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The United States lifts some economic sanctions on Venezuela, including allowing the Chevron Corporation to negotiate its license with the Venezuelan PDVSA state-owned oil company and removing the names of some Venezuelan officials from a United States government list of sanctioned individuals.
2022-05-17

Venezuela receives a shipment of 2.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines via the COVAX initiative.
2021-10-10

At least 17 people are killed in a stampede at a nightclub in Caracas, Venezuela. The stampede was reportedly triggered when a tear-gas canister was set off during a brawl. Seven people have been arrested.
2018-06-16

Venezuela launches its Petro cryptocurrency, which it claims is the world's first sovereign cryptocurrency.
2018-02-20

Protests, with looting, erupt in several Venezuelan states as citizens lack cash for gas, groceries, and Christmas gifts, since the highly used, but now worthless, 100-bolívar notes were removed from circulation, and the substitute 500-bolívar notes are not available because of delays in bank deliveries.
2016-12-16

Venezuela recalls its chargé d'affaires from its embassy in Washington, D.C. after U.S. President Barack Obama renewed a decree imposing sanctions on several top Venezuelan officials.
2016-03-10

Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López is convicted and sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for allegedly inciting violence at anti-government rallies.
2015-09-10

New Zealand, Malaysia, Angola, Spain and Venezuela have been elected to sit on the United Nations Security Council for two years from 2015.
2014-10-16

Venezuela announces its intent to design unmanned aircraft for defence and to monitor pipelines, dams and other rural infrastructure.
2012-06-25

Venezuela announces an electricity rationing programme in which the entire country will be affected by four-hour blackouts every week.
2010-01-13