Sentences with phrase «for maduro»

Critics in parliament see the petro as a way for Maduro to avoid the financial sanctions imposed by the West on Venezuela.

For Maduro in particular, who enjoys his party's support only insomuch as Chávez chose him as his successor, any move seen as a concession to the opposition and «capitalist enemies» would be political suicide.

Analysts have speculated that petro proceeds are a way for the Maduro government to sidestep U.S. sanctions against the socialist regime.

But the cards are seen as a token of support for Maduro, and many citizens refuse to carry them.

Not exact matches

Maduro has said the country will keep servicing its obligations for now.

Maduro, 53, quickly acknowledged the defeat, the worst for the ruling «Chavismo» movement since its founder Hugo Chavez took power in 1999.

Most of the region voiced support for the July 16 referendum convened by the opposition against the assembly, and the EU and the US have suggested they could level sanctions on the Maduro government should the July 30 vote go ahead.

The candidate from her party running in Buenos Aires — the country's biggest province — has demurred when asked about the situation in the Venezuela, saying that he did not know «in detail» what was going on there, later stressing the differences between the tenures of Chavez and Maduro and calling for dialogue with a third party, such as the Pope.

Meanwhile, Maduro is running for another six - year term in a general election next month.

Maduro has said he plans to offer a total of 100 million Petros, with a starting price of $ 60 each, for a total of about $ 6 billion.

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro is doubling down on his support for the Petro, encouraging the country's banks to mine and use the recently - launched national cryptocurrency.

Maduro has also reportedly ordered several state - owned companies, including an oil and natural gas company and aluminium and gold producers, to use the Petro for a percentage of their sales and purchases moving forward.

The government long decried such accusations as «smear campaigns,» but last year Maduro started blaming «thieves» for rampant graft in the oil sector.

Utterly dependent on oil exports for revenues, the resources available to Maduro are vanishing.

President Nicolás Maduro recently said that Venezuela will hold the presale for its oil - backed, state - issued cryptocurrency, the petro, on February 20, and that the government will distribute mining equipment to universities, savings banks, and other institutions.

CARACAS, May 3 (Reuters)- Venezuela said on Thursday it arrested 11 top executives of the country's leading private bank Banesco for allegedly hurting the OPEC nation's ailing currency, the latest move against the private sector that unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro blames for a deep...

«There is a fight between Diosdado and Tareck for control of the industry,» said Hebert Garcia, a former army general who later broke with Maduro and fled the country.

The political turmoil and mass resignations threaten Maduro's government, which depends on oil for 90 percent of export revenue.

The country's opposition is angry that Goldman has, in effect, made life easier for the central bank — the previous owner of the state - controlled Petroleos de Venezuela bonds — thereby propping up Mr. Maduro's regime.

Several analysts have opined that Petro is merely an opportunity for President Maduro's administration to cover its debts.

Questionable elections for a rubber - stamping new assembly may give President Nicolas Maduro more power.

Moreover, its hope is that the petro will return monetary sovereignty to Venezuela by creating a new avenue for financial transactions that will, in Maduro's words, «overcome the financial blockade».

Maduro has not outlined to what currency the petro will be pegged, how it will be developed, whether it will be freely traded, or how it will be exchanged for these reserves.

The country, suffering from skyrocketing inflation and rampant food and power shortages, is currently operating under a «constitutional state of emergency» as protestors call for the removal of President Nicolas Maduro.

The Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro appealed the «Bolivarian Alliance», consisting of ten states, to accede to the project for the creation of the cryptocurrency — El Petro secured by oil.

Venezuelan crisis intensifies after vote, arrests Following a disputed election for a new legislative body last weekend, in which voting tallies were reportedly manipulated, and the arrest of two high - profile opposition leaders, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro faces increased pressure both from within Venezuela and without.

The debt relief couldn't come at a better time for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Maduro blames Trump administration sanctions for making U.S. banks unwilling to participate in financial transactions with the Venezuelan government, either as buyers or payment processors.

«It's a strong message for the people of Venezuela and it's a strong message to Maduro,» U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told reporters at a briefing.

Critics of President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government point to the administration's own missteps for the country's spiraling quadruple digit inflation, making common goods too expensive for most residents.

