Tag: Venezuela
‘Illegitimate’ power grab, US says as Maduro sworn in as Venezuelan president
Nicolás Maduro held an “illegitimate presidential inauguration in Venezuela in a desperate attempt to seize power,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated on Friday, as the Venezuelan leader began his third term amid...
How safe is Latin America for Israelis and Jews?
The Israeli military response against Hamas in Gaza following the Oct. 7 massacre and the current campaign in Lebanon against Hezbollah has sparked criticism, even ire, on the part of a significant part of...
Hezbollah operatives being sheltered in Venezuela, hacker group claims
Hezbollah operatives are living freely in Venezuela under the protection of President Nicolás Maduro’s government, according to a hacker collective aligned with the Venezuelan opposition.
In an operation the hackers said had been carried out...
‘Iran is a main destination for uranium smuggling from Venezuela’
“It is public knowledge that several members of the military have been arrested after smuggling uranium from Venezuela, and we believe Iran is one of the main destinations,” said would-be Venezuelan leader Juan Guaidó...
August 13, 2008: Hugo Chavez met with the WJC, LAJC, and Venezuelan Jewish leaders...
Venezuela's revolutionary president, Hugo Chavez, met with the head of the World Jewish Congress, the Latin American Jewish Congress, and Venezuelan Jewish leaders in Caracas on this date in 2008.
Also in attendance was Argentina's...
Iran and Venezuela: The unshakeable alliance
In terms of putting on a spectacle, the current crop of leaders in Iran and Venezuela are a pale imitation of the situation a decade ago, when the double act of the late Hugo...
Ignoring US warning, first Iranian fuel tanker arrives in Venezuelan waters
Despite U.S. warnings, the first of five Iranian tankers loaded with fuel arrived in Venezuelan waters on Saturday.
“The ships from the fraternal Islamic Republic of Iran are now in our exclusive economic zone,” tweeted...
US envoy blasts Iranian oil shipments to Venezuela, breaking sanctions
U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook slammed Iran on Thursday for shipping oil to Venezuela.
“We think that this is another regrettable example of the Iranian regime stealing the wealth of the Iranian people to...
Khamenei: Americans will be expelled from Iraq, Syria
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that the Americans will be pushed out of Iraq and Syria, and that U.S. actions in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria led to it being hated...
Report: Venezuela apparently giving gold bars to Iran for oil
Amid economic collapse, Venezuela has been relying on Iran to prop up its oil industry by giving the Islamic Republic tons of gold bars, thereby depleting the South American country’s gold vaults, reported Bloomberg on Thursday, citing...