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Venezuela: Caracas protesters hold third opposition rally in a week

Venezuela is in turmoil.

$Venezuela economy fractured with shortages of essentials across the country$

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Venezuela economy fractured with shortages of essentials across the country

There are large queues to shop in cites and towns across Venezuela.

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Venezuela lawmakers reject state of emergency decree

Lawmakers reject state of emergency decree Opposition says its unconstitutional Calls grow for more street protests Venezuela’s

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Venezuela's state of emergency extends presidential powers

Maduro extends powers over security State of emergency follows week of violent riots Opposition still seeking referendum to oust president

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Venezuela president threatens to seize factories as opposition pushes for referendum

Venezuela's president threatens to seize factories amid the ongoing crisis as the opposition warns the country is a time bomb waiting to explode.

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Venezuela president declares 60-day state of emergency

Venezuela’s president has announced a 60-day state of emergency, blaming the economic woes in his country on US efforts to topple his leftist

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Venezuelan opposition leads marches against President Maduro

Soldiers and demonstrators have clashed following largely peaceful protests in Venezuela. The opposition led the rallies, which aimed to put pressure

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Venezuela opposition collects signatures in bid to oust President Maduro

Venezuela’s opposition says it has delivered 1.85 million signatures to the country’s elections authority in a bid to seek a recall referendum

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Venezuela: More pay and less sleep as economic crisis hits hard

A 30 percent rise in the minimum wage, announced by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday night, may seem like a wholly positive move. It

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Venezuela's second city looted

Security has been stepped up in Venezuela’s second city Maracaibo after looting prompted by shortages of basic goods. There were reports of at least

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Political unrest intensifies in Venezuela as power cuts and shortages spark looting

Venezuela's political crisis shows no sign of abating as sporadic looting is reported and protests against the government of President Nicolas Maduro intensify.

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Two-day week for Venezuela's public workers amid energy crisis

Venezuela’s socialist government has ordered public workers to do a two-day week, in a bid to save energy. President Nicolas Maduro had already

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Drought-hit Venezuela faces daily power cuts to save energy

Venezuela has announced power cuts from next week – plunging people into darkness for four hours each day as the crisis-hit country grapples with a

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Venezuela reverses half-hour time change

Venezuela has reversed a half-hour time change that was one of the signature measures of former president Hugo Chavez’s idiosyncratic 14-year rule

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Tensions escalate in Venezuela as Maduro vows to block law passed by opposition

In Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro has told supporters he will block an amnesty law recently passed by opposition MPs. The law aims to free

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Venezuela's national assembly approves plans for a sweeping political amnesty

President Nicolas Maduro has promised to block the bill

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Venezuela opposition launches fresh push to oust Nicolas Maduro

The opposition in Venezuela has launched a new drive to oust Socialist President Nicolas Maduro. Saturday’s big rally in Caracas was passionate but

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As oil prices slide, Venezuela raises fuel prices by up to 6,000%, devalues currency

With his country mired in an economic crisis because of very low oil prices Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has devalued the currency and massively raised heavily subsidised fuel prices.

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Venezuela: Congress kicks out Maduro's 'economic emergency' decree

Venezuela’s Congress has rejected President Nicolas Maduro’s decree requesting emergency powers to address the nation’s worsening recession. The

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Three Venezuelan opposition lawmakers give up seats in a move to unblock Congress

Three opposition lawmakers have reluctantly given up their seats in Venezuela’s new opposition-led National Assembly. In defiance of the Supreme

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