Sources: Al Jazeera BBC
The death toll for the earthquakes in Venezuela this June exceeds past 6,500, with a total of 6,509 deaths reported. 2026-08-25
The United States carries out airstrikes around Caracas, Venezuela, killing at least 40 people, including civilians and military personnel. A national state of emergency is declared following the strikes. 2026-01-3
Panama suspends diplomatic relations with Venezuela and withdraws its diplomatic personnel from the country until a full review of the presidential election results is concluded. 2024-07-29
Parliamentary elections are underway in Venezuela amidst multiple ongoing crises. The election is boycotted by the political opposition to President Nicolás Maduro and has been called unfair by international observers. 2020-12-6
Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez reports the country's first death from COVID-19. 2020-03-26
A Venezuelan Air Force Sukhoi Su-30MKK crashes near the Colombian border after an illicit aircraft, probably linked to illicit drugs, enters Venezuelan airspace. 2015-09-18
The Venezuelan government outlaws the commercial sale of guns and ammunition, the latest in a series of initiatives to improve security and cut crime. 2012-06-1
Venezuela's government begins a trial ban of the publication of "violent, bloody or grotesque" photographs in newspapers, as a result of controversy over pictures of bloodied corpses riddled with bullets appear on the front page of newspapers. 2010-08-18
Premier Wen Jiabao travels to the earthquake zone, having postponed a scheduled visit to Brunei, Indonesia and Myanmar. President Hu Jintao calls the Presidents of Chile and Venezuela to postpone trips to those countries. 2010-04-16
The Venezuelan government takes six cable television channels off the air, including RCTV, after they refused to transmit government messages. 2010-01-24