Tag: Venezuela

“An oil country and there is no gas, there is no gasoline, there is nothing. We were rich, Venezuela was rich, "complains Kira Pimentel while adding a little oil to the fire that she is building in the backyard of her house to cook. They have been repeating the same routine for several months, almost everyday. "It's like living in the Stone Age," adds the red-haired woman with gray hair and big eyes. Kira, from 61 years, lives in Maracay, state from Aragua, in the central region of Venezuela, about two hours from Caracas by car, about 120 kilometers. There, as in the rest of the country, including Caracas, the supply gas is irregular or non-existent and the price of a bottle on the black market is unpayable for most. This has made many people have to cook over wood , a product t...

The government of Venezuela continues with its policy of a strong hand against crime. Last weekend, a police operation , which included members of the controversial police force FAES (Special Actions Force of the Bolivarian National Police) , left 23 killed in a neighborhood of Caracas, according to Provea, an NGO for the defense of Human Rights. The Provea figure is based on data from the police itself and from the families, who are already beginning to report “ executions. ” Until this Tuesday, the Venezuelan government had not given its version of what happened. “ There are no comments for now, ”he said. A spokesman for the Public Ministry told BBC Mundo about the events in La Vega. The attorney general, Tarek William Saab , did not respond to the request of comments from BBC...

The Government of Venezuela accused the United States of trying to create "provocations, threats and aggressions" with the joint military exercises that it has been carrying out since Saturday with Guyana in a nearby area to an area in dispute between the two Caribbean countries. In a statement to the media, the executive vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, described these exercises as “an agonizing action of the last hours of the Government of Donald Trump, which intends to create provocations, threats and attacks against the Venezuelan people. ” He also assured that these exercises are directed against the Venezuelan sovereignty and “territorial integrity.” As stated, “there is a presence of a United States coast guard ship”, so they are “Very attentive to the development of milit...