Tag: #Venezuala
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Venezuela’s fuel shortages persist despite Iran deliveries
Caracas, July 14 (AFP/APP): Long queues at gas stations around the country underscore Venezuela’s continuing fuel shortages, despite Iran stepping in to help its Latin American ally with a major fuel shipment last month. “Iranian petrol is an illusion that has lasted a month,” driver Nestor Hernandez told AFP in Maracaibo, the country’s second-largest city. He…
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IMF rejects Venezuela request for billions in virus aid
Washington, March 18 (AFP/APP): The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday rejected economically devastated Venezuela’s request for a $5 billion loan to help it cope with the coronavirus pandemic. President Nicolas Maduro made the request earlier Tuesday but, in a statement hours later, the Washington-based institution indirectly cited a dispute over Maduro’s leadership in denying his…
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Venezuela puts seven states, including Caracas, in virus quarantine
Caracas, March 16 (AFP/APP): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday ordered a “collective quarantine” in seven states, including the capital Caracas, from Monday to stem the spread of the new coronavirus pandemic. Elsewhere in Latin America, Argentina and Colombia were amongst several countries to announce new travel restrictions and El Salvador declared a state of…