Nicolas Maduro

Social benefit payments to be based on Crypto in Venezuela

TEHRAN, May 02 (MNA) – Venezuelan government has approved using the Petro cryptocurrency as the basis for calculating social benefit payments.
2021-05-02 12:26
Venezuela slams US mishandling of its overseas assets

TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) – Venezuelan President Maduro denounced the US Treasury Department on Sunday over its planned delivery of $150 million of the country’s funds from offshore accounts frozen by sanctions to the opposition led by Juan Guaido.
2021-04-26 16:53
Venezuela secures aid from UN food programme

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – Venezuelan President Maduro announced that his country has signed several agreements with the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
2021-04-20 16:16
Venezuela’s Maduro sends Ramadan greetings to Muslims

TEHRAN, Apr. 14 (MNA) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro marked the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the country Tuesday.
2021-04-14 12:49
Maduro to ask for UN assistance in clearing mines

TEHRAN, Apr. 05 (MNA) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that Caracas will seek UN assistance to clear mines left by Colombian armed groups in the border area.
2021-04-05 16:29
Westerners envious of Russian Sputnik V vaccine: Maduro

TEHRAN, Mar. 31 (MNA) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has stated that Western countries are attacking the Russian Sputnik V vaccine for feeling envy.
2021-03-31 17:00
Venezuela says ready to exchange coronavirus vaccines for oil

TEHRAN, Mar. 29 (MNA) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says his country is ready to pay for coronavirus vaccine deliveries with oil.
2021-03-29 20:32
Caracas slams Facebook's 'Digital Totalitarianism'

TEHRAN, Mar. 29 (MNA) – Caracas has slammed the recent decision by Facebook to freeze the account of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
2021-03-29 16:44
Facebook freezes Venezuela president Maduro's page

TEHRAN, Mar. 27 (MNA) –Facebook freezes Venezuela president Maduro's page over COVID-19 misinformation claim.
2021-03-27 16:00
Venezuela not to allow use of AstraZeneca corona vaccine: VP

TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez says her country will not approve the AstraZeneca vaccine against the coronavirus because of concerning side effects.
2021-03-16 13:00
Venezuela to move forward regardless of US sanctions: FM

TEHRAN, Mar. 07 (MNA) – Venezuela will carry on its political development despite US sanctions and any other actions Washington takes against the country, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Saturday.
2021-03-07 08:34
Blinken vows to continue Trump’s Venezuela policy

TEHRAN, Mar. 03 (MNA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has promised Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido to continue pressure against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
2021-03-03 13:36
Biden ready to 'consider' lifting Venezuela sanctions: report

TEHRAN, Mar. 01 (MNA) – Biden would reportedly consider the move only if it sees certain steps made by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
2021-03-01 13:24
Venezuela opens decisive stage in fight against Covid-19

TEHRAN, Feb. 21 (MNA) – Venezuela moves towards a decisive stage in the fight against Covid-19, as it began this week the first phase of immunization of prioritized personnel with the Russian vaccine Sputnik V.
2021-02-21 12:05
Maduro sets up superintendent office to fight drug smuggling

TEHRAN, Feb. 20 (MNA) – To strengthen the crackdown on drug trafficking in South America, Venezuelan government ordered the establishment of the National Anti-Drug Superintendent´s Office in this country.
2021-02-20 17:33
Iran to send more airlifts of refinery materials to Venezuela

TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Venezuela has begun to receive the second round of airlifts of materials from Iran to help its troubled oil refineries to produce fuel, according to three people familiar with the matter.
2021-02-13 15:46
Venezuela to get first batch of Sputnik V next week

TEHRAN, Feb. 10 (MNA) – According to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, The first batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine will arrive in Venezuela next week.
2021-02-10 13:46
Venezuela jails two spies for giving US oil data

TEHRAN, Feb. 07 (MNA) – Venezuela's court has sentenced two senior officials of a state oil company to five years in prison for providing the United States with sensitive oil information.
2021-02-07 09:17
US lowers restrictions on Venezuelan Port, Airport Operations

TEHRAN, Feb. 03 (MNA) – On Tuesday, Washington lowered certain restrictions on Venezuela regarding transactions "ordinarily incident and necessary to operations or use of ports and airports in the country.
2021-02-03 09:38
Sputnik V vaccine demonstrates 100% efficacy: Maduro

TEHRAN, Feb. 02 (MNA) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says clinical tests of the Russian Sputnik V anti-coronavirus vaccine demonstrated its 100% efficacy.
2021-02-02 18:15
EU recognizes Guaido as opposition not interim President

TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) – In its latest statement, the EU has announced that the bloc considers Juan Guaido as part of the democratic opposition in the country but not the interim President.
2021-01-25 18:45
Maduro denounces attack on Venezuelan gas pipeline (+VIDEO)

TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has condemned an attack on a gas pipeline of the state-run oil and gas company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).
2021-01-24 09:50
Maduro higlights role of TSJ against foreign aggression

TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) – The Venezuelan President has stressed the power and resistance of the country's Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) in the face of foreign aggression.
2021-01-23 15:05
Maduro:

Capitol attackers same as those who attacked other countries

TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro showed reaction to the recent attack on US Congress, stating that attackers were those who attacked Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan.
2021-01-09 23:00
West refusing to unfreeze Caracas funds for vaccine purchase

TEHRAN, Jan. 04 (MNA) – Venezuelan President says the EU nations and the United States have refused Venezuela's request to unfreeze its assets so that the sanctions-hit country could purchase a coronavirus vaccine.
2021-01-04 14:33
Colombia preparing new attack on Venezuela, Maduro says

TEHRAN, Dec. 29 (MNA) – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Colombia is preparing a new attack on Venezuela.
2020-12-29 12:48
Maduro party gains initial victory in Parl. elections

TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) – President Nicolás Maduro's party and his allies won in Venezuela's legislative elections according to the initial results.
2020-12-07 12:09
Venezuela's parliamentary elections to affect world: Maduro

TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that the outcome of Venezuela's parliamentary elections will affect the world.
2020-12-06 11:29
Maduro says ready for stepping down

TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has set a condition for stepping down from power.
2020-12-02 12:07
Venezuela to strengthen strategic relations with Iran: FM

TEHRAN, Nov. 25 (MNA) – Stating that Venezuela is going to strengthen strategic relation with Iran, Venezuela's Foreign Minister said that the two governments have paved the way for the expansion of Tehran-Caracas relations.
2020-11-25 11:49