Donald Trump Backtracks On Meeting With Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro After Backlash

Donald Trump Backtracks On Meeting With Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro After Backlash

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump said that he was open to meeting with Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his comments were met with backlash. On Monday, Trump backtracked, saying he would only meet with Maduro to discuss the dictator’s “peaceful exit.” “Unlike the radical left, I will ALWAYS stand against socialism and with the […]

Donald Trump Says He Is Open To Meeting With Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro

Donald Trump Says He Is Open To Meeting With Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro

In an interview with Axios published on Sunday, President Donald Trump said that he is open to meeting with Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. “I would maybe think about that… Maduro would like to meet. And I’m never opposed to meetings — you know, rarely opposed to meeting,” Trump said. “I always say, you lose very little […]

After Impeachment Vote, Donald Trump Snubs Meet With Recognized Venezuela President, Raising New Scandal Fears

After Impeachment Vote, Donald Trump Snubs Meet With Recognized Venezuela President, Raising New Scandal Fears

The Trump administration has officially recognized Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the legitimate president of that country, since the results of the 2018 election that kept socialist strongman Nicolás Maduro in power have been widely called into question. On Saturday, Trump refused to meet with Guaidó in Miami, despite that fact that the man […]

Venezuela’s Diplomat Ignores Donald Trump During His U.N. Speech Attacking The Country, Reads A Book Instead

Venezuela’s Diplomat Ignores Donald Trump During His U.N. Speech Attacking The Country, Reads A Book Instead

Donald Trump showed up at the U.N. on Tuesday to address a range of topics, but when he turned to attack Venezuela, the country’s delegate appeared to be tuning the American president out. According to Newsweek, as Trump railed about the country, with which the U.S. has cut ties, the diplomat from Venezuela sat calmly […]

Christian Evangelical Leader Pat Robertson Calls For ‘Hellfire Missile’ Strike On Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro

Christian Evangelical Leader Pat Robertson Calls For ‘Hellfire Missile’ Strike On Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro

As Donald Trump has escalated his rhetoric condemning Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, as well as calming economic sanctions on the country and recognizing Maduro’s opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the country’s president, as NBC News reported, a top right-wing American Christian evangelical leader called on the United States to assassinate Maduro with a drone strike. […]

Senators Sign Bill To Send $400 Million In Aid To Venezuela

Senators Sign Bill To Send $400 Million In Aid To Venezuela

Venezuela is a country in crisis. With the authoritarian rule of Nicolás Maduro still clinging to his power in the South American nation, and the opposition leader Juan Guaidó vying for what many believe to be his rightful role as president, the people of Venezuela, along with the army, have risen up. Thousands have taken […]

Oliver Stone Suggests U.S. May Have Triggered Power Cuts In Venezuela

Oliver Stone Suggests U.S. May Have Triggered Power Cuts In Venezuela

Controversial director Oliver Stone suggested Tuesday night that the United States could have been in involved in recent power cuts in strife-torn Venezuela, according to a report in The Independent. The 72-year-old director of Snowden suggested in a Facebook post that the U.S. has long had the ability to manufacture breakdowns and malfunctions in the […]

Senator Marco Rubio Left Embarrassed After Blaming Venezuelan Power Outage On Journalist Who Broke The News

Senator Marco Rubio Left Embarrassed After Blaming Venezuelan Power Outage On Journalist Who Broke The News

Senator Marco Rubio has been a staunch critic of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, but his willingness to criticize the regime has meant that sometimes he doesn’t cross-check his facts. On Saturday, the Florida senator was left in an embarrassing position after he blamed a power outage in Venezuela on the journalist who broke the news. […]

‘Do Not Invade:’ Roger Waters Posts Video Supporting People Of Venezuela, Criticizing Trump

‘Do Not Invade:’ Roger Waters Posts Video Supporting People Of Venezuela, Criticizing Trump

Former Pink Floyd singer and bassist Roger Waters recorded a sharply-worded video criticizing President Donald Trump and expressing solidarity with the people of Venezuela as the country is roiled by internal conflict according to The Independent. The 75-year-old angrily noted that it is hypocritical of the U.S. president to pose as a humanitarian by squabbling […]

Venezuelan Military Blocks US-Backed Aid From Entering The Country

Venezuelan Military Blocks US-Backed Aid From Entering The Country

The United States and Canada respectively pledged $20 million and $53 million in humanitarian aid to Venezuela in order to fulfill the promise made by the opposition leader and disputed Interim President Juan Guaido. Venezuela is suffering from crippling shortages of food and medicine, aggravated by American sanctions and the now-disputed President Nicolas Maduro’s haphazard […]

