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Venezuelan authorities seize the headquarters of oppositional newspaper "El Nacional" for failing to pay a US$13 million fine for allegedly defaming United Socialist Party of Venezuela assemblyman Diosdado Cabello.
2021-05-14

Twitter says it has removed thousands of accounts that were being run by the Iranian government, to spread propaganda and fake news on the social media platform. It has also removed over a hundred accounts linked to the Catalan independence movement, and dozens of accounts related to Venezuela.
2019-06-13

South American trade bloc Mercosur will trigger its democratic clause this weekend to suspend Venezuela indefinitely, furthering its past temporary suspension, and not allow the country back until internal political issues have been resolved.
2017-08-3

Mercosur suspends Venezuela from the South American trading bloc for failing to meet membership requirements on trade and human rights.
2016-12-2

The South American trading bloc Mercosur threatens to suspend Venezuela if it does not protect human rights and enact a law guaranteeing the free movement of Mercosur citizens. The bloc sets a deadline of December 1, 2016, for Venezuela to comply with their requirements.
2016-09-14

Government of Venezuela opens a granite processing plant in the state of Bolívar, with the intention of providing about 25% of the granite required nationwide.
2013-02-17

A riot in the Yare I prison in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas kills at least 20 people.
2012-08-20

A Venezuelan campaign group says murder rates in the country are at their highest level ever.
2011-12-28

The Venezuelan parliament approves a law tightening rules on internet content.
2010-12-21

Colombian Foreign Minister María Ángela Holguín and Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolás Maduro are to meet in Caracas on 20 August.
2010-08-11