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Venezuela quells attack on military base, two killed
The opposition has denounced Maduro for dragging Venezuela towards dictatorship and has appealed to the military for help.
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Venezuela crushes small anti-Maduro uprising at military base
Hooded protesters had been largely dispelled with tear gas by midday on Sunday, and the rest of the South American country of 30 million appeared to be calm.
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Venezuela’s pro-government assembly fires dissident prosecutor
Ortega accused Maduro of human rights abuses and of fudging the results of last weekend’s election of the new 545-member constituent assembly.
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Venezuela prosecutors seek to stop new legislative superbody
The US State Department said on Thursday that the United States will not recognise the constituent assembly.
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Defiant Venezuela president mocks Trump after US sanctions
At least 10 people were killed in unrest during Sunday’s vote, bringing the death toll from four months of anti-government protests to more than 120.
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Deadly protests mar Venezuela ballot as voters snub Maduro assembly
The opposition said the true death toll was around 12, which would make Sunday one of the deadliest days since massive and sustained protests started in early April.
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Venezuela’s economic crisis can be stopped. Here’s how
The past 20 years act as a good laboratory to study the success of different economic models in Latin America.
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Venezuelan agents seize two more court appointees – opposition
The talks have not yielded any concrete results, they said, adding that Zapatero was scheduled to speak with Maduro on Tuesday evening.
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Venezuela crisis enters pivotal week, Maduro foes protest
For months, youths have blockaded streets and used slingshots, stones, homemade mortars and Molotov cocktails to battle National Guard troops.
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Venezuela congress going ahead despite 'imperial' threat - Maduro
Venezuela's opposition has been protesting in the streets since April against the unpopular Maduro whom they accuse of wrecking the OPEC nation's economy and crushing democracy.
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Venezuelan's opposition calls new strike, violence flares
The opposition coalition - which organised a 24-hour shutdown this week that was heeded by millions and paralysed large swathes of the South American nation - said the next strike would be on Wednesday and Thursday.
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US readies Venezuela sanctions, Maduro defies threat
The heightened US rhetoric against Venezuela’s ruling Socialist Party has infuriated Maduro but also provided him with a nationalist rallying cry.
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Trump threatens sanctions if Venezuela creates Constituent Assembly
On Sunday, 98% of opposition supporters in an unofficial vote rejected the proposed assembly.
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Venezuela opposition turns heat up on Maduro with strike call
The opposition said it brought 7.6 million people out on Sunday for an unofficial vote intended to de-legitimize a man they call a dictator.
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Venezuela opposition votes against Maduro, woman shot dead
The vote also included participation by swelling ranks of Venezuelans who have moved abroad, from Miami to Madrid, to escape the OPEC nation’s dire economy.
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From Miami to Madrid, Venezuelan diaspora mobilizes against Maduro
With improvised polling stations in more than 80 countries, the Venezuelan diaspora was seeking to delegitimize Maduro's plans to rewrite the constitution.
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Buoyed by Lopez release, Venezuela opposition rallies for 100th day
Thousands of people gathered in an east Caracas square to hear opposition figures including the wife of Lopez, Lilian Tintori, speak.
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Jailed Venezuela opposition leader Lopez granted house arrest
Lopez’s return to his Caracas house came as Venezuela is once again convulsed by demonstrations against President Nicolas Maduro.
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Venezuela opposition challenges Maduro with unofficial referendum
President Nicolas Maduro's foes announced plans on Monday for an unofficial referendum to let Venezuelans have their say on his plan to rewrite the constitution.
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Helicopter attacks Venezuela’s pro-Maduro Supreme Court
Opposition leaders have long been calling on Venezuela’s security forces to stop obeying a president they call a murderous dictator.
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Venezuelan troops fire on protesters at airbase, one killed
At least two soldiers shot long firearms through the fence at protesters from a distance of just a few feet.
