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Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, is threatening to annex Guyana,

Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, is threatening to annex Guyana, a former-British colony and member of the Commonwealth. He want's Guyana's oil. Neither the UK or USA has done enough to help Guyana deter aggression. If anything happens, we could well see British or American forces deployed to the region.

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PETROCOIN

The Venezuelan ambassador to the UN’s representation in Geneva, Jorge Valero, said that talks are currently being held with Russia on the use of the ruble in bilateral transactions.

“Yes, we now try to conduct our [financial] operations through another currency, including the crypto-currency ‘petro’, which we have created,” Valero reports.

Valero underlined that a dialogue with Moscow is underway on the issue of changeover to the use of the Russian currency, the ruble.

Venezuelan sanctions unlikely to have a significant impact on U.S. refiners

Venezuelan sanctions unlikely to have a significant impact on U.S. refiners

U.S. imports of Venezuelan crude oil have decreased in recent years as production in Venezuela declined. Recently announced U.S. sanctions directed at Venezuela’s energy sector and state oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), will essentially eliminate U.S. imports of Venezuelan crude oil as the full effects of the sanctions emerge. However, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) does not anticipate any significant decrease in U.S. refinery runs as a result of these sanctions. U.S. imports of Venezuelan crude oil have been falling for several years and refineries have been replacing Venezuelan crude oil with other heavy crude oils.

Moscow warns US sanctions against Venezuela will inflict irreparable damage

Moscow warns US sanctions against Venezuela will inflict irreparable damage
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According to the high-ranking diplomat, this package of measures will become a direct path to an environmental disaster


A demonstrator screams during a protest in Caracas© AP Photo/Fernando Llano


MOSCOW, January 31. /TASS/. Moscow is calling on the world community to estimate the consequences of US oil sanctions against Venezuela, warning that they may cause irreparable damage for the entire region, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Thursday.

Here’s how the U.S. is helping massive theft in Venezuela

Here’s how the U.S. is helping massive theft in Venezuela
New details emerge on how the Maduro regime is storing its stolen loot in Florida properties.
CASEY MICHEL
VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY AMERICAN AUTHORITIES FOR HIS ROLE IN A BILLION-DOLLAR MONEY-LAUNDERING SCHEME REACHING FROM VENEZUELA TO FLORIDA. CREDIT: FEDERICO PARRA / GETTY

Luxurious high-rises. Spacious, sprawling mansions. Green, verdant horse ranches. Nearly 20 properties in total, stretching from Palm Beach to Coral Gables, Florida — tens of millions of dollars’ worth of assets, soaking in the south Florida sun.

And all of them, as of last week, now frozen by federal authorities, caught in a spiraling, $1.2-billion money laundering ring reaching the highest ranks of Venezuela’s government.


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Venezuela is fast becoming a ‘mafia state’: here’s what you need to know

Venezuela is fast becoming a ‘mafia state’: here’s what you need to know
Venezuela is in the midst of its largest ever exodus, with millions of people fleeing the country. ERNESTO GUZMAN JR/EPA
Anthea McCarthy-Jones

Last week, Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for his second six-year term as Venezuela’s president. Maduro won the election off the back of international condemnation of vote buying and electoral fraud. While the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, called Venezuela’s government “illegitimate”, Maduro declared:


Venezuela is at the centre of a world war led by the United States imperialism and its satellite countries.

Such statements have become par for the course by a leader and government determined to frame Venezuela’s political, social and economic woes as a product of a protracted ideological battle with the United States.

Venezuela really wants its $550 million worth of gold back from the Bank of England

Venezuela really wants its $550 million worth of gold back from the Bank of England
Will Martin
Reuters/Shannon Stapleton

The deepening economic crisis in Venezuela means its government wants to get back its gold reserves, worth more than $500 million.
According to Reuters, Venezuelan authorities have approached the Bank of England about repatriating approximately 15 tons of gold bullion held in the bank's vaults.

"We are going to achieve pharmaceutical sovereignty," Maduro said.

