Venezuela money supply surges 10 percent in one week, fastest in 25 years

EghtesadOnline: In a portend of steepening inflation in crisis-stricken Venezuela, money supply surged 10 percent in just one week earlier this month, its largest single-week rise in a quarter of a century.

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Publish Date:30/July/2017 | 05:59

Venezuelan's opposition calls new strike, violence flares

EghtesadOnline: Venezuela's opposition called a two-day national strike against President Nicolas Maduro after another day of violent clashes on Saturday where the injured included a violinist famous for his musical protests.

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Publish Date:23/July/2017 | 04:39

Protests flare over Venezuela cash chaos; three deaths reported

EghtesadOnline: Protests and looting broke out in parts of Venezuela on Friday due to a lack of cash after the socialist government suddenly pulled the nation's largest banknote from circulation in the midst of a brutal economic crisis.

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Publish Date:17/December/2016 | 08:02

With crisis escalating, Venezuela's Maduro to meet opposition

EghtesadOnline: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro was to sit down on Sunday with opposition representatives and foreign mediators, a gesture his foes suspect is a time-wasting tactic to ease pressure on the unpopular socialist leader.

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Publish Date:30/October/2016 | 17:51

Venezuelan opposition strike patchy amid government threats

EghtesadOnline: Venezuela's streets were quieter than usual on Friday during an opposition-called strike, but participation was patchy after the socialist government threatened to shut down businesses that closed.

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Publish Date:29/October/2016 | 05:35

Venezuela opposition protests Maduro 'dictatorship'

EghtesadOnline: Opposition supporters headed to rallies around Venezuela on Wednesday against unpopular socialist President Nicolas Maduro, whom they accuse of turning into a dictator by preventing a plebiscite to remove him.

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Publish Date:26/October/2016 | 13:44

No pay, no expenses, no laws for Venezuela's opposition lawmakers

EghtesadOnline: They say they have not been paid for two months, have had their electricity cut and are sometimes banned from flights - and the laws they pass are blocked anyway.

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Publish Date:15/October/2016 | 06:10

Venezuela opposition says blocked from meeting near summit

EghtesadOnline: The leader of Venezuela's opposition-led parliament accused President Nicolas Maduro's government on Saturday of blocking legislators from Margarita island for a session alongside this week's Non-Aligned Movement summit.

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Publish Date:11/September/2016 | 07:04

Ultra-violent gangs thrive in chaotic Venezuela despite crackdown

EghtesadOnline: The click-clack of guns being cocked echoes in the cement safe house where seven kidnappers keep watch over a western Caracas slum, their 33-year-old gang leader boasting of grenade attacks on police and growing wealth and power.

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Publish Date:01/September/2016 | 07:11

China offers support for strife-torn Venezuela at United Nations

EghtesadOnline: China believes that the Venezuelan government and people can resolve their problems within a legal framework and maintain national stability, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Venezuelan counterpart at the United Nations.

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Publish Date:20/September/2017 | 07:25

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

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

Violence Flares as Venezuelans Vote to Overhaul Constitution

EghtesadOnline: Police clashed with demonstrators who blocked roads and rallied against a contentious ballot on Sunday that marked the first step toward remaking Venezuela’s constitution in a way that could upend decades of democracy in the oil-producing nation.

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Publish Date:31/July/2017 | 08:04

Venezuela votes for all-powerful assembly, critics cry dictatorship

EghtesadOnline: Venezuelans on Sunday vote for a constitutional super-body expected to hand sweeping new powers to ruling Socialist Party officials and potentially extend their unpopular rule in the convulsed OPEC nation.

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Publish Date:30/July/2017 | 05:51

Iran urges dialog, no foreign meddling in Venezuela

EghtesadOnline: Iran says the conflict gripping Venezuela could be best resolved through dialog without any foreign interference as tensions escalate between warring sides in the oil-rich South American country.

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Publish Date:30/June/2017 | 24:17

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

As Venezuela unrest spreads, Maduro presses on with plans to rewrite charter

EghtesadOnline: Faced with mounting unrest, Venezuela's unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro vowed on Tuesday to push ahead in July with the formation of a "constituent assembly" to rewrite the constitution before regional elections in December.

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Publish Date:24/May/2017 | 05:17

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