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Venezuela releases ten Americans and extradites fugitive Leonard Glenn Francis, while the United States releases Alex Saab, an ally of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, in a prisoner exchange between the two countries. As part of the deal, Venezuela will also release around 20 political prisoners from jail.
2023-12-20

Top oil and petrochemicals producers Iran and Venezuela sign a 20-year economic cooperation agreement.
2022-06-11

U.S. President Donald Trump denies any involvement by the U.S. government in Silvercorp USA's armed incursion into Venezuela on May 3, which left eight people dead and several others captured, including two U.S. citizens.
2020-05-5

Diplomats of several Western-aligned countries walk out of the UN General Assembly as Venezuelan Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez begins a speech.
2019-09-27

Venezuelan opposition leaders Leopoldo López and Mayor of Caracas Antonio Ledezma are seized at their homes overnight by the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN) and taken to Ramo Verde Prison. They had been arrested previously by the Venezuelan government, but were under house arrest at the time of being seized.
2017-08-1

Venezuela's opposition leader Henrique Capriles distances himself from post-election street violence after seven people are killed in riots over the results of the presidential election. Capriles had previously planned to march on the National Electoral Council to demand a recount.
2013-04-17

Nicolás Maduro, acting President of Venezuela, officially begins his campaign to succeed Hugo Chávez in the late leader's hometown ahead of the April 14 election.
2013-04-3

A twin-engine Beechcraft BE-58 plane crashes into the sea near Cumaná, Venezuela, leaving one person dead and five survivors who are rescued.
2013-02-3

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

The Costa Rican embassy's trade attache in Caracas, Venezuela is kidnapped.
2012-04-10