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Venezuelan activist María Corina Machado is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her promotion of democratic rights in Venezuela.
2025-10-10

Venezuelan opposition figures and civil society groups report that authorities released 13 detainees held after the disputed 2024 elections, with some freed outright and others placed under house arrest, while around 1,000 people remain in custody according to human rights organizations.
2025-08-24

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado makes her first public appearance in 133 days and is briefly arrested when her convoy is intercepted by security forces as it departs an anti-government protest in Caracas. The incident occurs the day before the ruling party-controlled National Assembly is scheduled to swear in Nicolás Maduro for a third term as president.
2025-01-9

The United States announces it recognizes Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González as the President-elect following the presidential election in July.
2024-11-19

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González flees Venezuela to seek political asylum in Spain. The Spanish government says that González left Venezuela on a Spanish Air Force plane at his own request.
2024-09-8

Venezuelan security forces surround the Argentine embassy in Caracas after several opposition members take refuge inside the embassy. Electricity is reportedly cut to the embassy, with Vente Venezuela describing the situation as a siege.
2024-09-7

A widespread power outage affects most of Venezuela with President Nicolás Maduro's government blaming it on sabotage by the opposition.
2024-08-30

Venezuelan opposition officials and supporters gather in cities across the country to protest against President Nicolás Maduro and the results of the 2024 presidential election.
2024-08-18

Argentina orders the deployment of at least two gendarmerie to the Argentine embassy in Venezuela, where allies of opposition leader María Corina Machado have taken refuge amid increased tensions between the two countries.
2024-03-27

Venezuelan Chief Prosecutor Tarek William Saab formally requests the extradition of U.S. citizen Jordan Goudreau and two dissident Venezuelans, JJ Rendón and Sergio Vergara, over their involvement in the armed incursion earlier this week, known as "Operation Gideon".
2020-05-8