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Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido is pictured under a national flag during a gathering with supporters after members of the Bolivarian National Guard joined his campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas on 30 April 2019. Picture: AFP

Venezuela

Guaido focused on advancing date for Venezuela elections

By AFP

First up there are mayoral and gubernatorial polls in November, although the opposition has yet to commit to participating. Maduro has taken some steps to try...

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    490 days ago
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    Facebook freezes Venezuela leader's page over COVID misinformation

    "Due to repeated violations of our rules, we are also freezing the page for 30 days, during which it will be read-only," a Facebook spokesperson said.

    506 days ago
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    Activists claim Venezuela police 'massacre' killed 23 people

    Authorities haven't commented on the incident, which Alvarado called a "massacre."

    581 days ago
  • Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro delivers a speech on the signature campaign launched to urge the United States' to put a halt to intervention threats against his government, at Bolivar square in Caracas, on 7 February 2019. Picture: AFP

    Maduro closes in on Venezuela poll triumph amid opposition boycott

    The boycott by the main opposition parties meant there was no doubt of victory for Maduro's ruling Socialist Party, giving it control of an expanded 227-seat National Assembly -- the only institution not in its hands.

    616 days ago
  • File photo taken on 22 June 2020 and released by the Venezuelan Presidency showing Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaking during a televised message, at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas. Picture: AFP

    Maduro allies set for poll victory with Guaido on the ropes

    Victory will give Maduro's ruling Socialist Party control of the National Assembly, the only institution not yet in its hands.

    619 days ago
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    Maduro hopes to resume 'decent' dialogue with Biden administration

    The target of US sanctions aiming to force him from power, Maduro broke off diplomatic relations with Washington in January 2019, after President Donald Trump's administration - along with around 60 other countries - recognised Guaido as Venezuela's president.

    644 days ago
  • File photo taken on 22 June 2020 and released by the Venezuelan Presidency showing Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaking during a televised message, at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas. Picture: AFP

    Venezuela 'dictatorship' unfit to hold vote - Brazil

    The message came as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo began a South American tour that will take him to the Brazilian-Venezuelan border Friday for an event also seen as upping the pressure on President Nicolas Maduro.

    696 days ago
  • FILE: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Picture: AFP

    Venezuela president behind crimes against humanity: UN probe

    A team tasked with probing a slew of alleged violations said they had found evidence that state actors, including President Nicolas Maduro, were behind serious crimes such as extrajudicial killings and the systematic use of torture.

    697 days ago
  • FILE: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro delivers a speech on the signature campaign launched to urge the United States' to put a halt to intervention threats against his government, at Bolivar square in Caracas, on 7 February 2019. Picture: AFP

    Venezuela jails 2 Americans over failed 'invasion'

    Luke Alexander Denman (34) and Airan Berry (40), 'admitted' to 'conspiracy, association (to commit crimes), illicit trafficking of war weapons and terrorism' over the attempted invasion, allegedly aimed at toppling President Nicolas Maduro.

    737 days ago
  • FILE: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Picture: AFP

    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 mercenaries in the early hours of Sunday morning.

    829 days ago
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    Venezuela prison riot death toll rises to 47

    The disruption began Friday when inmates at the prison, located in the city of Guanare, began destroying 'the security fences around the perimeter' in a 'massive escape attempt,' according to an army report.

    834 days ago
  • Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro delivers a speech on the signature campaign launched to urge the United States' to put a halt to intervention threats against his government, at Bolivar square in Caracas, on 7 February 2019. Picture: AFP

    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.

    872 days ago
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    Nearly 5 million have fled Venezuela as abuses continue: UN

    UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet warned that "political tensions and acts of violence by security forces and government supporters against opposition parliamentarians have continued" since September.

    888 days ago
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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.

    915 days ago
  • FILE: Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido speaks during a rally in San Bernardino neighbourhood in Caracas on 1 April 2019. Picture: AFP

    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'.

    950 days ago
  • FILE: Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido speaks during a rally in San Bernardino neighbourhood in Caracas on 1 April 2019. Picture: AFP

    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.

    953 days ago
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    2019: A look back at a year of global turmoil

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    985 days ago
  • Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1001 days ago
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