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Venezuela Protests:Widespread crisis hits vacation spots hard

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Venezuela rejects U.S. to bring domestic crisis to UN Security Council

VenezuelarejectedtheintentionoftheUnitedStatestoputthepoliticalcrisisinVenezuelaontheagendaoftheUnitedNations(UN)SecurityCouncil,saidadiplomatonWednesday."Weare

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U.S. blacklists Venezuela's vice president as drug trafficker

The United States blacklisted Venezuela's Vice President Tareck El Aissami for drug trafficking, the first crackdown by the Trump administration against a top official in President Nicolas Maduro's government for money laundering and the drug trade.

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Venezuela's Maduro names new central bank chief

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday named a lawmaker as the country's new central bank chief, after reportedly pushing out the former head as the country struggles through a deep economic crisis.

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Venezuela delays removing currency bills amid crisis, protests

With protests rocking his unpopular government, embattled President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday (Dec 17) pushed back to next month taking Venezuela's highest denomination bill out of circulation.

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Cash chaos as Venezuela stuck in currency limbo

Venezuelans lined up to deposit 100-unit banknotes before they turned worthless, but replacement bills had yet to arrive, increasing the cash chaos in the country with the world's highest inflation.

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Venezuela shuts border with Colombia, in startling new move to fight currency smuggling

President Nicolas Maduro on Monday ordered the closure of Venezuela’s border with Colombia for 72 hours in a crackdown on what he says are “mafias” smuggling hard-to-find cash that is destabilising the socialist economy.

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Venezuela should revitalize Non-Aligned Movement with focus on media, says expert

​Venezuela should revitalize the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to meet the need for a new world order, Latin American columnist Fernando Buen Abad told Xinhua ahead of the opening of 17th NAM Summit.

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Venezuela crushes 2,000 guns in public, plans registry of bullets

Venezuelan police crushed and chopped up nearly 2,000 shotguns and pistols in a Caracas city square on Wednesday, as the new interior minister relaunched a long-stalled gun control campaign in one of the world's most crime-ridden countries.

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Vatican invited to mediate in Venezuela crisis

The Roman Catholic Church may soon join Ibero-American leaders seeking dialogue between Venezuela's feuding government and opposition, the head of a regional bloc said on Thursday.

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Uruguay says transfer of Mercosur presidency to Venezuela to be postponed

Uruguay said on Monday that the decision whether to hand over the rotating presidency of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) bloc to Venezuela during the second half of 2016 would be postponed until Thursday.

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U.S. willingness to hold talks with Venezuela is not real breakthrough, experts

​U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's surprise announcement this week that Washington is willing to hold talks with Venezuela is not a real breakthrough, thought it appears positive, Venezuelan experts have said.

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U.S. has hand in political turmoil in Latin America: observers

​With regard to the latest political turmoil in Latin American countries, observers have pointed their fingers at the United States, saying Washington has a hand in it but in a more disguised way than ever.

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U.S. new tactics in LatAm aimed to reclaim regional hegemony

​Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and other experts viewed recent political changes in Venezuela and other countries in Latin America as part of the U.S. campaigns to reclaim hegemony in this region.

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Top LatAm leaders reject Obama's executive order against Venezuela

Top leaders of several Latin American countries on Saturday rejected U.S. President Barack Obama's renewed executive order that declares Venezuela as an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to his country.

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Latin America celebrates Chinese Lunar New Year

Latin American countries have enthusiastically embraced the Chinese New Year, which falls on Feb. 8 this year, with dance and music performances, some of them by acclaimed Chinese troupes.