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Whats next? New Venezuela assembly has vast powers

What's next? New Venezuela assembly has vast powers

Many speculate they will choose Diosdado Cabello, the hard-line leader of the ruling socialist party, as their chairman.

1 Aug 2017 10:17 AM IST

The country is turning on itself more than 100 have died already and democracy and basic rights are in jeopardy, Johnson said. (Photo: AP)

Day after voting for assembly, UK says Venezuela 'stands on brink of...

The move hands almost total power to Maduro's Socialist party and was described as

1 Aug 2017 8:24 AM IST

Voters receive instructions about their voting machine place by a Venezuelan Bolivarian National Guard officer outside of a poll station during the election for a constitutional assembly in Caracas, Venezuela. (Photo: AP)

US hits Nicol¡s Maduro with sanctions after Venezuela's election

The National Electoral Council claimed more than 40 percent of Venezuela's 20 million voters had cast ballots Sunday.

1 Aug 2017 8:02 AM IST

Luisa Ortega Diaz Venezuelan General Prosecutor Luisa Ortega Diaz speaks to the media outside her office after security forces surrounded the entrance, in Caracas, Venezuela. (Photo: AP)

New Venezuela assembly fires dissenting attorney general

Luisa Ortega refused to recognize her sacking, or the assembly's swearing in of Tarek William Saab, the national...

6 Aug 2017 11:38 AM IST

French President-elect Emmanuel Macron (Photo: AP)

Amid violence Emmanuel Macron pushes for mediation efforts in...

Macron arranged peace talks between Libya's rival leaders and has sought to raise France's diplomatic profile since his...

4 Aug 2017 5:39 PM IST

Maduro faces accusations at home and abroad of trampling on democracy with the election last weekend of the assembly. (Photo: AFP)

Venezuela heads for showdown to inaugurate new constituent assembly

The opposition says turnout was closer to 3.5 million, mostly state employees fearful for their jobs.

4 Aug 2017 2:07 PM IST

Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela. (Photo: AP)

Nicolas Maduro denies 'int'l enemy' charge of rigging Venezuela vote

Maduro faces mounting accusations of trampling on democracy in Venezuela with Sunday's controversial election.

3 Aug 2017 10:07 AM IST

The communication is in line with the decision announced by President Donald Trump recently, which was one of his key electoral promises. (Photo: AP)

Trump will speak to his Venezuela's Maduro when 'democracy is...

'The United States stands with the people of Venezuela in the face of their continued repression by the Maduro regime',...

12 Aug 2017 8:50 AM IST

The communication is in line with the decision announced by President Donald Trump recently, which was one of his key electoral promises. (Photo: AP)

Trump says he won't rule out military response to Venezuela

The Trump administration has slapped a series of sanctions against Maduro and more than two dozen current and former...

12 Aug 2017 8:07 AM IST

Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela. (Photo: AP)

Here is my hand: Venezuelan leader expresses wish to meet US Prez...

The Trump administration has called Maduro a 'dictator' and issued sanctions against him and other former and current...

11 Aug 2017 5:00 PM IST

Venezuelans protest after the nations Supreme Court stripped congress of its last powers. (Photo: File/AP)

Venezuela launches manhunt for leaders of attack on army base

Defense Min Vladimir Padrino said in a televised address that 2 of the men who attacked the base had been shot dead and...

8 Aug 2017 3:55 PM IST

Venezuelans opposition said more than 7.1 million people responded to its call to vote Sunday in a symbolic rejection of President Nicolas Maduros plan to rewrite the constitution, a proposal that has raised tensions in a nation suffering through widespread shortages and months of anti-government protests. (Photo: AP)

Venezuela opposition says 7 million vote in anti-Maduro poll

The death brought to 96 the number of people who have died in nearly 4 months of protests and political agitation in...

17 July 2017 11:43 AM IST