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Venezuelan citizens cross the Simon Bolivar international bridge from San Antonio del Tachira in Venezuela to Norte de Santander province of Colombia on February 10, 2018. Picture: AFP.

Venezuelan government

Venezuelan military blocks bridge at Colombia border: opposition

By AFP

A tanker truck and a huge cargo container barred access to the Tienditas bridge, which links Cucuta, Colombia to Urena, Venezuela.

  • Opposition leader and self-proclaimed "acting president" Juan Guaido (C) addresses the press as he holds his daughter Miranda, next to his wife Fabiana Rosales (L), outside his home in Santa Fe, Caracas on 31 January 2019. Picture: AFP

    Guaido boosted by Europe backing in Venezuela standoff

    Guaido thanked each EU country in turn on Twitter "for supporting all Venezuelans in this struggle we undertake to rescue our nation's democracy, freedom and justice."

    1204 days ago
  • Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro. Picture: AFP

    Venezuelan migrants' dreams of new life dashed by Ecuador passport rule

    More than a million Venezuelan migrants have entered Colombia over the last 15 months, according to official estimates, but Ecuador has also received many refugees until now.

    1374 days ago
  • Screengrab taken from a handout video released by Venezuelan Television showing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, his wife Cilia Flores and military authorities reacting to a loud band during a ceremony to celebrate the 81st anniversary of the National Guard in Caracas on 4 August, 2018. Picture: AFP

    Ex-city police chief claims role in Venezuela drone attack

    In an interview, Salvatore Lucchese, a Venezuelan activist who was previously imprisoned for his role in past protests, told Reuters he orchestrated the attack.

    1384 days ago
  • US Vice President Mike Pence speaks to troops in a hangar at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan on 21 December 2017. Picture: AFP

    Venezuela's Maduro calls Pence a 'poisonous viper'

    Mike Pence is seeking to boost regional pressure on Venezuela following Maduro’s reelection in May in a vote that the United States said was fraudulent.

    1426 days ago
  • Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro. Picture: AFP

    OAS says to present evidence of Venezuela rights violations to The Hague

    A group of 15 military officials, including two active generals, were detained around the time of Venezuela’s 20 May elections.

    1455 days ago
  • Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro. Picture: AFP

    Rival Venezuela opposition candidates vow to stay in race, splitting vote

    Venezuela’s larger formal opposition coalition is boycotting the 20 May presidential vote because many of its leading politicians are in jail, exiled or barred from standing.

    1474 days ago
  • Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro. Picture: AFP

    Venezuela opposition candidate's aide hit, suffers 'severe' head injury

    He said President Nicolas Maduro’s government, faced with widespread discontent over hyperinflation and food shortages, was resorting to violence to intimidate its adversaries.

    1512 days ago
  • Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro. Picture: AFP

    Venezuela opposition asks UN not to send observers to May vote

    The main opposition coalition is boycotting the election on the grounds that the elections council has historically favoured the ruling Socialist Party.

    1533 days ago
  • Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Picture: AFP

    Venezuela's Falcon runs against Maduro for presidency, defying opposition

    Falcon defended his decision, saying he operates independently of the opposition coalition Democratic Unity.

    1546 days ago
  • Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Picture: AFP

    Venezuela raises minimum wage 40 percent, stoking world's fastest inflation

    Most economists say the government is in fact fomenting a vicious cycle in a country already wrestling with the world’s fastest inflation.

    1604 days ago
  • Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro. Picture: AFP

    Venezuela's Maduro says 'terrorists' stole weapons from military unit

    Oscar Perez claimed responsibility for the attack, which he called “Operation Genesis.”

    1616 days ago
  • Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Picture: AFP

    Venezuela government and opposition to resume dialogue effort

    The two sides in September held “exploratory meetings” with the backing of Dominican President Danilo Medina.

    1656 days ago
  • Venezuela, seven military officers were injured after an explosion. Picture: screengrab/CNN

    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.

    1754 days ago
  • FILE: Opposition activists clash with riot police during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    1761 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    Trump threatens sanctions if Venezuela creates Constituent Assembly

    On Sunday, 98% of opposition supporters in an unofficial vote rejected the proposed assembly.

    1771 days ago
  • This file photo taken on February 18, 2014 shows Leopoldo Lopez (R), an ardent opponent of Venezuela's socialist government facing an arrest warrant, being escorted by the National Guard after turning himself in, during a demonstration in Caracas on February 18, 2014. Juan BARRETO / AFP

    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.

    1771 days ago
  • Venezuela, seven military officers were injured after an explosion. Picture: screengrab/CNN

    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.

    1772 days ago
  • FILE: Venezuelan opposition activists clash with riot police during a protest march against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas. Picture AFP

    Venezuela opposition accuses security forces of robbing protesters

    Reuters could not independently verify the content of the videos. The Information Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

    1811 days ago
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