Tehran 18 February _Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says the United States and some of its allies are plotting to invade Venezuela and that the South American country is “not afraid of military combat.”
Tehran 11 February _Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says he will file a lawsuit against the US government over the economic damages it caused to his country through its unilateral sanctions against Venezuela's flagship airline Conviasa.
Tehran 7 February _Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has condemned the United States for seeking "regime change" in Venezuela by imposing sanctions on the country's state energy giant Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), supporting opposition leader Juan Guaido and attempting to create a pretext for military intervention there.
President Hassan Rouhani says US pressure tactics, including illegal sanctions, against Iran and Venezuela are tantamount to crimes against humanity, describing resistance as the key to foiling American conspiracies.
Tehran 21 January_The administration of US President Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on Venezuela as part of attempts to pressure the country’s legitimately-elected President Nicolas Maduro to resign.
TEHRAN, Nov 30_US special envoy for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, announced on Wednesday that Washington was seeking to impose new travel restrictions on Venezuelan government officials.
TEHRAN, Nov 5_Guatemalan President-elect Alejandro Giammattei says he plans to sever all diplomatic ties with Venezuela after his inauguration in January 2020.
TEHRAN, Nov 4_Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has called his El Salvadoran counterpart, Nayib Bukele, a “traitor” after the latter expelled diplomats representing the Caracas government from the Central American state.
TEHRAN, oct 19_U.S. oil major Chevron Corp (CVX.N) said late on Friday it is optimistic about maintaining a presence in Venezuela even amid U.S. sanctions on the country and state oil company PDVSA as part of Washington’s effort to oust President Nicolas Maduro.
TEHRAN, Sept 11 -Venezuela has launched extended military drills along the border with Colombia in an effort to prepare for any foreign invasion, amid rising tensions between Caracas and Bogota.
TEHRAN, Sept 02 -The United States is not after military intervention in Venezuela amid the economic and political crisis in the South American nation, says the US envoy.
TEHRAN, August 21 - The chief of US military’s Southern Command has unveiled that Washington’s military establishment is focusing on preparations for what he referred to as “the day after” the downfall of Venezuela’s “isolated” President Nicolas Maduro amid Trump administration’s persisting regime-change policy towards the Central American nation.
TEHRAN, August 13 - The Venezuelan authorities do not plan to dissolve the National Assembly (parliament) controlled by the opposition any time soon, president of the Constitutent Assembly Diosdado Cabello said.
TEHRAN, August 8- China has lashed out at the US for warning Beijing over its support for Venezuela, urging Washington to stop its bullying actions across the world.
TEHRAN, Aug 02 - Washington said on Friday it would bar two Venezuelan officials accused of “human rights violations” from traveling to the United States. The move is the latest action to pressure Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro into stepping down, Reuters said.
TEHRAN, Jul 25 - The United States is considering imposing new sanctions on Russia over its support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the White House representative for the South American nation said Wednesday.
TEHRAN, Jul 25 -Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says Washington, “desperate” over its defeats, is resorting to acts of sabotage against the country’s power system, including a “high-tech electromagnetic” attack that resulted in a massive power cut Monday.
TEHRAN, Jul 24 - Widespread electricity outages could become the new normal in Venezuela, experts have warned, as the country struggled to restore power after a massive blackout that left millions without power or access to the internet.
TEHRAN, Jul 23 -Caracas and other parts of crisis-wracked Venezuela were hit by a massive power cut on Monday, AFP journalists and internet users said.