Maduro explained that he is going to to charge in petro for all the fuel sold at the border between Venezuela and Colombia.

That perhaps lends credence to critics» assertions that the petro is just a virtual barrel of oil, an attempt by the Maduro government to raise billions of dollars in foreign exchange in order to keep the government in operation without having to do the actual hard work of drilling for and shipping oil.

Maduro's critics in Venezuela have denounced the planned digital currency, claiming that the new digital currency is a fraud, an attempt to compensate for Venezuela's lack of oil production.

During the height of the protests, in a speech made March 5, 2014 at a military parade in Caracas marking the one year anniversary of Chávez's death, Maduro proclaimed, Chávez «the Redeemer of the poor» and said that the poor were calling to Chávez the «Redeeming Christ of the 21st Century» to help them against the capitalist protestors attempting to undo all he had done for the poor.

Maduro realizes that it is not enough to have beautiful modern stores, RTW promises customers «unmatched service» which calls for continuous employee training.

Maduro has been with RTW for 32 years.

By Alan Dorich >> Executive Chairman Delma Maduro has been with British Virgin Islands - based food retailer Roadtown Wholesale Trading for more than 30 years.

President Chávez, anticipating the possibility of another election when beginning his medical treatment abroad, announced that the candidate for the revolutionaries should be the current vice-president Nicolás Maduro.

In spite of this, the military seems much more behind the revolution than it was in 2002; in a choreographed move, all of the generals and leading officers of the armed forces announced their support for the government immediately after Maduro announced Chávez's passing.

So has Rep. Mario Diaz - Balart, a Miami Republican who in February called López «one of many pro-democracy members of the opposition... that have been imprisoned for running afoul of the corrupt Maduro regime.»

Fellow Tory MP Hugo Swire, who attended the same school in Sussex as Sir Nicholas before also going on to Eton, recently hit out at Jeremy Corbyn's failure to condemn Huge Chavez and Nicolas Maduro by noting that their «failed socialist policies have done for Venezuela what Mugabe has done to Zimbabwe».

Meanwhile, as protests rocked Caracas on Saturday and civil war appeared all but inevitable, opposition factions are vying to oust President Nicolas Maduro, who has blamed the United States for the unrest in his country.

Vice President Mike PenceMichael (Mike) Richard PenceAnti - Maduro Venezuelans not unlike anti-Castro Cubans of yore Congress is still doing nothing to save Christians in the Middle East Liberal students, colleges should learn from Liberty University's civility MORE will be in Virginia later this week to stump for Republican gubernatorial nominee Ed Gillespie, according to Gillespie spokesman David Abrams.

His highlights from that tenure included covering the death of Hugo Chavez and the unraveling that followed under President Maduro; a story on the busty mannequins manufactured in Venezuela to match the local obsession with plastic surgery; a story on the Yawar fiesta, an annual celebration in a few remote Andean towns in Peru where a condor is tied to the back of a bull for a ritual bullfight; and, ah yes, the great secret service prostitution scandal from President Obama's visit to Colombia, in which he was the only reporter to find and interview the two hookers at the center of the scandal.

Monday saw Mr Maduro, who is now acting president, officially register his candidature for the presidential elections on 14 April.

«What will it take for Corbyn to finally urge Maduro to stop the violence, the human rights abuses, the poverty and the killings?»

On Tuesday, Florida GOP Reps. Carlos CurbeloCarlos Luis CurbeloAnti - Maduro Venezuelans not unlike anti-Castro Cubans of yore Farm bill revolt could fuel Dreamer push Three Republicans join climate change caucus MORE and Ileana Ros - LehtinenIleana Carmen Ros - LehtinenOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Tensions on immigration erupt in the House GOP MORE called on Pruitt to resign or be fired.

Maduro hopes that it will raise hard currency for the cash - strapped country, and help ease trade with foreign suppliers in the face of US sanctions imposed last year.

I was looking for a somewhat healthier version of the fried maduros.

«We are beyond excited to be hosting the World Travel Awards Latin America Ceremony for the very first time at Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya,» commented Frank Maduro, vice president, marketing for the AIC Hotel Group, owner of Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya.