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Venezuelan opposition officials and supporters gather in cities across the country to protest against President Nicolás Maduro and the results of the 2024 presidential election.
2024-08-18

The U.S. Treasury Department and the White House announce sanctions on the Venezuelan criminal organization Tren de Aragua and designate it as a "transnational criminal organization." The State Department also places a $12 million reward for information leading to the arrest of the organization's leaders.
2024-07-11

Venezuela enters a "radical quarantine" for a week in order to reduce the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19.
2021-07-26

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court issues a 10-day injunction against President Jair Bolsonaro's demand that all 30 members of Venezuela's diplomatic team leave the country.
2020-05-2

All editions of Wikipedia are blocked in Venezuela by state-owned CANTV amid an ongoing political crisis.
2019-01-12

A meeting is held in Lima attended by representatives from Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil, to develop requests for aid in regards to Venezuelan immigrants, which will be sent to organisations including the United Nations and International Red Cross. Yesterday, there was a similar meeting in Bogotá. A larger meeting has been set-up to be held in Quito in early September, to be attended by representatives from 14 countries and 10 international organisations.
2018-08-29

Voters in Venezuela go to the polls to elect new state governors, resulting in the incumbent socialist party winning the majority of the governorships, a result disputed by the opposition.
2017-10-15

Colombia accuses Venezuela of violating its airspace for the second time in two days. [http:--www.france24.com-en-20150915-colombia-accuses-venezuela-new-airspace-violation?ns_campaign=reseaux_sociaux&ns_source=twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_linkname=editorial&aef_campaign_ref=partage_aef&aef_campaign_date=2015-09-15&dlvrit=66745 (AFP via France 24)]date=August 2019
2015-09-14

A riot in the Yare I prison in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas kills at least 20 people.
2012-08-20

President Hugo Chávez backtracks on plans to develop nuclear power in Venezuela saying he has noted the ongoing crisis in Japan and that the use of nuclear energy is "something extremely risky and dangerous for the whole world".
2011-03-17