The Latest News about Venezuela

President Donald Trump welcomed Josh Holt home in an oval office gathering Saturday. Josh was joined by his wife Thamy, daughter Marian and parents Jason and Laurie. “I just want to welcome you to the Oval Office, welcome you to the White House.  It’s, really, very special to have you both,” the president said. “You’ve gone through a lot.  You’ve ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday that prohibits certain transactions with the government of Venezuela. ————————————————————   By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and ...

While we catch the most important stories coming from the White House as they happen, some minor stories and small details fall through the cracks on busy news days. When they do, we pick them up … on the flip side Presidential Itinerary – the details The president and first lady headed to Charlotte, NC to attend former Reverand Billy Graham’s ...

Since Venezuela embraced socialism a few year ago Dictator Nicolas Maduro is the only one looking fat and prosperous. Cartoon by A.F. Branco ©2017. A.F.Branco Coffee Table Book <—- Order Here!

Vladimir Medrano Rengifo, former Director General of the Venezuelan Office of Identification, Migration, and Aliens told reporters that the Maduro government issued over 10,000 Venezuelan passports to Syrian and Iranian foreign nationals. Renfigo says that the operation was headed by Vice President Tareck El Aissami who has close ties to the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah according to an El Nuevo Herald report. ...

*This post will be updated throughout the morning* Grab some coffee and a bit of breakfast. Here is the news kicking off your day: Bill O’Reilly Out at Fox, new lineup announced Venezuela illegally seizes GM plant Secret Service to eliminate access to South Lawn fence around White House President Trump’s schedule for Thursday Lawyer representing O’Reilly accusers claims victory just ...

General Motors said Wednesday that Venezuela’s government has illegally seized its manufacturing plan in Valencia. General Motors Venezolana was taken unexpectedly by President Maduro’s despotic government. Venezuela has been spiraling into chaos ever since it chose to follow Hugo Chavez into a form of dictatorial socialism. U.S. firms have more than 20 arbitration cases against the Venezuelan government over similar ...

In 1998 I worked in a long–forgotten Venezuelan presidential race that has an important lesson for Donald Trump. The contest featured a celebrity outsider with perfect hair running against corrupt political insiders. (Is that redundant?) In Venezuela the insiders weren’t long–serving officials or hangers–on who became ethically bankrupt. The members of COPEI were criminally corrupt and many officials were jailed. ...

Today has been a slightly confusing time for anyone paying attention to the Edward Snowden situation. He remains not quite on Russian soil, holed up in an airport hotel outside Moscow, could theoretically go to Venezuela, but apparently hasn’t made a definite decision on that. Some of the confusion was fed by Russian MP Aleksey Pushkov, who tweeted out of ...

“These bankers should be shown for what they really are to the public: vulgar robbers, thieves in ties, pickpockets and obstinate kleptomaniacs:”  Hugo Chavez President Chavez created new national laws not unlike the U.S. Dodd-Frank supposed financial reform law that Barack Obama signed on July21, 2010. ( along with the supposed food safety law, and Obama-care that completes the tri-fecta of ...

I was thinking….. Sometimes it’s a good thing,  sometimes I just don’t know… I have been fortunate in my life to grow up and live in foreign countries; and in that I have perspective many of my friends and family members  have never had, nor ever will.  It was no accident I decided to come to America (just as many ...

Chavez has been out of sight for several weeks and is allegedly recovering in Cuba following a June 10, surgery. According to his closest friends and allies, Hugo Chavez is still alive and the Venezuelan president is firmly in control of the country. His brother Adan said he had just returned from Cuba and that Hugo was recovering “satisfactorily”. Venezuela’s vice-foreign minister Temir Porras tweeted, “President ...