... political party led by Pablo Iglesias is not only a political issue, but also an ideological link. The core of the party has maintained close ties with the government of Hugo Chavez, including becoming advisers to the then Venezuelan president, and later to Nicolas Maduro; the party also has links with the rest of Bolivarian leaders, such as Evo Morales or Rafael Correa.
After the November 10 general elections in Spain, a coalition government consisting of the historic socialist party PSOE and the far-left ...
... operation in Venezuela formally began with a bang, on 23 January 2019 in Caracas, when self-declared Opposition Leader Juan Guaidó, who had come out of obscurity a few months earlier, declared himself interim President of Venezuela and the incumbent, Nicolas Maduro, as illegitimate. Guaidó was immediately supported by the US, its close NATO allies, and many but not all Latin American nations.
But really it began in 1998, with US anger at the democratic election of President Hugo Chavez, with his ...
On January 9, Venezuela's National Assembly declared that President Nicolas Maduro had "abandoned his post”. With catchy headlines spreading quickly around the world, the recent vote resulted to be very limited, and the Venezuelan opposition did not manage to make a single step to push the Chavez’s followers ...
... powers, as well as placed restrictions on freedom of speech and activities of the opposition. Foreign policies have been based on confronting the U.S.A. and searching for alternate partners.
The April 14 snap elections offered a real opportunity only to Nicolas Maduro Moros, who was backed by the pro-government
Gran Polo Patriótico
or GPP, and to Henrique Capriles Radonski, the single candidate of
Mesa de Unidad Democrática
or MUD, the oppositional coalition of 30 mostly centrist and ...