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UK Reaffirms Backing for Guaido as Venezuela President Ahead of $1 Billion Gold Case

July 19, 2021
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LONDON—The British government reiterated on Monday that it recognises opposition figure Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s president, a move aimed at quashing a bid by the Nicolas Maduro-backed Venezuelan central bank to repatriate nearly $1 billion of its gold stored in London. Legal teams representing Maduro and Guaido will be at the UK Supreme Court on…

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Venezuela Announces Terrorism Charges Against Guaido Ally After Highway Arrest

July 13, 2021
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CARACAS—Venezuelan prosecutors on Monday said they had charged opposition politician Freddy Guevara with terrorism and treason, among other allegations, after the country’s intelligence service arrested him from his car on a Caracas highway. Guevara is a close ally of opposition leader Juan Guaido, who is recognized as the South American country’s legitimate president by the…

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Venezuela Hired Democratic Party Donor for $6 Million

January 30, 2021
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MIAMI—Newly filed lobbying records (pdf) show Venezuela’s socialist government previously hired a longtime Democratic Party donor for $6 million at the same time it was lobbying to discourage the U.S. from imposing sanctions on the oil-rich nation. The documents, which were disclosed Thursday, show a U.S. subsidiary of Venezuela’s state oil giant PDVSA agreed to…

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EU States No Longer Recognize Guaido as Venezuela’s Interim President

January 25, 2021
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BRUSSELS—Venezuela’s Juan Guaido is a “privileged interlocutor” but no longer considered interim president, European Union states said in a statement on Monday, sticking by their decision to downgrade his status. The EU’s 27 states had said on Jan. 6 they could no longer legally recognize Guaido as interim president after he lost his position as…

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EU States Should Recognize Guaido As Venezuela’s Leader: EU Lawmakers

January 22, 2021
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BRUSSELS—The European Parliament called on EU governments to recognize Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s interim president in a resolution on Thursday, after a downgrade of his status by the bloc earlier this month. The EU’s 27 states said on Jan. 6 they can no longer legally recognize Guaido as the country’s legitimate head of state after…

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