•A collapsed building following the earthquakes The twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela last month killed over 5,000 people, officials said, while announcing they drew hundreds of millions of dollars from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for reconstruction. The 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude quakes struck within a minute of each other on June 2...
•A collapsed apartment building following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira State Venezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes have killed nearly 3,000, official figures showed yesterday, as international rescue teams began winding down search operations for survivors in the rubble. Fatalities jumped by more than 300 from Friday to 2,954, f...
•Rescue workers evacuate an injured person from a collapsed building Powerful twin earthquakes have killed 32 people and injured more than 700, the nation’s interim president said today, after the massive shocks collapsed entire buildings and sent people running in panic. Authorities and average Venezuelans were clambering on piles of rubble ...
•Venezuelan political leader Juan Pablo Guanipa speaks with journalists Venezuelan authorities have granted amnesty to 379 political prisoners, a lawmaker said yesterday, after a new law was enacted by interim authorities following the US toppling of former leader Nicolas Maduro. Venezuela’s National Assembly unanimously adopted the law a day ...
•Venezuela’s interim leader Delcy Rodríguez At least 80 political prisoners were freed Sunday in Venezuela, where detainees are slowly being released under pressure from the United States, the non-governmental organisation Foro Penal said. The group’s director, Alfredo Romero, said on X that the NGO was verifying the identities of those releas...
•Interim President Delcy Rodríguez and X logo The social networking platform, X became available again in Venezuela yesterday, more than a year after it was blocked under the administration of former President resident Nicolás Maduro. Access to the platform, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, had been restricted following a dispute between Maduro...
•Rodriguez and Trump Venezuela said yesterday it launched talks with the United States on restoring diplomatic ties, days after US forces deposed Nicolas Maduro as its president. It was the latest sign of cooperation following the leftist leader’s capture and US President Donald Trump’s claim to be “in charge” of the South American country, re...
•Donald Trump and Kemi Badenoch UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said the recent US military action in Venezuela was morally justified, even though she questioned its legal basis of the action. Badenoch made the remarks during interviews with the BBC, where she said she did not fully understand the legal framework underpinning former U...
•George, Tinubu and Trump Chief Bode George, former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned that the suppression of opposition and erosion of democratic institutions can lead to Venezuela experience. The Atona Oodua of Yorubaland in a press statement yesterday warned that Nigeria is at a critical junction in i...
•Tinubu and ADC logo The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has said Nigeria’s failure to respond to the reported action by the United States against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro exposes a crisis of legitimacy and moral authority under the Bola Tinubu administration. The party said the development serves as a warning to governments that ...

