All posts tagged "Venezuela"

• Venezuela says 3 Dead from Zika Complications

  CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela has announced the first Zika-related deaths in the South American country. President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday that at least three people have died in Venezuela due to complications related to the mosquito-borne...

  • Posted February 12, 2016
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• Venezuela Top Court Overrules Congress on Economic Emergency

  CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela’s Supreme Court overruled the opposition-controlled congress on Thursday and granted broad decree powers to President Nicolas Maduro. Congress last month had refused to approve Maduro’s declaration of an economic emergency. In a decision...

  • Posted February 12, 2016
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• Venezuela Malls Scale Back Hours as Government Cuts Energy

  CARACAS, Venezuela – Shops in malls across Venezuela closed their doors Wednesday afternoon to comply with a government electricity rationing order. Venezuela’s socialist government is asking more than 100 malls to close or generate their own power...

  • Posted February 10, 2016
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• Venezuela Congress Debates Freeing Imprisoned Politicians

  CARACAS – Venezuela’s congress has begun the process of approving a bill that would grant amnesty to imprisoned opposition politicians. Critics of the country’s socialist administration took over congress last month after winning a landslide victory at...

  • Posted February 5, 2016
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• Venezuela’s UN Envoy: Not Concerned About US Investigations

  UNITED NATIONS – Venezuela’s ambassador to the United Nations dismissed the possibility of cooperating with U.S. investigations into billion-dollar bribery schemes that allegedly occurred at the country’s state-run oil company while he was in charge. The allegations...

  • Posted February 1, 2016
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• More Airlines offer Zika Refunds to Pregnant Women

  DALLAS – More U.S. airlines and cruise operators are offering refunds or letting pregnant women change itineraries if they booked a trip to places dealing with an outbreak of Zika virus. While health officials say most people...

  • Posted January 28, 2016
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• Venezuela Announces anti-Zika Campaign after Long Silence

  CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela authorities have broken their silence on the outbreak of Zika in the South American country and are pledging to mount a public health campaign to slow the virus’ spread. Health Minister Luisana Melo...

  • Posted January 28, 2016
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• Venezuela Congress Chief Vows Probe of Supreme Court

  CARACAS, Venezuela — The head of Venezuela’s new opposition-led Congress says lawmakers will carry out an in-depth review of the Supreme Court, setting up a clash of powers in the bitterly divided country. National Assembly President Henry...

  • Posted January 23, 2016
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• Venezuela Congress Nixes Maduro Request for Emergency Powers

  CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela’s opposition-led congress on Friday rejected President Nicolas Maduro’s request for emergency powers amid a plunging national economy, the depths of which were dramatized by an IMF estimate that inflation this year will top...

  • Posted January 23, 2016
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• IMF: Venezuela Inflation to Surpass 700 Percent

  CARACAS, Venezuela – The International Monetary Fund says Venezuela inflation will blow past 700 percent this year. In a note published Friday, IMF Western Hemisphere Director Alejandro Werner said inflation would more than double in the economically...

  • Posted January 22, 2016
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