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The U.S. Department of the Treasury lifts Trump-era sanctions against Venezuela, allowing companies to export propane to the country.
2021-07-12

Two magnitude 4.0 earthquakes occur in Northern California at around 6:55–7:00 a.m. PST and are felt from San Jose to as far north as San Francisco. There are no reported injuries or deaths.
2020-12-15

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes off the coast of Venezuela, prompting building evacuations in Caracas. Buildings shake across Caribbean and South America's North coast. Several buildings are destroyed.
2018-08-21

Around ten heads of state attend the 17th Non-aligned Movement summit in Isla Margarita, Venezuela, including Evo Morales of Bolivia, Raúl Castro of Cuba, Rafael Correa of Ecuador, Hassan Rouhani of Iran, Mahmoud Abbas of the State of Palestine, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, and Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro.
2016-09-17

Per Venezuela's National Electoral Council's ruling, citizens across the country queue up for fingerprint validation of 1,850,000 signatures on referendum to recall President Nicolás Maduro. The opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable must validate 197,000 signatures (1 percent of registered voters) by Friday, in this first step of the recall referendum process.
2016-06-20

Venezuela president Nicolás Maduro has announced new sanctions on the United States, including visa restrictions. He stated that Americans would have to obtain visas in order to enter Venezuela. Furthermore, Maduro announced that George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Bob Menendez, and Marco Rubio would be banned from entering the country.
2015-02-28

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

At least 17 people die after a Conviasa ATR 42 crashes near Ciudad Guayana in Venezuela's Bolívar State.
2010-09-13

A moderate earthquake strikes Indonesia's North Maluku province.
2010-09-11

The "Aban Pearl", a natural gas platform, sinks off the coast of Venezuela, with all 95 workers evacuated safely.
2010-05-13