Sources: BBC
The birthplace of late President Hugo Chávez is burned by protesters as violence and looting spreads through Barinas, Venezuela following the death of a protester. 2017-05-22
Nicolás Maduro wins a narrow victory in Venezuela's presidential election over Henrique Capriles. Maduro is due to be sworn in as President of Venezuela on 19 April and is set to serve until January 2019, to complete the term of recently deceased President Hugo Chávez. Capriles refuses to acknowledge defeat and calls for a recount. 2013-04-15
Voters in Venezuela go to the polls for a snap presidential election, which was called after the death of President Hugo Chávez on March 5. 2013-04-14
The President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez returns home after three weeks in Cuba for cancer surgery. 2012-03-15
Reuters reports that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and the President of the Arab League Amr Moussa have agreed to an offer by the President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez to mediate in the uprising. 2011-03-3
Three Venezuelan hunger strikers are hospitalised after calling for an international probe into alleged human rights abuses by the President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez. 2011-02-21
The President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez nationalises Sidetur, a subsidiary of Sivensa.2010-10-31
The President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela wins a majority of seats in the parliamentary election held yesterday but lost a two-thirds majority needed to pass major legislation unaided. 2010-09-27
Venezuela and Colombia re-establish diplomatic relations after a meeting between recently inaugurated President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in Santa Marta, Colombia, mediated by UNASUR Secretary General Néstor Kirchner. 2010-08-11
President Hugo Chávez vows to withdraw Venezuela from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights following its publication of a highly critical report on human rights in the country. 2010-02-25