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Juan Rodriguez, Fernando Venâncio, and Adrian de Gouveia are the three Portuguese-descendants of Madeiran origin who remain detained in Venezuela for political reasons.
Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado met with Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro in Lisbon this Tuesday during an official visit to Portugal. Following the meeting, the head of government highlighted the importance of a democratic and free solution for the future of Venezuela.
Many Portuguese people in Venezuela believe that the situation in the country will improve without Nicolás Maduro in power.
It is estimated that around 8 million people have left Venezuela in the last decade. The economic crisis, very low wages, regime repression, and insecurity have triggered the exodus.
Members of Parliament approved a final text recommending that the Government support a “democratic transition led by representatives legitimized” by the 2024 elections in Venezuela.
Sancho Gomes concludes a one-week visit to Venezuela. The regional director of the Madeira Communities states he found the community quite calm and confident regarding the future.
The Secretary of State for Portuguese Communities lands in Caracas to meet with the Venezuelan Foreign Minister and the Portuguese community. The PS visit sparked criticism from Chega, PSD, and CDS-PP.
The PS parliamentary leader rejects criticism regarding the timing of the visit to Caracas and points out that the Government itself will also be travelling to Venezuela. He invokes Soares to speak on the need for 'political courage'.
The US president says that it has already been possible to reach an understanding on several points, without providing details. Furthermore, Sebastião Bugalho criticises the way the PS leader's visit to Venezuela was conducted.
José Luís Carneiro visited Venezuela over the last four days
The release of Portuguese-Venezuelan political prisoners and the safety of the Portuguese community in the country were among the requests made by José Luís Carneiro — visiting Caracas — to Delcy Rodríguez.
The meeting will take place at 8:00 PM mainland Portugal time.
Minister of Foreign Affairs stresses situation in Venezuela remains “uncertain” The resumption of flights from Portugal to Venezuela is imminent, and currently, there are nine Portuguese-Venezuelans detained in South American The post Resumption of flights between Portugal and Venezuela ‘imminent’, says minister appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Paulo Rangel reiterated that Portugal continues to monitor the situation, which it considers stabilised, but which 'is uncertain'.
The daughters of the Portuguese-descended man detained in Venezuela, Juan Ramos, demand that the Portuguese government explain what measures are being taken to secure the release of the detainees. On Saturday several Venezuelan and foreign political prisoners were freed, but none of the four detained Portuguese nationals appear on the list.
It was the candidate's only reply to criticism from rival campaigns. Seguro spent the afternoon in Aveiro and attended the 'chuva de cavacas' (a traditional pastry‑throwing event).
Seguro says Rangel ought to be focused on the Portuguese living in Venezuela.
The presidential candidate backed by the Socialist Party (PS) asked, “How are the roughly 500,000 Portuguese in Venezuela doing?”
The number of prisoners released by Venezuela continues to rise, a sign that the country’s new government intends to ease relations with the Trump administration. Reporting live from the Colombia-Venezuela border, special envoy Hugo Capela gave an update on the latest figures for prisoners released.
A country slow to forge an identity, wealthier than it realises, overrun by business and strategic interests. Carlos Maria Bobone recalls the recent trajectory: confused, hesitant, full of advances and setbacks.
Ukraine and Venezuela were the only items on the Council of State's agenda which, the newspaper PÚBLICO reported, were agreed by consensus among councillors. Domestic politics was left off the agenda.
The meeting was attended by two of the leading presidential candidates for Belém, Luís Marques Mendes and André Ventura, both members of the Council of State.
The Council of State meeting on the international situation, in particular on Ukraine and Venezuela, ended this Friday after four hours, at around 19:10, without the publication of any conclusions. In the statement distributed to the media after the meeting ended it reads only that "the Council of State, meeting under the presidency ...
The meeting lasted about four hours.
The Council of State is meeting this Friday at Belém Palace to analyse the international situation, in particular the situation in Ukraine — the issue that prompted the President to convene the meeting, to which he has since added Venezuela.
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Relatives of Portuguese nationals accused of conspiracy or treason have lost their fear of speaking out. The government says it has been questioning local authorities. Venezuela announced today the release of some prisoners.
Gustavo Vivas, a Venezuelan living in Portugal, analyses the state of his homeland after the capture of Nicolás Maduro by the United States. 'We believe the change has not yet arrived,' he says about the current state of affairs. The solution for the country, he argues, lies in free elections. At the moment, 'the way the state is set up makes it impossible to hold free elections,' he laments.
Two days after the extraordinary US attack on Venezuela, and exfiltration of its president and first lady to answer criminal charges in the United States, Portugal’s minister of foreign affairs, The post Portuguese community in Venezuela ‘hang in there’ appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Portuguese political party Iniciativa Liberal has submitted a draft resolution concerning the situation in Venezuela and expressing support for Taiwan's right to self-determination.