Venezuela to Regulate Medicine Prices in Recovery Plan


Venezuelans took to the streets of Caracas earlier this week in a show of support for the new economic reforms that took effect as part of the government's Economic Recovery Plan. | Photo: Reuters

Exclusive: Trump takes aim at Venezuela lifeline, which could raise prices at the pump

An off shore oil drill rig of Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) in Maracaibo Lake, 300 miles west of Caracas, Venezuela. A new study finds that dropping oil production in Venezuela is a threat to global oil market. Ana Maria Otero AP

WHITE HOUSE

Exclusive: Trump takes aim at Venezuela lifeline, which could raise prices at the pump

BY FRANCO ORDOÑEZ

fordonez@mcclatchydc.com

WASHINGTON 

The White House is once again considering sanctions that could choke Venezuela’s oil production as the Trump administration weighs its next “strong and swift” action to take against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, two senior administration officials told McClatchy..

While a full embargo on purchasing Venezuelan oil — the so-called “nuclear option” —is being actively discussed, the administration is zeroing in on more surgical sanctions that block the sale of oil and oil processing products by U.S. companies to Venezuela and hinder Caracas’s oil industry without directly impacting the Venezuelan people.

Τι συμβαίνει στη Βενεζουέλα

Τι συμβαίνει στη Βενεζουέλα
Οι ΗΠΑ έβαλαν το χεράκι τους στην κρίση: οι αμερικανικές εταιρείες ήθελαν ή όλα ή τίποτα
© Susana Gonzalez / Getty Images /e
Σώτη Τριανταφύλλου

Τα ρεπορτάζ περιγράφουν, όχι χωρίς κάποια χαιρεκακία, την πείνα, την επαιτεία, τις αρρώστιες, τα εξαθλιωμένα πλήθη που εγκαταλείπουν τη Βενεζουέλα περνώντας τα σύνορα με την Κολομβία. 

Μερικοί ζητούν άσυλο στο Περού· οι περισσότεροι μένουν στην Κούκουτα, που σε σύγκριση με το Καράκας και τη Βαλένσια, είναι σχεδόν ειρηνική. 

Στον Ισημερινό καταφεύγουν λιγότεροι επειδή η κυβέρνηση του Ραφαέλ Κορρέα, ως φιλική στον Τσάβες και στον Μαδούρο, βλέπει με μισό μάτι όσους φεύγουν (και μάλιστα αλαλάζοντας "Mierda!, de mierda! Vete a la mierda!”).

Maduro

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Trump team waiting for Russia to save Venezuela from crushing debt

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. Yuri Kadobnov AP
POLITICS
Trump team waiting for Russia to save Venezuela from crushing debt

BY FRANCO ORDOÑEZ
Trump administration insiders are seeing signs that Russia may be planning to rescue Venezuela by helping Caracas cover $3.5 billion in debt payments over the next two months.

Russia is already laying the groundwork, with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro traveling to Moscow this week to meet with Vladimir Putin, whose government is taking greater control of Venezuelan oil deliveries to bypass U.S. refineries.


Senior administration officials say the Kremlin is motivated to help Venezuela by its still-simmering anger about America’s response to Russian action in Ukraine. It also has a financial interest to gaining a foothold in the country with the world’s largest oil reserves. Plus, Moscow has a history of providing a boost to U.S. adversaries.

Venezuelan President Maduro tells Russia its time to ditch the Dollar and embrace the Rouble and Yuan

Venezuelan President Maduro tells Russia its time to ditch the Dollar and embrace the Rouble and Yuan
Nicolas Maduro is in Moscow for Russian Energy Week along with many other heads of state from energy producing nations.

by ADAM GARRIEO

How Much Longer Will Maduro’s Grip on Power Last? Look to the Military

How Much Longer Will Maduro’s Grip on Power Last? Look to the Military
By David Pion-Berlin


If the Venezuelan military withdraws support for President Nicholás Maduro, his end may be near.
A large middle class has been thrust into poverty in Venezuela. Food and medicine are in short supply, and malnourishment is widespread. Security forces have violently beaten back opposition protesters and jailed leading opposition figures.

