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The government of Colombia announces the legalization of undocumented Venezuelan migrants currently in the country, making them eligible to receive 10-year residency permits.
2021-02-8

Colombia grants national citizenship to all children born in the country to Venezuelan parents since August 2015. The measure will be in force for two years.
2019-08-5

Partially-recognized Venezuelan Acting President Juan Guaidó says the country has "truly collapsed already", while accusing the Nicolás Maduro-led government of murdering 17 people during the ongoing nationwide power blackout.
2019-03-11

Whilst a nationwide power blackout continues, Acting President Juan Guaidó calls for protests in the capital of Venezuela.
2019-03-9

A nationwide power blackout enters its second day in Venezuela. Information Minister Jorge Rodríguez and Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López claim the country appears to be the victim of a cyberattack intended to "derail the whole system". Venezuelan National Assembly-declared Acting President Juan Guaidó stated that "state corruption and mismanagement (...) have left the electrical grid in shambles".
2019-03-8

Venezuelan opposition deputy Freddy Superlano and his assistant are poisoned at a restaurant in Cúcuta, Colombia. His assistant and cousin, Carlos Salinas, has died while Superlano is in a serious but stable condition in hospital.
2019-02-23

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro threatens to expel CNN from the country, alleging that they are helping the opposition.
2014-02-21

Blackouts hit most Venezuelan states including the capital Caracas.
2011-04-7

Thousands of people are stranded by flash flooding in Tasmania, amid record falls of rain. Roads are closed, blackouts occur and people are flown away in helicopters.
2011-03-24

Voters in Venezuela go to the polls for a parliamentary election.
2010-09-26