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Venezuelan businessmen Raúl Gorrín and Alex Saab, both allied with "de jure" president Nicolás Maduro, are arrested in Caracas during a joint operation with U.S. law enforcement agencies on bribery and money laundering charges, with Saab expected to be extradited to the U.S.
2026-02-4

The government of Venezuela lifts its ban on the social media and instant messaging app Telegram.
2025-01-14

Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne says that France will ban disposable electronic cigarettes as part of an effort to combat smoking.
2023-09-3

France reports 1,438 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the country's death toll to 17,167 with 133,470 total cases. The latest figures include deaths from COVID-19 in care homes over the three-day Easter weekend.
2020-04-15

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in an interview with the BBC's Orla Guerin, accuses U.S. President Donald Trump of being openly a white supremacist who is "warmongering against Venezuela", saying that "the Ku Klux Klan is running the White House".
2019-02-12

Ecuador declares a state of emergency over increases in migrant entry from Venezuela.
2018-08-9

Firefighters battle wildfires across southern France, including one in Corsica.
2017-07-25

Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's government creates a temporary visa for thousands of Venezuelans whose country is mired in a deep economic crisis. Visa holders will be able to study, work, and receive health services in Peru for a year. "This is part of our migratory policy that aims to build bridges not walls", says Interior Minister Carlos Basombrio.
2017-02-3

A Chinese-made training airplane K-8 crashes during an air force flying exhibition in Venezuela, the two pilots ejected successfully. The French-made military helicopter Cougar sent to rescue the pilots also crashes, no one is injured.
2012-11-27

Accused drug lord Walid Makled Garcia is extradited from Colombia to Venezuela.
2011-05-9