Reigning over this disaster is Maduro, who was narrowly elected in March of 2013 following the death of leftist leader Hugo Chávez. Amid the stunning decline, many are asking, what will the military do?

Venezuela Calls for International Peace Summit

Venezuela Calls for International Peace Summit


The Foreign Ministry of Venezuela holds meeting with diplomatic corps. | Photo: @vencancilleria
Arreaza stressed, however, that participating countries must demonstrate goodwill toward peace, "not foreign interference."

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza called for an international meeting of all countries that are in favor of a peaceful dialogue between the Bolivarian Revolutionary government and the opposition.


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Speaking to an international diplomatic corps Saturday, Arreaza stressed that participating countries must demonstrate goodwill toward peace, "not foreign interference, disrespect for (Venezuela's) sovereignty or the laying of political groundwork for U.S. imperialism to implement an intervention in Venezuela.”

Trash economics: surviving Venezuela’s downfall

Trash economics: surviving Venezuela’s downfall
JM Lopez/IRIN
The Guaire River, a stinking open sewer that runs through the heart of Caracas, is where Augusto Rengil makes his living, alongside groups of other young, jobless men.

There may be nothing alive in the nauseating brown water except bacteria and microbes, but “you’ll be surprised by how many jewels go down the drain and end in the sewer,” says Rengil.

Wading knee-deep, he sieves the swirling water with a net and dumps the mess he finds on the bank to be picked through with the blade of a knife for anything of value.

Tomás Melo, 23, is by his side.

JM Lopez/IRIN
Augusto and Tomas trawl for gold and silver in the Guaire River

Ποιος πραγματικά είναι ο ηγέτης της αντιπολίτευσης στη Βενεζουέλα

Ποιος πραγματικά είναι ο ηγέτης της αντιπολίτευσης στη Βενεζουέλα
Αρης Χατζηστεφάνου

Ένα νέο ήρωα έχουν ανακαλύψει τα τελευταία χρόνια τα μέσα ενημέρωσης στις ΗΠΑ στο πρόσωπο του ηγέτη της αντιπολίτευσης στη Βενεζουέλα, Λεοπόλντο Λόπεζ.

Ενώ όμως τα διεθνή μέσα ενημέρωσης εστίασαν την προσοχή τους στο γεγονός ότι τέθηκε σε κατ’οίκον περιορισμό, κατηγορούμενος για την παρακίνηση βίαιων επεισοδίων στις πρόσφατες εκλογές που στοίχισαν τη ζωή τουλάχιστον δέκα ανθρώπων, ελάχιστοι ασχολήθηκαν με το παρελθόν του.

Ο Μαδούρο «πρόσθεσε 1 εκατ. ανύπαρκτες ψήφους» στο αποτέλεσμα

Ο Μαδούρο «πρόσθεσε 1 εκατ. ανύπαρκτες ψήφους» στο αποτέλεσμα
 Κόσμος

Για «μαγείρεμα» των στοιχείων συμμετοχής στις πρόσφατες, αμφιλεγόμενες εκλογές για Συντακτική Συνέλευση στη Βενεζουέλα κατηγορεί την κυβέρνηση του προέδρου Νικολάς Μαδούρο ο επικεφαλής της εταιρείας Smartmatic, η οποία παρέχει τεχνική υποστήριξη στη χώρα για τη διεξαγωγή ψηφοφοριών από το 2004.

What The Media Isn’t Telling You About The Jailing Of Opposition Leaders In Venezuela

What The Media Isn’t Telling You About The Jailing Of Opposition Leaders In Venezuela
Western media have described Leopoldo López, a politician who has a dark history of inciting violent protests, as the “Venezuelan Nelson Mandela.” But they have ignored the facts surrounding his recent arrest, as well as that of fellow opposition leader Antonio Ledezma.
By Whitney Webb |


Venezuela’s opposition leaders Leopoldo Lopez (left) and Antonio Ledezma (AP/Fernando Llano/Eraldo Peres)