US Embassy Caracas FSN Arrested on Conspiracy/Bribery Charges in Visa...
Via DOJ, the following press statement dated May 7, 2012: U.S. Embassy Employee Arrested on Conspiracy and Bribery Charges in Scheme Involving Visa Applications - Defendant Worked at Embassy in...
View ArticleUS Embassy Caracas: Former FSN Pleads Guilty for Receiving Illegal Gratuity
In May 2012, we blogged about a US Embassy employee in Caracas, Venezuela who was was arrested in Washington, D.C., on one charge of conspiracy and two charges of bribery in connection with visa...
View ArticleUS Embassy Caracas: Former FSN Sentenced to Nine-Month Prison Term in Visa...
We have previously posted about the arrest of an FSN from US Embassy Caracas on conspiracy/bribery charges in a visa application scheme (see US Embassy Caracas FSN Arrested on Conspiracy/Bribery...
View ArticleLetter From Caracas: Did You Hear About the American Diplomat Carjacked in...
Jon Lee Anderson has a piece on What has Hugo Chávez wrought in Venezuela? (see Letter From Caracas, Slumlord, New Yorker, Jan 28, 2013). Anderson reports: “Caracas has deteriorated beyond all measure....
View ArticleWhere dangerous conditions are not/not created equal …
We have blogged recently about the critical crime and violence in El Salvador (see State Dept Issues El Salvador Travel Warning: Critical Crime and Violence. We have also blogged about the carjacking...
View ArticleUS Embassy Caracas: Two American Officials Wounded at “Some Sort of Social Spot”
The State Department has confirmed that 1) “two members of the U.S. Embassy in Caracas were injured during an incident early this morning” (May 28); 2) their injuries do not appear to be life...
View ArticleVenezuela Kicks Out Top US Diplomat, Two Other Officials For … Wait For It...
– By Domani Spero Venezuela’s embattled President Nicolás Maduro accused the top U.S. diplomat at the US Embassy in Caracas and two other embassy officials of “acts of sabotage” and ordered them to...
View ArticleUS Embassy Caracas Gets a New Chargé d’Affaires – Philip G. Laidlaw
– By Domani Spero Last week, Venezuela accused the top U.S. diplomat at the US Embassy in Caracas charge d’affaires Kelly Keiderling and two other diplomats, David Moo and Elizabeth Hoffman, of “acts...
View ArticleUS Embassy Venezuela: Local Employee Miguel Cartaya Killed in Caracas
– Domani Spero We posted recently about the US Embassy Caracas where three embassy officials were given 48 hours to leave the country (see Venezuela (Where Almost No One Has Toilet Paper) Kicks Out...
View ArticleUSG Declares Three Venezuelan Diplomats Personae Non Gratae
– Domani Spero The Venezuelan Government notified the United States on the afternoon of February 17 that they have declared three of our consular officers at US Embassy Caracas personae non gratae. The...
View ArticleThe State Dept’s Most Expensive Assignments in the World (February 2015)
Posted: 11:31 EST Updated: 21:57 PST The “cost-of-living” allowance or COLA is officially called “post allowance” in the State Department. It is an allowance based on a percentage of “spendable...
View ArticleVenezuela: Nicolas Maduro’s Theory of Everything — Blame The Yanquis!
Posted: 19:07 EST Saturday was going swell and all until I saw the news out of Venezuela. Apparently, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is not handling the TP for oil offer from Trinidad and Tobago...
View ArticleUS Embassy Caracas: Chargé Lee McClenny Gets the Spotlight, Plus Two Weeks to...
Posted: 17:03 EST Yesterday, we blogged about some weekend developments in Venezuela. See Venezuela: Nicolas Maduro’s Theory of Everything — Blame The Yanquis! Today, our man in Caracas, Lee McClenny...
View ArticleU.S. Embassy Caracas Issues Security Message on Recent Detention of Several...
Posted: 00:53 EST We saw this the other night: Oof. US Embassy just released advisory warning that Americans in Venezuela could be detained and barred from speaking with consular staff — Hannah...
View ArticleVenezuelan Foreign Minister Rodriguez vs Secretary Kerry Blinken Higginbottom...
Posted: 00:12 EDT Delcry Rodriguez (@DrodriguezVen) is the Venezuelan Foreign Minister. Her equivalent in rank in the U.S. Government is Secretary of State John Kerry. A few weeks back, Western...
View ArticleCDC Issues Zika Virus Guidance For 14 Countries and Territories in the...
Posted: 12:58 am EDT The Centers for Disease Control on January 15 issued an interim travel guidance related to Zika virus for 14 countries and territories in Central and South America and the...
View ArticleUS Embassy Venezuela: Appointment Wait Time For Visas Now at 999 Days
Posted: 1:41 am ET Last month, the U.S. Embassy in Caracas announced that it is no longer able to provide new appointments for first-time business or tourist (B-1/B-2) visa applicants due to staff...
View ArticleMaduro Breaks U.S. Diplomatic Relations, PNGs Diplomats But — USG Now...
Posted: 1:05 pm PST What happens next? On January 23, 2019, Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro @NicolasMaduro says that he has decided to break diplomatic relations with the U.S. government....
View Article@StateDept to Venezuela’s Maduro: You can’t break up with U.S. or PNG our...
Posted: 2:44 am EST Updated: 10:33 am PST headline. On January 23, 2019, Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro @NicolasMaduro announced that his country will break diplomatic relations with the...
View ArticleUS Embassy Venezuela Now on Mandatory Evacuation For Non-Emergency Staff and...
Posted: 8:37 pm PST In the afternoon of January 24, the US Embassy in Caracas issued a Security Alert announcing the mandatory departure of non-emergency USG personnel from Venezuela: On January 24,...
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