Sentences with phrase «maduro in»

Subsequently, Advocate General Maduro in his Opinion of January 2008 took up the cudgels for the autonomy of the Union legal order and for the effective protection of fundamental rights.

on the hope that Maduro in Venezuela would get his countries act together.

Third, opposition candidate Henrique Capriles narrowed the gap to 1,5 % to Maduro in the 2013 presidential election (compared to Rosales who lost by a 25 % point difference), in spite of having to compete on highly uneven playing field.

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.

Not exact matches

Instead of correcting course to avoid further catastrophe, the Maduro regime is attempting to circumvent sanctions through the Petro digital currency — a ploy that Venezuela's democratically - elected National Assembly has denounced and Treasury has cautioned U.S. persons to avoid,» Mnuchin said in a statement.

The United States, which in July said would take «strong and swift economic actions» if President Nicolas Maduro goes ahead with the Constituent Assembly, could also further sanction senior Venezuelan officials after acting against 13 prominent figures last week.

Vice President Mike Pence will pressure Maduro's government in a speech Wednesday to a session of the Organization of American States, his office said.

«The Vice President will call on all members to increase pressure on the Maduro regime to restore the country's democracy and address the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Venezuela,» Pence's spokeswoman, Alyssa Farah, said Monday in a statement.

In his meeting with his international counterparts, Mnuchin said, «we discussed how to achieve our shared objectives of restoring Venezuelan democracy, combating the kleptocracy of the Maduro regime, and responding to the humanitarian crisis caused by Maduro's economic policy.»

The Treasury Department warned investors in January to steer clear of the digital currency, calling it «another attempt to prop up the Maduro regime, while further looting the resources of the Venezuelan people.»

Despite the U.S. Treasury Department warning investors away from it, Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro says the launch of his country's oil - backed answer to Bitcoin, Petro, raised $ 735 million in its first day.

The U.S. could sanction its already distressed oil sector if President Nicolas Maduro proceeds with an election in May.

The move comes at a time when Maduro's socialist government is in the midst of a crackdown on domestic freedoms and Caracas» financial transactions have been hamstrung by Western sanctions.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with members of the Constituent Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela August 2, 2017.

His quick acceptance of the results eased tensions in the volatile nation where the latest presidential election, in 2013, narrowly won by Maduro, was bitterly disputed and where anti-government protests last year led to 43 deaths.

Maduro's approval ratings have tumbled amid the crisis to 28 percent, near the lowest in 16 years of socialist rule, and while there's no sign the sometimes violent street protests that overwhelmed the country a year ago will return anytime soon, polls indicate that the opposition will coast to victory in legislative elections expected to take place by year end.

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

Many of the governments in the region have condemned the vote and have refused to recognize it, calling on President Nicolas Maduro not to convene the assembly.

Maduro's approval has also hovered around 20 % over the past two years, which is not high, but is noteworthy in light of the turmoil in Venezuela over that time.

Trump has sanctioned dozens of Venezuelan officials, including government ministers and military officers, since he took office — including the vice president, who was accused of involvement in international drug trafficking, and President Nicolas Maduro himself, whom the Trump administration has labeled a «dictator.»

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.

Glum government supporters followed Maduro's lead in accepting the results in Venezuela on Sunday.

But the administration's actions, along with individual sanctions, appear to have had mixed effects, and there are now signs that deepening them in an effort to isolate Maduro or boost his opposition could backfire.

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

Venezuela's oil - backed «petro» cryptocurrency raised $ 735 million in the first day of its pre-sale Tuesday, President Nicolas Maduro has claimed.

President Donald Trump is reportedly considering sanctioning Venezuela's crude industry in a bid to ratchet up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Reuters reported Thursday, citing an unnamed U.S. official.

In response, Maduro has moved to circumvent the nation's democratic institutions and give himself sweeping new powers — though not, apparently, the power of self - control.

«Our country has released our first official crypto in the history of the world,» Maduro said in a nationally televised event.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (C) delivers a speach next to Vice-President Tarek El Aissami (L) next to Venezuela's Minister of Science, Technology and University Education Hugbel Roa (R) during a press conference to launch to the market a new oil - backed cryptocurrency called «Petro», at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, on February 20.

Maduro's nibble had some additional symbolic weight thanks to its timing, just days before the November 7 centenary of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.

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

Although Maduro lacks Chávez's charisma, many expect him to prevail in the coming election.

«Maduro is boxed in,» says Cameron.

Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro sacked the head of PDVSA and handed over control to the military in order to keep the armed forces on his side.

«I gave the order to the company PDVSA, Pequiven and CVG to realize as of today a percentage of their sales and purchases in... the Petro,» Maduro said (according to a rough translation) during the petro pre-sale announcement.

«Next week I'm going to launch the petro gold, backed by gold, which is even more powerful, that will strengthen the petro,» Vice quoted Maduro as saying in a Wednesday speech.

President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela speaking last month in Caracas beside a computer used to produce virtual currency on the Ethereum network.

The ruling socialists, once held together by late leader Hugo Chavez, have succumbed to infighting under Maduro, a former bus driver and union leader who lacks Chavez» charisma and has seen his budget slashed with the decline in global oil prices.

CARACAS Venezuela's opposition faces a weak adversary in an upcoming presidential election in the form of unpopular President Nicolas Maduro but it must overcome a more formidable challenge - abstention in its own ranks.

CARACAS A group of Venezuelan rock bands hope to popularize songs against President Nicolas Maduro by handing out a CD called «Rock Against Dictatorship» during a summit of Latin American and North American countries in Lima this week.

CARACAS Venezuela's opposition faces a weak adversary in an upcoming presidential election in the form of unpopular President Nicolas Maduro, but it must overcome the more formidable challenge of abstention in its own ranks.

Maduro's administration has pointedly claimed that the people who will be hurt most by the sanctions aimed at stymieing the nation's ballooning debt will be shareholders in the U.S. Indeed, there is outcry that the potential banning of oil imports from Venezuela — the 3rd biggest supplier of oil to the U.S. behind Canada and Saudi Arabia — will dramatically drive up gasoline prices and hurt the U.S. job market.

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.

The move «could bring PDVSA, and the Maduro regime, to its knees,» Jorge Salazar - Carrillo, an economics professor at Florida International University in Miami, told South Florida - based WLRN Public Radio.

The U.S. government has warned that it would take «swift economic actions» if the Venezuelan government proceeds with a July 30 move to rewrite the constitution to consolidate power in the hands of President Nicolas Maduro.

In a Twitter post that appeared Tuesday, Maduro said the token raised more than 4.777 billion Chinese yuan, which is equivalent to $ 735 million.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will deliver a fresh warning to the Maduro administration on Wednesday in a speech to the Organization of American States.

Skeptics have not only questioned Maduro's claim, but the very motivation behind issuing a cryptocurrency in the first place.

«The Vice President will call on all members to increase pressure on the Maduro regime to restore the country's democracy and address the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Venezuela,» the Vice President's spokeswoman, Alyssa Farah, said in a statement.

Venezuela's controversial leader Nicolas Maduro has claimed that his administration's Petro cryptocurrency raised $ 735 million on day one of its pre-sale, a figure that many in the digital currency market are still struggling to verify.