By Nicole Jao, Shariq Khan, Marianna Parraga and Arathy Somasekhar NEW YORK, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Valero Energy is set to buy up to 6.5 million barrels of Venezuelan crude in March for its Gulf Coast refineries, making it the OPEC country’s top foreign oil refiner since the U.S. impeached President Nicolas Maduro in January, … Read more
Feb 8 (Reuters) – A prominent Venezuelan opposition politician was kidnapped in Caracas on Sunday night just hours after his release from prison, according to his son and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado, casting doubt on government promises to free political prisoners. Juan Pablo Guanipa, a close ally of opposition leader Machado, was … Read more
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine judge on Wednesday requested the extradition from the United States of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who was captured by the U.S. military last month and now faces federal charges of narco-terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine in New York. The inquiry from Argentina, whose judges have aggressively … Read more
BEIJING, Feb 3 (Reuters) – China and Uruguay should work together to advance an “equal and orderly multipolar world”, President Xi Jinping told his counterpart Yamandu Orsi on Tuesday, according to a media report. Orsi’s visit is the first by a South American leader to the Chinese capital since the United States invaded Venezuela in … Read more
By Marianna Parraga Feb 2 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s oil exports rose to about 800,000 barrels per day (bpd) in January, from 498,000 bpd in December, following the U.S. capture of Nicolas Maduro and the end of an oil embargo that left traders carrying most exports, shipping data showed. Washington imposed an oil embargo on the … Read more
By Dave Sherwood HAVANA, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Cubans from all walks of life are moving into survival mode, navigating lengthening blackouts and rising prices for food, fuel and transportation as the United States threatens to seize control of the Communist-run nation. Reuters interviewed over three dozen residents of cities and neighborhoods around the capital … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans on Wednesday to warn that the Trump administration is ready to take new military action against Venezuela if the country’s interim leadership deviates from US expectations. In testimony prepared for a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio says that the United States is not … Read more
By Erin Banco, Jonathan. NEW YORK, Jan 27 (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence reports have raised doubts about whether Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez will cooperate with the Trump administration by formally cutting ties with U.S. adversaries, four people familiar with the reports said in recent days. US officials have said publicly that they want the … Read more
Donald Trump represents a greater threat to NATO than said Vladimir Putin, one of the former commanders of the alliance in a powerful attack on Washington’s foreign policy. The American President caused alarm after a series of aggressive moves this year including the capture of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, threats to invade Greenland and the … Read more
Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said Sunday that she had “enough” of Washington’s orders, as she works to unite the country after the US capture of its former leader Nicolás Maduro. Rodríguez has been walking a tightrope since he was backed by the United States to lead the country in the interim; balancing keeping Maduro … Read more