by WorldTribune Staff, July 31, 2017 A vote in Venezuela on July 30 that was seen aimed at delivering a full dictatorship to socialist President Nicolas Maduro was marked by violence, with at least 10 people being killed, reports say. Three people were killed by “paramilitary gangs on motorcycles who shot them in the head,” according to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 26, 2017 Venezuela’s army may march on its stomach, but it can’t roll without toilet paper. Photographs have emerged of Venezuelan military brass presenting soldiers with toilet paper in what appears to be socialist President Nicolas Maduro’s way of rewarding them for their loyalty, opposition leader Henrique Capriles tweeted on July […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2017 The Trump administration is considering sanctions against Venezuela amid Nicolas Maduro’s push for the so-called Constituent Assembly, which Washington says would grant the socialist president a “full dictatorship.” Polls show Venezuela’s ruling Socialists would be thrashed in any conventional election. A majority of people oppose the Constituent Assembly, which […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 6, 2017 Supporters of President Nicolas Maduro, many wielding pipes, stormed Venezuela’s opposition-led congress on July 5 and attacked lawmakers who oppose the socialist president. Seven politicians were injured by the mob and some 350 lawmakers, journalists and guests at the Independence Day session were trapped until the siege ended at […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 13, 2017 Beset by violence that has seen 84 anti-government protesters killed since March and extreme poverty that could see inflation reach 1,500 percent by the end of the year, Venezuela looks more like hell on Earth than a socialist paradise. “Everything about Venezuela suggests this is a nation on the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 1, 2017 As Venezuela continues to collapse under socialist rule, left-leaning countries who support President Nicolas Maduro insisted at a meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) that other nations have no right to interfere in Venezuela. The May 31 OAS meeting in Washington ended with no consensus on helping […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 24, 2017 Protesters in Venezuela’s Barinas state on May 22 burned down the childhood home of late dictator Hugo Chavez, whose socialist policies have continued under current President Nicolas Maduro, resulting in the collapse of the nation’s economy. Social media users noted that the fire began shortly after the news that […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 18, 2017 Venezuela deployed 2,000 soldiers to San Cristobal in Tachira state on May 17 in an effort to curb protests against the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro. Most shops and businesses in San Cristobal were closed and guarded by soldiers after widespread looting amid a deepening economic crisis. People […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Storm clouds are buffeting the coast of Venezuela, the once rich South American state which is sliding into economic chaos and combustible political confrontation. Mass demonstrations have rocked the capital Caracas. As democratic opposition protesters confront the riot police and paramilitary forces of the entrenched […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 18, 2017 Henrique Capriles, the once-restrained opposition leader in Venezuela who accepted past defeats despite signs of fraud, has now turned to social media to get his message out. In a flurry of messages sent out from his social media account over the last week, Capriles accused Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro […]
