Geopolitics
New York, Aug 9 (JEN): A new set of unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States on Venezuela this week prompted the concern of the United Nations’ top rights official on Thursday, who said in a statement that she feared they would have a “potentially severe impact” on the human rights of the South American nation’s “long-suffering” people. more
UN agencies welcome regional road map to help integrate ‘continuing exodus of Venezuelans’

New York, July 9 (JEN): A new road map adopted by Latin American and Caribbean countries, to help better integrate refugees and migrants from crisis-hit Venezuela into new host societies, ...

In Venezuela, Bachelet calls on Government to release prisoners, appeals for ‘bold steps towards compromise’

New York, June 23 (JEN): Speaking at the end of the first-ever official mission to Venezuela by a UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet called on the Government to release all those de ...

Record number of Venezuelans arrive in Peru: UN steps up response

New York, June 17 (JEN): The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has sent extra teams this week to the border between Peru and Ecuador to support the authorities, as an unprecedent number of Venezu ...

Four million have now fled Venezuela, UN ramps up aid to children who remain

New York, June 8 (JEN): The number of people who have left Venezuela to escape the country’s ongoing political and economic crisis, has reached some four million, the UN announced o ...

US Judge orders conditional release of 4 activists arrested in raid at Venezuelan Embassy

Washington (Sputnik/UNI) A US judge on Friday ordered the release of four American activists who were arrested during a police raid on the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington on the conditio ...

Venezuela's Supreme Court rejects US Vice-President's threats against judges

Caracas (Xinhua/UNI) Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) on Wednesday "categorically and forcefully" rejected the threat made by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence to san ...

Political tensions in Venezuela

Caracas (Xinhua/UNI) This year, political unrest has been haunting Venezuela as opposition leader Juan Guaido and President Nicolas Maduro vie for power. The international community, in ...

Trump may appoint immigration coordinator amid border surge - Reports

Washington (Sputnik/UNI) US President Donald Trump is considering appointing an immigration coordinator to oversee multiagency efforts to contain the surge in migrant crossings over the s ...

Venezuelan Supreme Court urges lawmakers to strip Guaido's immunity

Caracas (Sputnik/UNI) The Venezuelan Supreme Tribunal of Justice on Monday called on the Constituent Assembly to strip opposition leader Juan Guaido of parliamentary immunity.