Venezuelan opposition lawmakers sought to trigger early elections by passing a key censure motion against President Nicolas Maduro, who is ruling over a national economic crisis and consequent food shortages.
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.
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.
Venezuela's socialist government and the opposition on Monday announced talks for the weekend to deal with a political standoff that has intensified since the suspension of a referendum drive to remove President Nicolas Maduro.
As foreign representatives gathered Tuesday on Margarita Island off Venezuela's northeastern coast to participate in the 17th Non-Aligned Movement Summit, President Nicolas Maduro's opponents did not ease pressure on him.
Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed to have mobilised a million demonstrators on Thursday (Sept 1) in the biggest rally in decades, demanding a referendum on removing him from power.
Venezuela and Colombia agreed Thursday (Aug 11) to reopen pedestrian border crossings between their countries, a year after Venezuela closed the frontier in a dispute over security and smuggling.
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.
Venezuelan security forces fired teargas at protesters chanting "We want food!" near Caracas' presidential palace on Thursday, the latest street violence in the crisis-hit OPEC nation.
Around 60 percent of Venezuelans support President Nicolas Maduro's government, but they call for economic reforms, according to a latest poll.
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday.
Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro celebrated his 89th birthday Thursday with a surprise visit to Bolivian President Evo Morales, who was in Havana for the occasion.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro rejected Saturday a new "conspiracy" by the U.S. government to use the Inter-American Democratic Charter (IDC) of the Organization of American States (OAS) to justify foreign intervention in his country.
Venezuela's growing ties with China are vital to the development of the South American nation and the whole Latin America, a political analyst said here on Wednesday.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced "five revolutions" on economic and social development on Wednesday, local press reported on Thursday.
The Venezuelan ruling coalition led by President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday won the the first local elections since the death of former President Hugo Chavez.
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