late Continue Reading
As political turmoil in Venezuela persists, oil firms including Norwegian major Statoil ASA ( STL.OL ) and Spain’s Repsol SA ( REP.MC ) have further reduced their already-dwindling ranks of Continue Reading
Two Venezuelan men died on Tuesday from gunshots at political demonstrations, bringing to 26 the number of fatalities around this month’s protests against President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government. The state Continue Reading
The cold logic of the oil market dictates that crisis usually equals profit. That’s because a crisis in oil usually means a supply crisis, as some large producing country becomes Continue Reading
Barricading roads with trash and even bathtubs, small groups of protesters held “sit-ins” around Venezuela on Monday in an effort to maintain momentum as anti-government unrest entered a fourth week. Continue Reading
The latest protests were on Saturday and another march is planned for Monday Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has called for talks to resume with the opposition. He also said he Continue Reading
At least a dozen people were killed as the streets of Caracas, Venezuela, erupted into a night of riots, looting and clashes between government opponents and the National Guard late Continue Reading
Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro has ordered an investigation into Telefónica’s Movistar for alleged “coup-mongering” after a week of protests against his increasingly repressive rule. Mr Maduro accused the subsidiary of Continue Reading
