Questions surround claims of drone assassination attempt on Venezuela’s Maduro

Questions surround claims of drone assassination attempt on Venezuela’s Maduro

by WorldTribune Staff, August 5, 2018 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is likely to use what he said was an attempt on his life to purge his socialist government of disloyal officials and further restrict liberties, an analyst said. Maduro’s government said the president survived an assassination attempt on Aug. 4, claiming explosions heard during a […]

Maduro admits failure: ‘No more whining . . . We need to make Venezuela’ (great again)

Maduro admits failure: ‘No more whining . . . We need to make Venezuela’ (great again)

by WorldTribune Staff, August 1, 2018 During a speech in which the power went out while he was on live television, Venezuela’s socialist president admitted his economic model has “failed.” “The production models we’ve tried so far have failed and the responsibility is ours, mine and yours,” President Nicolas Maduro told his ruling PSUV party […]

IMF: Venezuela’s inflation could top 1 million percent by end of 2018

IMF: Venezuela’s inflation could top 1 million percent by end of 2018

by WorldTribune Staff, July 23, 2018 Inflation in Venezuela could top 1 million percent by the end of this year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Shortages in food, water, medicine and electricity, as well as high crime, plague millions of Venezuelans, said Alejandro Werner, head of the IMF’s Western Hemisphere department. Related: Oil […]

Oil secures Socialist Venezuela’s elite as refugees flee failed state

Oil secures Socialist Venezuela’s elite as refugees flee failed state

by WorldTribune Staff, July 20, 2018 As Venezuelans suffer and thousands flee an economic and humanitarian nightmare, the nation’s massive oil reserves allow Socialist President Nicolas Maduro and his top aides to remain safely in power in Caracas. “The Maduro regime, despite the crisis, is in a pretty strong political position right now,” Michael Shifter, […]

1.1 million flee Venezuela; More would if they could ‘afford the ticket’

1.1 million flee Venezuela; More would if they could ‘afford the ticket’

by WorldTribune Staff, December 15, 2017 Although the socialist government of Nicolas Maduro has stopped publishing official numbers, at least 1.1 million people have fled Venezuela amid a devastating humanitarian crisis according to officials in neighboring countires. The situation in Venezuela seems to worsen by the day, with severe shortages of food and medicine, runaway […]

Caracas mayor, who escaped a socialist nightmare: ‘I lived out a James Bond movie’

Caracas mayor, who escaped a socialist nightmare: ‘I lived out a James Bond movie’

by WorldTribune Staff, November 20, 2017 The former mayor of Caracas, who was removed on charges of plotting to overthrow President Nicolas Maduro, said he managed to slip past government security forces and flee the socialist nightmare that is Venezuela. Antonio Ledezma told The Associated Press that government intelligence officers had been stationed outside his […]

Election software firm confirms Venezuela altered outcome by one million votes

Election software firm confirms Venezuela altered outcome by one million votes

by WorldTribune Staff, August 4, 2017 The vote for Venezuela’s new National Constituent Assembly was manipulated “without any doubt,” according to a company which has worked with the country on its voting system since 2004. “We estimate the difference between the actual participation and the one announced by authorities is at least 1 million votes,” […]

Maduro rewards loyal Venezuelan soldiers with toilet paper, opposition says

Maduro rewards loyal Venezuelan soldiers with toilet paper, opposition says

by WorldTribune Staff, July 26, 2017 Venezuela’s army may march on its stomach, but it can’t roll without toilet paper. Photographs have emerged of Venezuelan military brass presenting soldiers with toilet paper in what appears to be socialist President Nicolas Maduro’s way of rewarding them for their loyalty, opposition leader Henrique Capriles tweeted on July […]

U.S. weighs sanctions against Venezuela amid Maduro’s pursuit of ‘full dictatorship’

U.S. weighs sanctions against Venezuela amid Maduro’s pursuit of ‘full dictatorship’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2017 The Trump administration is considering sanctions against Venezuela amid Nicolas Maduro’s push for the so-called Constituent Assembly, which Washington says would grant the socialist president a “full dictatorship.” Polls show Venezuela’s ruling Socialists would be thrashed in any conventional election. A majority of people oppose the Constituent Assembly, which […]