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  • Maradona fined after dedicating win to Venezuela’s Maduro

    Maradona fined after dedicating win to Venezuela’s Maduro

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    Bayo Millz
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    Diego Maradona has been fined for dedicating a recent victory by his Mexican club to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Mexico’s football federation said on Monday. The Argentine great, who coaches Dorados de Sinaloa, had dedicated a 3-2 win over Tampico Madero to Maduro and Venezuela in a news conference at the end of last month.…

  • Venezuela’s Juan Guaido declares himself president

    Venezuela’s Juan Guaido declares himself president

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    Bayo Millz
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    Venezuelan opposition leader, Juan Guaido, declared himself interim president on Wednesday, while hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans poured onto the streets to demand an end to the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro. In a statement minutes later, U.S. President Donald Trump recognized Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate interim president. Demonstrators clogged avenues in Eastern Caracas,…

  • Trump confirms release of detained American in Venezuela

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    Olaotan Falade
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    U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that Venezuela has released American Joshua Holt after nearly two years in jail in the leftist-ruled country. Trump, in a tweet, did not identify Holt by name but Utah Senator Orrin Hatch confirmed that the Utah resident had been freed. “Good news about the release of the American…

  • U.S. retaliates, expels Venezuela’s envoys

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    Kehinde Ajose
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    The U.S. has expelled the Chargé d’Affaires of the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC and the Deputy Consul-General of the Venezuelan Consulate in Houston. The U.S gave the Venezuelan envoys 48 hours to leave the country, in a retaliatory move against Venezuela’s expulsion of U.S. envoys by President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday. Maduro had ordered…

  • Trump expands travel ban, adds Chad, North Korea, Venezuela to list

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    Olaotan Falade
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    …as Sudan is removed from list President of the United States, Donald Trump on Sunday ordered the inclusion of Chad, North Korea and Venezuela to the countries whose citizens are to face restrictions in entering the country. TheNewsGuru.com reports that President Trump had recently placed a temporary ban on nationals from war troubled Syria, Iraq,…

  • Twitter, Venezuelan govt in fierce battle

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    A fierce battle is seemingly brewing between microblogging platform, Twitter and the Venezuelan government for what is yet to be ascertained. Venezuela had been accused of censoring Twitter as part of its bid to silence dissent, but it’s not so happy now that the shoe is on the other foot. The country’s leadership says that…

  • Venezuela needs helping hand, not a hammer blow

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    Femi Ajasa
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      By Jesse Jackson   If you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. The United States has a big hammer: the military, plus the intelligence community’s covert intervention forces. So we are dropping bombs from drones in seven countries. Donald Trump goes to Saudi Arabia peddling arms and urging military cooperation. When North…

  • Crowd pelt Venezuela’s President’s convoy with eggs, stones at parade

    Crowd pelt Venezuela’s President’s convoy with eggs, stones at parade

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    Olaotan Falade
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    Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s convoy was pelted with objects by members of a crowd at a military parade upon his (the president) return from a trip to Cuba. The incident occurred at San Felix, a town in the southern Bolivar region, during a military parade held to welcome him from the trip. A live television…