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Former Spanish PM Zapatero: US-led Sanctions Behind Venezuelan Migration Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Saturday that the surge in Venezuelan migration is directly linked to the Canadian, European Union and the United States led economic and financial sanctions against the South American country. “Like it always happens with economic sanctions that …

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China: Our Cooperation With Venezuela Opens Up New Prospects The comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Venezuela will step up to a new level and open up new prospects, a Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs official said Thursday.  Zhao Bentang, Director-General of the Department of Latin American and Caribbean Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign …

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OAS Chief Threatens Military Force Against Venezuela In Colombia, Almagro openly endorsed a military intervention against Venezuela to “overthrow” elected president Nicolas Maduro.  Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS) Luis Almagro said Friday in the border city of Cucuta, Colombia that a “military intervention aimed at overthrowing the regime of Nicolas Maduro” shouldn’t …

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US Sanctions Antigua Over Pro-Venezuela Stance The United States has excluded three Caribbean countries from the visa waiver scheme because of their good relationship with the Venezuelan government. The government of Antigua and Barbuda has said that its exclusion from the United States’ visa renewal waiver is due to its support for the Bolivarian government in Venezuela. …

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Over 1,695 Venezuelans repatriated through Plan Vuelta a la Patria From TeleSUR English  This Sunday, 52 members of the indigenous Yukpa people of Venezuela, who had been in the city of Bucaramanga, Colombia for four months, returned to their country. Fifty people were transferred in two buses, arriving in Táchira state, in their native country. …

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Venezuela Denounces US Coup Plotting After NYT Report From TeleSUR English According to a report by the New York Times, United States officials have been meeting with Venezuelan coup plotters for over a year. Venezuela’s foreign minister reiterated his condemnation of the United States for seeking an intervention and supporting military conspiracies, following a report that members …

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Venezuela Announces Free Currency Exchange  From Telesur English “The entire financial sector will allow the Venezuelan population to sell and buy foreign currency for retail, to meet their personal needs,” said Finance Minister Simon Zerpa.  Venezuela has announced free currency exchange in a new agreement enabling public and private banks to buy and sell foreign currency …

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Cuba: US Intervention in Nicaragua, Venezuela Disrespectful From TeleSUR English Cuba rejected, on Thursday, the United States interventionist attacks against the Nicaraguan government, during its participation in the United Nations (UN) Security Council. “Cuba rejects with all energy any action that tends to impose a policy of regime change,” as stated by the Cuban Deputy …

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Venezuela to Coordinate Repatriation of Emigrants with UN By Ricardo Vaz for Venezuelanalysis Venezuelan Executive Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez met with United Nations officials Wednesday to ask for the organization’s support in establishing air corridors for the return of Venezuelan emigrants. “Don’t despair, you can be sure that these air corridors will work and soon you …

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From The Morning Star HUNDREDS of Venezuelans gathered outside their country’s embassy in Peru yesterday shouting: “We want to leave!” The demo was in response to an offer from Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to airlift emigrants back home if they regretted their decision to leave. Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have left the country over …

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