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Seventeen people are killed and 15 more injured after a prison riot at the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
2024-11-12

The Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) announce the resumption of peace talks in Caracas, Venezuela.
2022-10-4

Venezuela releases seven Americans from its custody, including five Citgo executives, in exchange for two nephews of Venezuelan First Lady Cilia Flores who had previously been convicted of drug smuggling in the United States.
2022-10-1

Officials say eight inmates were killed and 52 others injured after guards opened fire during a prison riot on Sunday in Mahara, Sri Lanka. The unrest was sparked by a surge of COVID-19 infections in Sri Lankan prisons.
2020-11-30

A riot over food shortages at the overcrowded Los Llanos prison in Guanare, Portuguesa, Venezuela, leaves at least 46 people dead and dozens more injured, including the prison's director, according to the military.
2020-05-1

A United States court case gains new evidence and a guilty plea in relation to investigations of corruption and money laundering in Venezuela, adding a group who are suspected to be relatives of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to the list of suspected accomplices.
2018-08-24

Ecuador leaves the Bolivarian alliance of nations run in Latin America, citing the behaviour of the Venezuelan government in several areas including attempting to impose Chavism in America, creating major crises, and ineffectual control of migration.
2018-08-23

Venezuela ends its rapprochement with the United States due to a statement by Samantha Power, nominated to become the United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
2013-07-20

A prison riot in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, kills at least 50 people and injures about 90 people.
2013-01-25

It is announced that a UK concert by the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar, Venezuela's premier youth orchestra, is to be live-streamed online on 23 and 26 June, after live tickets sold out eight months in advance.
2012-05-30