Meet the Swiss who laundered money for the Chavista oligarchy and is a key witness against Maduro’s children
Matthias Krull pulls up his pant leg, attaching a pair of pruning shears to the ankle device that has reminded...
March 29, 2021Section
Venezuela News in English
Venezuela news in English from The Rio Times — Caracas politics, economy, oil and migration.
Colombia records cases of Covid-19 in shelters for Venezuelan refugees
Hundreds of Venezuelans are arriving in Colombia every day, worsening a humanitarian crisis that has forced national, provincial, and local...
March 29, 2021
Venezuela denounces ‘digital totalitarianism’ of Facebook for blocking Nicolás Maduro
Venezuela denounced this Sunday Facebook's "digital totalitarianism" after the social network announced that it blocked, for a month, the ability...
March 28, 2021
Murders and arbitrary detentions denounced after FARC arrival in Colombia-Venezuela border
The situation between dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Venezuelan Armed Forces in Apure state,...
March 26, 2021
Venezuela will begin to apply Cuban vaccine Abdala, without customary trials or regulatory approval
Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro said this Thursday that his regime intends to be able to start in July the immunization...
March 26, 2021
Prosecutor General accuses Colombia of wanting to use Venezuela for drug “shipments”
"They intend to use our territory as a transit for the shipment of that drug and obviously to affect, to...
March 26, 2021
In-depth: Essequibo border dispute between Venezuela and Guyana as a colonial inheritance
We are talking about the Essequibo, or Guayana Esequiba, a border region of 159,542 square kilometers -slightly less than the...
March 25, 2021
Colombian armed conflict spills over and infiltrates Venezuela
The confrontation in Apure state left at least two Venezuelan soldiers dead, 32 Colombian guerrillas detained and six camps dismantled.
March 24, 2021
Analysis: Has Colombia dived into xenophobia and can it come back from it?
Colombia, a country without experience in the massive reception of migrants, may lose the opportunity to take advantage of migration...
March 24, 2021