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Venezuela charges two Americans with 'terrorism, conspiracy'
Luke Alexander Denman, 34, and Airan Berry, 41, were among 17 people captured by the Venezuelan military who said they thwarted an attempted invasion by...
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US indicts Venezuela leader Maduro for 'narco-terrorism'
The indictments were issued in multiple US jurisdictions including New York and Miami, with charges running from 'conspiracy to narco-terrorism' to money laundering.
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Venezuela opposition leader Guaido returns home, fighting erupts
Shortly before his arrival, fighting broke out between his followers - including several lawmakers - and President Nicolas Maduro's supporters.
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Venezuela's reelected Guaido calls for protests
Guaido, self-appointed acting president of Venezuela, leads the opposition to leftist President Nicolas Maduro, who remains in power despite Guaido's year-long effort to oust the man he calls a 'usurper'.
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Venezuela's Guaido eyes second chance after trying 'everything'
The National Assembly speaker is set to be re-elected to his position on Sunday, but it is the top job currently occupied by socialist leader Nicolas Maduro that he's after.
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Maduro says 'thank God' for dollarisation in Venezuela
The official currency, the bolivar, has depreciated more than 90% this year, while hyperinflation in the first nine months of the year clocked in at 4,680%, according to the central bank.
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Trump says US watching situation in Venezuela 'very closely'
Addressing the UN General Assembly, Donald Trump assailed Venezuela's socialist president, Nicolas Maduro, as 'a Cuban puppet, protected by Cuban bodyguards.'
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Venezuela's opposition says Norway-mediated dialogue with Maduro 'is finished'
The talks, most of which had taken place on the Caribbean island of Barbados, began after opposition leader Juan Guaido led a failed military uprising in April against Maduro.
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Guaido warns Venezuela's Maduro over moves to advance legislative elections
Elections to renew the National Assembly, the only branch of government under opposition control, are set for December 2020.
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Venezuela pro-Maduro legislature to assess early congress elections
Any move to disband congress would fuel criticism of President Nicolas Maduro in the international community and almost certainly halt Norway-brokered talks between the government and opposition leader Juan Guaido's allies.
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Trump imposes total US freeze on Venezuelan government assets
The scope of the announcement came as a surprise even to some Trump administration allies.
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Venezuela government, opposition agree to pursue crisis talks
Representatives of President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaido met from Monday to Wednesday in the Caribbean island nation for negotiations, which Maduro has hailed as successful.
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Rule of law in Venezuela 'eroded': UN rights chief
The UN human rights chief lamented Friday the erosion of rule of law in Venezuela, pointing to attacks on political opponents and activists, including using torture and killings.
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US slaps sanctions on son of Venezuelan leader Maduro
The action freezes any assets Nicolas Ernesto Maduro Guerra has in the United States and bars American individuals or institutions from doing business with him.
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Venezuela's Guaido defends planned talks with Maduro representatives
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Sunday defended his decision to send delegates to Oslo for talks with representatives of President Nicolas Maduro's government, warning that critics of the move risk becoming accomplices of his rival's "dictatorship."
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Maduro hails start of Norway-brokered talks with opposition
The mediation bid comes after a months-long power struggle between National Assembly leader Juan Guaido and the socialist president, with sometimes deadly street clashes.
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Venezuela braces for unrest as Maduro clamps down
President Nicolas Maduro accused his sacked intelligence chief of being a CIA 'mole' and the architect of the failed military uprising.
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Venezuela to prosecute lawmakers who backed failed uprising
Soon after the announcement, the Constituent Assembly - which effectively acts as a regime rubber stamp - stripped the seven lawmakers of their parliamentary immunity.
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Maduro exhorts Venezuela military to fight 'any coup plotter'
On Tuesday, Guaido, who has been recognized by more than 50 countries as the crisis-wracked country's interim president, urged the armed forces to rise up against the embattled leader.
