Viera-Blanco – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Thu, 03 Sep 2020 12:58:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png Viera-Blanco – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 The ambassador with no embassy: Venezuela’s opposition loses momentum in bid to oust leader https://onvenezuela.com/the-ambassador-with-no-embassy-venezuelas-opposition-loses-momentum-in-bid-to-oust-leader/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-ambassador-with-no-embassy-venezuelas-opposition-loses-momentum-in-bid-to-oust-leader Thu, 03 Sep 2020 12:58:12 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=5396

Orlando Viera-Blanco was officially recognized as the oil-rich nation’s ambassador by Canada in November 2019. But he isn’t living in the ambassador’s official residence, nor can his team issue passports or provide basic consular services. His position — holding a title without an office — serves as something of a metaphor for the opposition in the state of Venezuela and its attempts to oust the government of Nicolas Maduro. By Chris Arsenault. Full Text-> CBC

]]> Venezuelan ambassador works out of his condo in Ottawa to avoid tensions with Maduro embassy staff https://onvenezuela.com/venezuelan-ambassador-works-out-of-his-condo-in-ottawa-to-avoid-tensions-with-maduro-embassy-staff/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuelan-ambassador-works-out-of-his-condo-in-ottawa-to-avoid-tensions-with-maduro-embassy-staff Thu, 20 Feb 2020 05:01:00 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=1486

Venezuela’s ambassador to Canada is working out of his Ottawa condo in an effort to avoid tensions with the embassy, which is staffed by political opponents loyal to socialist President Nicolas Maduro. By Justin Tang

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