TEHRAN, February 2 - Venezuela condemned on Friday U.S. comments that its own military could topple President Nicolas Maduro and said a Latin American tour by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was seeking a regional "intervention" against the socialist government.
TEHRAN, January 27 - French President Emmanuel Macron has called for increasing European Union (EU) sanctions on Venezuela, just over a week after the 28-nation bloc, which has sided with the Latin American state’s opposition in its anti-government struggles, slapped a fresh series of bans against Caracas.
TEHRAN, January 27 - Venezuelan opposition leaders on Friday condemned the sidelining of their coalition from upcoming presidential elections, saying it was trickery by President Nicolas Maduro's administration to rig the vote in its favor.
TEHRAN, January 24 - Venezuela's presidential election race has begun with favorite and incumbent Nicolas Maduro signaling a nationalist, "anti-Trump" campaign.
TEHRAN, January 18 - The European Union has decided to include some senior Venezuelan officials in its sanctions blacklist over an ongoing political conflict in the country, sources within the bloc have indicated.
TEHRAN, January 18 - Some people are looking for lost gold and jewelry in wastewater channels to make a living as economic crisis gets worse in Venezuela.
TEHRAN, January 6 - Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has censured United States sanctions on four former and current Venezuelan government officials, warning that the incumbent US president and his administration in Washington has “exhausted his patience.”
TEHRAN, January 2 -Venezuela’s state prosecutor says authorities have arrested a National Guard sergeant over the recent killing of a woman at a line for food.
TEHRAN, December 27 - Authorities in Brazil said they are stripping Venezuela's top diplomat of his credentials and kicking him out in a dispute between the neighboring South American countries.
TEHRAN, December 20-A group commanded by a rogue former police officer in Venezuela has attacked a military barracks near the capital of Caracas, stealing a small amount of weapons.
TEHRAN, December 16 -Venezuela’s government and opposition leaders will hold a new round of talks in January after failing on Friday to reach an agreement to ease a deep political and economic crisis in the troubled OPEC country.
TEHRAN, December 11-President Nicolas Maduro set his sights on Venezuela’s 2018 presidential election after the ruling Socialist Party predictably dominated mayoral polls with the help of a partial boycott by a demoralized opposition.
TEHRAN, December 4 -Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced Sunday that the country will launch its own cryptocurrency, called the “Petro,” which will be backed by the country’s vast natural resource reserves.
TEHRAN, December 1 -Venezuelan authorities on Thursday arrested two once-powerful officials who had run the oil ministry and state energy company PDVSA as part of a deepening industry purge also seen as a power play by leftist President Nicolas Maduro.
TEHRAN, November 17 - Venezuelan opposition leader Antonio Ledezma, who was detained in 2015 on allegations of coup-plotting but had been under house arrest in Caracas, has fled over the border to Colombia, authorities said on Friday.
TEHRAN, November 16 - Venezuela's ousted chief prosecutor on Thursday asked the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into President Nicolas Maduro and four other senior officials for alleged crimes against humanity.
TEHRAN, October 27 -A newly-elected Venezuelan governor affiliated with the opposition who had refused to pledge allegiance to a government body has been sacked.
TEHRAN, October 16 - Venezuelans have cast their ballots in the country’s regional elections to choose their favorite governors. The results that are expected to come out on Monday could very much determine the future course of the country's politics.
TEHRAN, October 16 - Venezuela's opposition coalition refused to recognise the results of Sunday's gubernatorial elections where the ruling socialists won a surprise majority, raising the specter of more political turmoil in the oil-rich nation.
TEHRAN, October 14 - Russia has reached a general agreement with Venezuela on restructuring its debt to Moscow, RIA news agency cited Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov as saying on Saturday.