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Violent clashes in Venezuela as demonstrators denounce 'dictatorship'

Security forces cracked down on the latest anti-government protests in Venezuela on Saturday, with violent clashes in Caracas.

09/04/2017

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Clashes in Caracas: thousands march in support of Capriles

Clashes erupt in Caracas as thousands march in support of key Venezuelan opposition leader, Henrique Capriles.

09/04/2017

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Venezuela: Opposition leader Capriles defiant despite 15-year ban

Venezuela’s opposition leader is vowing to fight on, despite being barred from holding political office for 15 years.

08/04/2017

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Venezuela rallies reignited

Venezuelans march against what they label a lurch toward dictatorship, but some support for the embattled president remains.

07/04/2017

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Venezuela’s pro-government Supreme Court revoked its takeover of the opposition-led Congress on Saturday (April 1) after it drew both national and international condemnation and protests against Socia

02/04/2017

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Venezuela: protests go on despite court backdown

The opposition aims to keep up pressure on the streets despite supreme court U-turn on its power grab. Meanwhile a beleaguered President Maduro insists the controversy is over.

02/04/2017

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Venezuela: Supreme Court backtracks on Congress ruling

Venezuela’s Supreme Court has backtracked on a controversial move to annul the opposition-led Congress.

01/04/2017

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Venezuela: Supreme Court backtracks on Congress ruling

Venezuela’s Supreme Court has backtracked on a controversial move to annul the opposition-led Congress.

01/04/2017

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Venezuela: Ruling sparks protests

Tensions are rising in Venezuela after the country's judiciary moved to assume the functions of the opposition-led National Assembly. Critics are calling it a 'coup'.

01/04/2017

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Anger as Venezuela's top court takes over functions of congress

The pro-government Supreme Court has taken over functions of the opposition-led National Assembly

30/03/2017

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Wife of Venezuelan political prisoner Leopoldo Lopez speaks to Euronews

Venezuela’s capital Caracas was once one of the world’s wealthiest cities.

10/03/2017

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Venezuela defies Trump by upholding jail term for opposition leader Lopez

Venezuela’s Supreme Court has upheld the 14-year sentence given to the country’s best-known jailed opposition leader, Leopoldo Lopez.

17/02/2017

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Tensions rise between Venezuela and the US

Venezuela has taken CNN in Spanish off its airways accusing the US based news channel of distorting the truth.

16/02/2017

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Venezuela demands US apology over drug trafficking accusations

Venezuela’s Vice President Tereck El Aissami has reacted angrily to being blacklisted by the US and the imposition of financial sanctions against him after Washington accused him of being a drug…

14/02/2017

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Venezuelan vice president is blacklisted by US for 'drug trafficking'

Venezuelan Vice President Tareck El Aissami has been blacklisted by the United States as a drug trafficker.

14/02/2017

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Anti-Maduro protesters call for delayed regional elections

An estimated two thousand opponents of President Nicolas Maduro have marched in the Venezuela capital to demand authorities to set a date for overdue regional…

24/01/2017

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Venezuela rolls out new banknotes in response to high inflation

Weeks behind schedule and amid fears it will do little to resolve Venezuela's soaring inflation, the country's government has released new banknotes.

17/01/2017

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Venezuela Congress - 'Maduro has abandoned his post'

Venezuela’s Congress has backed a resolution declaring President Nicolas Maduro has “abandoned his post”.

10/01/2017

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Venezuela's Maduro hikes minimum wage by 50 percent

Venezuela’s embattled President Nicolas Maduro has announced a 50 percent increase in the minimum wage in a bid to combat runaway inflation.

09/01/2017

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New anti-Maduro challenge looms in Venezuela

The stage is set for a fresh showdown between Venezuela’s opposition and embattled President Nicolas Maduro.

06/01/2017

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Venezuelan opposition activists freed, but '100 remain imprisoned'

After being held for more than a year on corruption charges, Venezuelan former presidential candidate Manuel Rosales has been released from house arrest.

31/12/2016

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Scores of arrests in Venezuela in chaos over banknote withdrawal

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced that 300 people have been arrested during protests and looting over the elimination of the country’s largest currency…

18/12/2016

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Venezuela reinstates the 100-bolivar banknote

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has suspended the withdrawal of the country's most widely-used banknote after higher-denomination notes failed to arrive in time.

18/12/2016

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Violence erupts as Venezuelans scramble to replace void banknote

Police have opened fire on protesters in parts of Venezuela after looting broke out due to a severe cash crisis.

17/12/2016

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Venezuelan lawmakers back motion blaming Maduro for economic crisis

Venezuela’s National Assembly has taken a symbolic step by backing a motion blaming the country’s leftist president for the country’s political and economic…

14/12/2016

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Venezuela closes Colombian border to stop currency 'mafia'

A day after banning the 100-bolivar banknote from circulation, President Maduro has ordered the 72-hour closure of the Colombian border.

13/12/2016