Sources: Al Jazeera BBC
The United States resumes operations at its embassy in Caracas after a seven-year closure, aiming to restore direct diplomatic engagement with Venezuela under Delcy Rodríguez's "de facto" presidency. 2026-03-30
Cuba suspends refueling for airliners at its airports, including José Martí International Airport, saying it has exhausted the country's fuel supply due to the U.S. blockade of the island and the end of fuel supplies from Venezuela. 2026-02-8
A widespread power outage affects most of Venezuela with President Nicolás Maduro's government blaming it on sabotage by the opposition. 2024-08-30
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
The death toll from Hurricane Beryl in the eastern Caribbean increases to nine, with deaths reported in Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela. 2024-07-3
A speedboat carrying migrants reportedly sinks off the coast of Venezuela "en route" to Curaçao, making it the third migrant boat leaving Venezuela to sink in as many months, with over 50 people missing. 2019-06-12
Venezuela's National Commission of Telecommunications (Conatel) takes Colombian television channels Caracol Televisión and RCN Televisión off air due to their coverage of the 2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis. 2017-08-24
Venezuelan authorities report 12 people were killed overnight in the capital Caracas, mostly in the El Valle working class neighborhood where 54 people, including newborn babies, were forced to evacuate a maternity hospital. Others have fled to Colombia. This death toll during the three weeks of anti-government protests is 20. 2017-04-21
Venezuela recalls its chargé d'affaires from its embassy in Washington, D.C. after U.S. President Barack Obama renewed a decree imposing sanctions on several top Venezuelan officials. 2016-03-10
Police in the Venezuelan capital Caracas disperse an opposition student protest over the closure of several television stations. Meanwhile, Vice President Ramón Carrizales resigns. [http:--www.google.com-hostednews-afp-article-ALeqM5hLJXSS2bg90lNF6FXmzQcghAovog (AFP)] [http:--english.eluniversal.com-2010-01-25-en_pol_esp_student-demonstratio_25A3337855.shtml ("El Universal")]date=August 2019 2010-01-25