Official election figures for the election of a constitutional assembly last Sunday in Venezuela are not correct. This has been the company that has been supporting Venezuela elections since 2004, technically supported on Wednesday in London.
Two opposition leaders in Venezuela were taken away from their homes where they were arrested. That has declared their families Tuesday on Twitter.
The United States imposes sanctions on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The Ministry of Finance reported Monday that all assets of the socialist leader falling under US jurisdiction are frozen. American citizens can not do business with him anymore.
A constitutional meeting, elected under questionable and violent circumstances, can not be the solution to the crisis in Venezuela. That is the reason why the European Commission is responding to the controversial election on Sunday Monday with at least ten deaths.
A candidate for the controversial constitutional assembly in Venezuela has been removed. Unknown shots government fighter José Félix Pineda (39) died in his home in the state of Bolívar, reported the Venezuelan justice on Sunday.
Almost twenty million Venezuelans can go to the polls on Sunday to elect a constitutional meeting on the initiative of President Nicolás Maduro. It will be an exciting day, but not because of the results. Maduro's opponents see the ballot like a 'trick' to turn off parliament. The question is how they react.
Airlines Air France and Iberia delete flights to Venezuela in the coming days. Sunday inconveniences are expected because of the election to elect a 'constitutional assembly'.
The US Department of Foreign Affairs has assigned to leave the country on Thursday (local time) relatives of US government officials at the embassy in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.
On the first day of the national strike in Venezuela three people died, the justice in that country reported Thursday. The protest against President Nicolás Maduro is led by the opposition that the people called on Wednesday to lay down the work.
The US government has sanctioned Wednesday against thirteen senior Venezuelan officials from government circles, the army and the state oil company PDVSA.
The Venezuelan violinist Wuilly Arteaga was injured on carrots on Saturday during carrots in Caracas and brought to a hospital. By fighting his instrument, he grew up in recent months to become one of the most famous faces of the opposition movement against President Nicolás Maduro.
In Venezuela, a national strike began on Thursday against President Nicolás Maduro. According to observers, the capital Caracas is extinct and its shops are closed. With barricades calling the protesters 'trancazos' (hard battles), traffic is thwarted. The 24-hour strike puts opposition pressure on the regime.
US President Trump threatened Venezuela with heavy and resolute economic sanctions on Monday. Should Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro continue his plan to draw up a new constitution through a specially convened civil council, then he can count on measures from the United States.
The opposition in Venezuela has called on the people Monday to silence the work later this week 24 hours. The national strike, which must take place on Thursday, is aimed at the left-wing government of President Nicolás Maduro.
Armed gangs have tried to disrupt the polling in Venezuela on Sunday. They'd shot two people in a suburb of Caracas and injured four others. That's a spokesman for the opposition, who said the non-official public consultation against President Nicolás Maduro.
The Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López left the prison in Caracas on Saturday. He has to sit out for the rest of his punishment and get house arrest. The High Court in Venezuela was punished for health problems.
Venezuelan parliamentarians are robbed and abused by attackers who are supposed to be radical supporters of President Nicolás Maduro. The parliament building was stormed on Wednesday morning and only in the evening the conquered 350 parliamentarians and staff could go outside.
Government fighters stormed the Venezuelan Parliament building on Wednesday. In addition, according to witnesses, three parliamentarians were injured. 'They came armed with sticks and stones and attacked people,' said opposition member Tomás Guanipa.
A man ran an attack with a helicopter on Tuesday, directed against Venezuela's government. From the stolen police helicopter, grenades were thrown onto the building of the Supreme Court in Caracas. Nobody got injured, as far as known.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro warned on Tuesday for war if his opposition to socialist government is being overthrown by protesters. The demonstrators have been on the streets for three months to protest against his rule.
Presenter Derk Bolt and cameraman Eugenio Follender are free. They are on their way to the inhabited world and are escorted by a humanitarian committee last night in the area where the two were detained by the ELN. In a brief first reaction, Bolt knew that he was doing well and that he was happy to be free again. The release comes after a night of unclearness about the liberation of the duo abducted a week ago in Colombia.
UPDATE 6.30- Trackless presenter Derk Bolt and his cameraman Eugenio Follender are probably still stuck. Guerrilla movement ELN has withdrawn the announcement of their release after Friday released the organization on Twitter that the two were released.
In protest against the government on Friday, a 22-year-old demonstrator was killed in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas. According to the public prosecutor of the South American country, the man was shot when security forces wanted to drive a demonstration.
In the protest-stricken Venezuela, the tear gas raises. The authorities have ordered a new quantity from a Brazilian manufacturer, but for the time being, the country does not enter.
Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López has called for military forces in the country to rebel against the government of President Nicolás Maduro. According to López, the army also wants to change, but it is up to the soldiers themselves to take the lead.
Venezuelan Attorney General Luisa Ortega Díaz has opposed the government's plan to proclaim elections for a constitutional assembly. This is in her view contrary to the constitution and she has asked the supreme court to propose a stick.
Venezuela gets a referendum that allows citizens to vote on the new constitution that President Nicolas Maduro wants to introduce.
In Panama, 64 people were arrested for suspicion of drug and drug trafficking. Four tonnes of cocaine have been seized, after a two-year trial.
Two Venezuelan opposition leaders were wounded in Caracas on Monday in protests against Venezuela's government.
Since the outbreak of early protests against the government in Venezuela in early April, 2815 participants have been arrested. According to human rights activists, 1240 of them are still held.
