Vatican receives delegation from Venezuela’s Guaidó

February 12, 2019 in Regional

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A delegation representing Venezuelan Opposition Leader Juan Guaidó met yesterday with Vatican officials as the Holy See weighs a request from socialist President Nicholás Maduro to intervene in the country's political crisis. Officials from the Secretariat of State expressed Pope Francis' sympathy...

Maduro rejects European ultimatum to call vote

February 04, 2019 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_6495" align="alignleft" width="300"] President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro[/caption] MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro flatly rejected yesterday a call by European countries to call snap elections after Opposition Leader Juan Guaido declared himself the Latin American country's interim leader. Maduro said in an interview...