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Ends Diplomatic Relationship With US Amid Nationwide Protests

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Ends Diplomatic Relationship With US Amid Nationwide Protests

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido swore himself in as Venezuela’s interim president, relying on a provision in the country’s constitution that boots President Nicolas Maduro from the presidency and allows Guaido to take control of the country. Immediately after Guaido took an oath of office in the midst of protests against Maduro, U.S. President Donald […]

US Leading Assassination Plot Against Him, Claims Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro

US Leading Assassination Plot Against Him, Claims Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro alleged today that he has uncovered an assassination plot that leads directly to the White House, accusing President Donald Trump and National Security Adviser John Bolton of orchestrating the plot in a bid to replace the socialist Maduro with a U.S.-sanctioned dictator. Maduro, who in recent months has been repeatedly warning […]

Trump Officials Reportedly Met With Venezuelan Military Dissidents To Plot Coup Ousting President Maduro

Trump Officials Reportedly Met With Venezuelan Military Dissidents To Plot Coup Ousting President Maduro

Trump administration officials met with dissident Venezuelan military leaders to discuss a possible coup to oust president Nicolas Maduro, according to the New York Times. Venezuela is reeling under the leadership of Maduro, who assumed power in 2013 following the death of Hugo Chavez, and has since cemented his grip on the presidency by successfully […]

Venezuela’s President Maduro Launches Currency Devaluation As Economic Crisis Deepens

Venezuela’s President Maduro Launches Currency Devaluation As Economic Crisis Deepens

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced Friday that he would be implementing a new currency overhaul in an attempt to end the prolonged economic turmoil in the country. However, critics are afraid the move will exacerbate hyperinflation in the country, reports CNBC. Maduro and his administration are set to implement economic reforms, one of which will […]

Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro Targeted In Drone Assassination Attempt, Blames Colombia

Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro Targeted In Drone Assassination Attempt, Blames Colombia

Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, has survived an apparent assassination attempt, reports The Guardian. The attempt took place on Saturday while he was giving a live-broadcast speech to hundreds of soldiers. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were caught by surprise after hearing the sound of an explosion in the sky. While it is unclear as […]

Socialist Leader Maduro Declared Winner In Venezuela’s Election

Socialist Leader Maduro Declared Winner In Venezuela’s Election

Socialist leader Nicolas Maduro has won a second six-year term as President of Venezuela, the Associated Press reports. Maduro won nearly 68 percent of the votes, beating his nearest rival Henri Falcon by almost 40 points. This was announced by The National Election Council, with almost 93 percent of polling stations reporting. Maduro’s win comes […]

Venezuela’s Pro-Nicolas Maduro Forces Foil A Military Rebellion In Valencia

Venezuela’s Pro-Nicolas Maduro Forces Foil A Military Rebellion In Valencia

Pro-Nicolas Maduro military forces thwarted a small military rebellion in the city of Valencia. The country of Venezuela has been roiled by uncertainty and fear in the midst of a historic economic crisis. Reuters reported in 2016 that consumer prices rose 800 percent. The astounding levels of inflation were coupled with Venezuela’s GDP shrinking 18.6 […]

Deaths In Venezuela Protests: Maduro’s Government Forces Attempt To Crush Dissent

Deaths In Venezuela Protests: Maduro’s Government Forces Attempt To Crush Dissent

Anti-government protests in Venezuela that were billed as “The Mother of All Marches” have left at least two people dead on Wednesday and many more injured. Empty supermarket shelves and rocketing unemployment levels had led the people of Venezuela out onto the streets of Caracas to call for a positive democratic reaction. Instead, the protestors […]

Donald Trump’s Infatuation With Strongmen All Over The World And His Presidency

Donald Trump’s Infatuation With Strongmen All Over The World And His Presidency

Over the last week, during the Commander-In-Chief forum, Donald Trump made it very clear that he would respond to favoritism given to him from leaders such as that from Russia’s strongman president Vladimir Putin. “If [Putin] says great things about me, I’m going to say great things about him.” Much coverage about Donald Trump and […]

Nicolas Maduro Takes Disciplinary Action Against Venezuelan Town That Humilitated Him

Nicolas Maduro Takes Disciplinary Action Against Venezuelan Town That Humilitated Him

Last Friday Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro went to the neighborhood of Villa Rosa to show off a renovation project on Margarita Island, which was full of people with pots and pans who were there to cheer him on and the Bolivarian Revolution, or so he thought. The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that Maduro […]

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