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At least 43 people have died during weeks of clashes between government forces and opposition demonstrators

France calls for international mediation for Venezuela

France has called for a regional or international mediation to be set up between the Venezuelan government and opposition groups to end the worsening violence in the oil producing nation.

News • 18 May 17

Venezuela is mired in an economic crisis that has caused shortages of food, medicine and other basics

New anti-government protests in Venezuela

Venezuelans in cars and on motorcycles, bikes and even horseback clogged roads and police fired tear gas at them in another day of protest against President Nicolas Maduro.

World • 14 May 17

Infant mortality and malaria cases soar in Venezuela

Venezuela's infant mortality rose 30% last year, maternal mortality shot up 65% and cases of malaria jumped 76%, according to government data.

Health • 10 May 17

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets on Wednesday

Call for further mass protests in Venezuela

Venezuela's opposition has maintained nationwide protests to pressure President Nicolas Maduro to hold elections and improve a collapsing economy, and vowed to keep up pressure by staging three more protests in the next four days.

News • 21 Apr 17

Eight people have been killed during protests in Venezuela this month

Venezuelan opposition calls for more mass protests

Venezuela's opposition leader has called for further mass protests after a day of demonstrations turned violent, leaving two students and a soldier dead.

World • 20 Apr 17

A demonstrator clashes with the police during a rally in Caracas

Two students killed in Venezuelan protests

Two Venezuelan students have died after being shot during protests against President Nicolas Maduro.

World • 19 Apr 17

Venezuela has been rocked by two weeks of unrest

Maduro calls army to streets ahead of Venezuela protest

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the army into the streets as the South American nation braces for what his opponents vow will be the "mother of all protests" on Wednesday.

Venezuela • 17 Apr 17

Venezuelans protest against the Supreme Court of Justice in Caracas, Venezuela

Venezuela leader tries to defuse court protests

Seeking to cool protests and international outrage, socialist Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said the Supreme Court would review its move to annul the opposition-led congress, which critics decried as a lurch toward dictatorship.

World • 01 Apr 17

Venezuelan Vice President Tarek El Aissami denounced 'imperialist aggression'

US accuses Venezuelan VP of drug trafficking

The United States has labeled Venezuela's Vice-President a major drug trafficker, adding the veteran politician to its narcotics "kingpin" sanctions list.

News • 14 Feb 17

Supporters of President Maduro hold 100-Bolivar notes with the face of the president of the National Assembly

Venezuela postpones elimination of currency bills

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has suspended the elimination of the country's largest denomination bill, which had sparked cash shortages and nationwide unrest, saying the measure would be postponed until early January.

News • 19 Dec 16

The opposition Democratic Unity coalition estimated at least 1 million people took part in the protest

Protesters flood streets of Venezuela's capital

Opponents of President Nicolas Maduro flooded Venezuela's capital in one of the biggest mass protests against socialist rule for more than a decade.

News • 01 Sep 16

Nicolas Maduro says many of the petition signatures are false

Maduro says no recall referendum before next year

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has said no referendum on ending his administration would be held until next year.

News • 12 Jun 16

Opposition leaders have criticised Nicolas Maduro's threat to factory owners

Venezuela president orders state of emergency

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has threatened to seize factories that have stopped production and to jail their owners.

News • 15 May 16

Water shortages and electricity cuts have added to the hardships of Venezuela's 30m people

Venezuela in two-day working week to save energy

Venezuela's socialist government has ordered public workers to work a two-day week as an energy-saving measure in the crisis-hit South American country.

News • 27 Apr 16

The system is widely regarded as a primary cause of runaway inflation, a deep recession and chronic product shortages that have afflicted Venezuela's economy under socialist President Nicolas Maduro

Venezuela pays pharma debts with discounted bonds

Venezuela has settled debts with at least three global drug companies by giving them bonds that trade at a heavy discount, a further sign of the OPEC nation's worsening financial crisis.

Business • 08 Mar 16

A British Royal Force jet returns to Akrotiri base after completing its first mission since the parliamentary vote to undertake air strikes in Syria

News in brief

A round-up of other domestic and international stories.

News • 07 Dec 15

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro took office in 2013

US declares Venezuela a national security threat

The United States has declared Venezuela a national security threat and ordered sanctions against seven officials from the oil-rich country in the worst bilateral diplomatic dispute since socialist President Nicolas Maduro took office in 2013.

News • 10 Mar 15

At least 41 people have died, and nearly 800 have been injured in the protests

58 foreigners held in Venezuela protests

58 foreigners have been arrested on suspicion of inciting anti-government protests and violence that have rocked the Venezuela for the last three months.

News • 02 May 14

A show of force from the National Guard after the death toll from a month and a half of protests rose to 29

Death toll in Venezuelan unrest rises to 29

A National Guard captain has died after being shot in the head during a demonstration in Venezuela.

News • 17 Mar 14

A woman protests in front of members of the Bolivarian National Guard during a demonstration in Caracas (Pic: EPA)

Venezuelans vent anger over food shortages

Thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets armed with cooking pots in the latest public rally against the government of President Nicolas Maduro.

News • 09 Mar 14

People attend a march against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in San Cristobal, capital of the western border state of Tachira, Venezuela,

Death toll mounts to eight in Venezuela

A student and a young supermarket worker were the latest fatalities from Venezuela's political unrest as the death toll from 10 days of violence rose to at least eight.

News • 23 Feb 14

Anti-government protests have escalated across Venezuela (Pic: EPA)

Anti-govt protests in Venezuela escalate

Venezuelan security forces and demonstrators faced off in streets blocked by burning barricades in several provincial cities as protests escalated against the government.

News • 20 Feb 14

President Maduro ordered the arrest of Lopez on charges of homicide and inciting violence

Thousands flood Caracas streets after Lopez arrest

Tens of thousands of protesters against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government have blocked Caracas streets after the arrest of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez.

News • 19 Feb 14

The natural phenomenon in the western state of Zulia is called the Catatumbo Lightning

Venezuela wins Guinness record for lightning

An area of Venezuela with 20,000 flashes of lightning per hour has won the Guinness record for the place with the most lightning.

News • 29 Jan 14

Temporary "intervention" at its subsidiary Smurfit Kappa Carton de Venezuela announced

Venezuela temporarily takes over Smurfit plant

Smurfit Kappa has confirmed that officials from the Venezuelan government have announced a temporary intervention at its subsidiary there.

Business • 02 Dec 13