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EU readies sanctions on Venezuela, approves arms embargo

EghtesadOnline: European Union foreign ministers approved economic sanctions including an arms embargo on Venezuela on Monday, saying regional elections last month marred by reported irregularities had deepened the country’s crisis.
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Publish Date:13/November/2017 | 11:30

Trump slaps sanctions on Venezuela; Maduro sees effort to force default

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that prohibits dealings in new debt from the Venezuelan government or its state oil company on Friday in an effort to halt financing that the White House said fuels President Nicolas Maduro’s “dictatorship.”
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Publish Date:26/August/2017 | 13:46

Trump slaps sanctions on Venezuela; Maduro sees effort to force default

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that prohibits dealings in new debt from the Venezuelan government or its state oil company on Friday in an effort to halt financing that the White House said fuels President Nicolas Maduro’s “dictatorship.”
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Publish Date:26/August/2017 | 13:46

Venezuela faces outrage after new assembly takes legislative power

EghtesadOnline: Venezuela's new legislative superbody was criticized by South American governments and Washington on Friday after giving itself the power to pass laws, superseding the opposition-led congress while ex-top prosecutor Luisa Ortega fled the country.
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Publish Date:19/August/2017 | 04:44

Venezuela faces outrage after new assembly takes legislative power

EghtesadOnline: Venezuela's new legislative superbody was criticized by South American governments and Washington on Friday after giving itself the power to pass laws, superseding the opposition-led congress while ex-top prosecutor Luisa Ortega fled the country.
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Publish Date:19/August/2017 | 04:44

Trump's threat of Venezuela military action could bolster Maduro

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump's talk of possible military action in Venezuela could be a political life-line for the country's unpopular leader, who has long used the threat of U.S. aggression to justify policies that have shredded the economy.
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Publish Date:13/August/2017 | 09:01

New Venezuela Assembly Votes to Oust Chief Prosecutor Ortega

EghtesadOnline: Venezuela’s newly convened assembly ousted Chief Prosecutor Luisa Ortega Diaz, the highest-ranking member of President Nicolas Maduro’s administration to break ranks. Separately, the oil-rich nation was suspended from the regional trading group Mercosur.
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Publish Date:06/August/2017 | 07:32

U.S. targets Venezuelan President Maduro for sanctions

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. government slapped sanctions on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday, the Trump's administration's toughest move so far against his government in response to Sunday's election of a legislative superbody Washington denounced as a "sham" vote.
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Publish Date:01/August/2017 | 05:49

Trump threatens sanctions if Venezuela creates Constituent Assembly

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to take "strong and swift economic actions" if Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro goes ahead with plans to create a super-legislature known as a Constituent Assembly in a July 30 vote.
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Publish Date:18/July/2017 | 05:26

Venezuela opposition plots "zero hour" after big anti-Maduro vote

EghtesadOnline: Energized by a massive vote against President Nicolas Maduro in an unofficial plebiscite, Venezuela's opposition mulled on Monday how to escalate protests and block a new congress it fears may enshrine Socialist Party hegemony.
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Publish Date:17/July/2017 | 06:43

Venezuela opposition holds unofficial plebiscite to defy Maduro

EghtesadOnline: Venezuela's opposition holds an unofficial referendum on Sunday to increase pressure on President Nicolas Maduro as he seeks to create a legislative superbody that his adversaries call the consolidation of a dictatorship.
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Publish Date:16/July/2017 | 24:28

Venezuela opposition leaders wounded in anti-government march

EghtesadOnline: Two Venezuelan opposition leaders were wounded on Monday by security forces dispersing protests in the capital Caracas against President Nicolas Maduro, according to one of the leaders and an opposition legislator.
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Publish Date:30/May/2017 | 05:33

Venezuela prosecutor decries Maduro plan, unrest worsens

EghtesadOnline: Venezuela's state prosecutor has panned unpopular President Nicolas Maduro's plan to create a grassroots congress, deepening a rare public split among the ruling Socialists as the death toll from two months of unrest hit 51.
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Publish Date:23/May/2017 | 05:15

Venezuela's jailed Lopez is well, urges more protests: wife

EghtesadOnline: Jailed opposition Venezuelan politician Leopoldo Lopez is well and is urging street demonstrators to keep up massive anti-government protests, his wife said on Sunday after her first visit with the former presidential hopeful in over a month, putting to rest rumors of his ill health.
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Publish Date:08/May/2017 | 05:15

Roses in hand, Venezuelan women protesters face security forces

EghtesadOnline: Dressed in white and chanting "Liberty!", tens of thousands of women opposed to Venezuela's socialist President Nicolas Maduro marched on Saturday, proffering roses to security forces who blocked their way.
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Publish Date:07/May/2017 | 04:50

Venezuela protests rage, jailed Lopez supporters stage vigil

EghtesadOnline: Supporters of jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez held a vigil outside his prison demanding to see him on Thursday after rumors about his health rattled the protest-hit country where the death toll from anti-government unrest rose to 36.
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Publish Date:05/May/2017 | 06:16

Venezuela Back From Brink as Top Court Reverses Shock Ruling

EghtesadOnline: Venezuela’s top court reversed its decision to strip power from the opposition-led National Assembly in favor of the ruling socialist party, a move that critics say had driven the oil-producing nation to the brink of dictatorship.
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Publish Date:01/April/2017 | 18:16

OPEC sees market stability in 2017, Venezuela aims for $70 price

EghtesadOnline: OPEC Secretary-General Mohammed Barkindo forecast on Monday that stability would return to oil markets this year while price hawk Venezuela said it hoped its crude basket would rise to $70 in coming months.
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Publish Date:17/January/2017 | 05:07

Rouhani stresses need for sustained OPEC consultation for market stability

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani in a telephone conversation with his Venezuelan counterpart President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday said that continuation of consultation and cooperation among OPEC member states is necessary for stabilizing market and increasing oil prices.
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Publish Date:08/December/2016 | 22:36