Politics of Venezuela

CARACAS, Venezuela - The Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ), the highest judicial body in Venezuela, has rejected the opposition's bid to change the presidential mandate from six years to four years, which would have ended President Nicolás Maduro's mandate early and called for elections in December of this year.

 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday eliminated the National Assembly's control over nomination and removal of central bank directors through a legal reform that the opposition slammed as aimed at curtailing its power a day before it takes leadership of the legislature. 

Venezuela's opposition won control of congress for the first time in 16 years on Dec. 7 as voters punished the socialist government for an economic crisis and insecurity in the oil-rich nation.

President Nicolas Maduro promptly accepted the defeat, a blow to his leadership and the "revolution" of "21st century socialism" launched by his late predecessor Hugo Chavez.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pledged Nov. 5 to cut off his moustache if the government fails to meet a goal to provide a million new homes by year's end.

"If by Dec. 31 I have not turned over home number one million, I will cut off my moustache in self-punishment so everyone will know that I failed," Maduro said.

Greece’s Secretary General for International Economic Relations Giorgos Tsipras signed an important energy agreement with the Boliviarian Republic of Venezuela in Caracas Saturday. During the official signing of the memorandum of understanding, Tsipras underlined the significance of the deal in strengthening cooperation between the two peoples.

Forget Europe, forget North America and the rest of the West, it’s the … Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and President Nicolas Maduro who issued a very warm message of solidarity to the “capital controlled” Greek people this week.

The United States and Venezuela, which have had highly strained relations for more than a decade, held a "positive" diplomatic meeting over the weekend in Haiti, the State Department said June 15.

Thousands donned white and took to the streets in cities across the country May 30 in the biggest show of frustration with Venezuela's socialist administration since a wave of bloody anti-government protests a year ago.

Venezuela and Russia have agreed to invest more than USD 14 B in the oil and gas industry of the South American country, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said.

Venezuela is apparently on the road to transitioning from … socialist economic disaster into a caricature of a country, as the country’s tropical overlords have declared war on an … app and Google!