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The rallies appeared to be peaceful, a contrast to the chaotic protests that broke out following last Sunday's election

Thousands in Venezuela protest Maduro's victory claim

Thousands of people, led by a top opposition figure, gathered across Venezuela to protest the widely disputed re-election of President Nicolas Maduro, as his supporters responded to his own call for competing rallies.

World • 04 Aug 24

The NGO Foro Penal reported 11 dead in protests as angry Venezuelans took to the streets (File Picture)

Venezuela set for new protests after Maduro win ratified

Venezuela is braced for fresh protests after President Nicolas Maduro's disputed election victory was ratified and a growing number of nations recognised his opposition rival as the true winner.

World • 03 Aug 24

Argentina, Ecuador, Uruguay and Costa Rica all recognized opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as Venezuelan president-elect, despite Maduro's victory being ratified

Countries recognize Maduro opponent as president-elect

Venezuelan authorities ratified Nicolas Maduro's election victory as the number of nations recognizing his opposition rival as the true winner mounted.

World • 03 Aug 24

Nicolas Maduro has led Venezuela since 2013

Opposition calls for Venezuelans to 'mobilise' after vote

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has called for supporters to "mobilise" after President Nicolas Maduro vowed to hold on to power following a widely disputed election.

World • 01 Aug 24

Maduro said he was ready to present 100% of the records of Sunday's election

Maduro willing to present Venezuela election results

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he was willing to share evidence of his election win, with international pressure mounting for him to back up a disputed victory that has sparked deadly protests.

World • 01 Aug 24

Clashes between protesters and security forces were reported throughout the country

'Exceptional manipulation' in Venezuela election - OAS

The Organization of American States's (OAS) election observation department has said it cannot recognise the results by Venezuela's national electoral council declaring President Nicolas Maduro the winner of Sunday's disputed vote.

World • 30 Jul 24

Security forces dispersed protesters using tear gas after Venezuela's electoral council announced that Maduro won re-election to a third six-year term

Protests in Venezuela against Maduro re-election

Protests erupted in parts of Caracas against the re-election victory claimed by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro but disputed by the opposition and questioned internationally.

World • 30 Jul 24

People queue outside a polling station in Caracas during the Venezuelan election

Venezuela votes in tense election amid fraud worries

Venezuelans are waiting in line at polling stations and casting ballots in the most consequential election in a quarter-century of socialist party rule, with President Nicolas Maduro confident of victory even as the opposition has attracted impassioned support and warned of possible irregularities.

World • 28 Jul 24

President Nicolas Maduro said he hoped for 'dialogue', and 'understanding' in talks with the US

Venezuela's Maduro says talks to resume with US

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said that talks would soon resume with the US, which has re-imposed crippling sanctions on the South American country's oil industry, as he looks towards this month's election.

World • 02 Jul 24

Maria Corina Machado told reporters the regime was 'criminalising electoral activity'

Venezuelan opposition leader denounces activists arrests

Thirty-seven political and social activists have been detained in Venezuela in the lead up to elections on 28 July in which Nicolas Maduro will seek a third consecutive presidential term, opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said.

World • 18 Jun 24

The order for the UN agency to leave Venezuela within 72 hours came in February, two days after authorities detained a prominent activist

Venezuelan president announces return of UN rights office

President Nicolas Maduro announced that a United Nations human rights office would begin operating in Venezuela once again, after it was suspended and its staff ordered to leave in February.

World • 24 Apr 24

Fears that Israel's military campaign in Gaza may escalate to a regional conflict kept a lid on oil price losses

Oil dips as Venezuela sanctions ease, MidEast in focus

Oil prices fell about 1% today as the US eased sanctions on Venezuela to allow more oil to flow globally, but fears that Israel's military campaign in Gaza may escalate to a regional conflict kept a lid on losses.

Business • 19 Oct 23

Venezuela's bolivar currency continues to depreciate against the US dollar

Venezuela's inflation slows to 234% in 2022 from 686%

Inflation in Venezuela hit 234% in 2022, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said, representing a slowdown from the previous year, as the South American country struggles with a deep and lengthy economic crisis.

Business • 24 Jan 23

An Aerial view of the zone affected by a landslide during heavy rains in Las Tejerias, Aragua state, Venezuela,

Venezuela landslide toll expected to reach 100 - Maduro

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said the death toll from the devastating landslide that swept through a northern town is expected to reach 100 victims.

World • 11 Oct 22

Residents search for missing relatives in the rubble of a house destroyed by a landslide during heavy rains in Las Tejerias, Aragua state, Venezuela

Venezuela landslide death toll reaches 36

The death toll of a landslide in Venezuela has risen to 36 with another 56 people missing after a river overflowed, in the latest deadly disaster caused by heavy rains to hit the country.

World • 11 Oct 22

Colombia's President Ivan Duque walks surrounded by bodyguards at Camilo Daza International Airport

Colombia leader says helicopter hit near Venezuela

Colombian President Ivan Duque has said the helicopter he was flying in near the border with Venezuela was hit by gunfire.

World • 26 Jun 21

Authorities showed ID cards and equipment of people linked to the operation

Venezuela detains US men for alleged roles in incursion

Venezuelan authorities have detained two US citizens working with a US military veteran who has claimed responsibility for a failed armed incursion into the oil producing country, President Nicolas Maduro has said.

World • 05 May 20

Tareck El Aissami features on ICE's 10 most-wanted list

Man on most-wanted list named Venezuelan oil minister

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has named Tareck El Aissami - a powerful ally sanctioned by the US as a drug kingpin - minister for oil, in an effort to revamp his country's beleaguered industry amid massive fuel shortages.

World • 27 Apr 20

Mike Pompeo would like to see a transitional government put in place ahead of new elections in Venezuela

Pompeo calls for new Venezuela elections

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that Juan Guaido, recognised by Washington as Venezuela's leader, should step aside along with President Nicolas Maduro for new elections.

World • 31 Mar 20

US charges Venezuela's Maduro with narco-terrorism

The US government has charged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with narco-terrorism.

World • 26 Mar 20

Mick Wallace made the remark at a European Parliament meeting about the Venezuelan presidential crisis

Wallace reprimanded over remarks about Juan Guaido

Irish MEP Mick Wallace was reprimanded in the European Parliament for calling Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido an "unelected gobshite".

News Lens • 13 Feb 20

Venezuelan opposition leader's Juan Guaido

Venezuela's Guaido calls for halt to 'blood gold' flow

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said the government needed to halt the illegal flow of gold out of the South American country and sanctions might be needed.

Business • 23 Jan 20

Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido is prevented from reaching the National Assembly building in Caracas

Troops block Guaido from entering Venezuelan parliament

Venezuela's socialist government has installed a new head of Congress after armed troops blocked opposition legislators from entering parliament, in a move condemned by dozens of nations as an assault on democracy.

World • 06 Jan 20

Mr Bolton's comment came after Nicolas Maduro said he had authorised the contacts with high level US officials

Venezuelan officials reached out to US - Bolton

Venezuelan officials reached out to the US behind President Maduro's back solely to discuss his exit from power and free elections, National Security Advisor John Bolton has said.

World • 21 Aug 19

US federal authorities in March charged El Aissami with drug trafficking and dodging sanctions imposed by Washington

Venezuelan minister on US 'most wanted' list

United States immigration officials have added Venezuelan government minister Tareck El Aissami, a suspected drug smuggler, to their list of most wanted fugitives.

World • 01 Aug 19