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Italy reported 345 new coronavirus deaths in the country over the last 24 hours taking its total death toll to 2,503 - an increase of 16 percent. The total number of cases in Italy rose to 31,506 from a previous 27,980, up 12.6 percent - the slowest rate of increase since the contagion…

FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero(Reuters) - Venezuela will implement a nationwide quarantine after detecting 16 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, President Nicolas Maduro said, adding that the total number of…

CARACAS (Reuters) - In January, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed a major victory: congress lawmakers elected his favored candidate as National Assembly leader, putting the increasingly authoritarian nation’s last independent institution within his grasp. National Guard officers try to stop Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who many nations have recognised…

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure QuinteroCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro said that all flights from Europe and Colombia would be suspended for a month over Coronavirus concerns during a live televised press conference on…

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Security forces in Venezuela have dispersed an anti-government march opposition leader Juan Guaido led, his first since he returned from an international tour. Guaido is trying to revive a campaign to remove President Nicolas Maduro as the country's economic crisis deepens. At the United Nations, the High Commissioner for Human…

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan police on Tuesday detained three opposition lawmakers following a demonstration against the government of President Nicolas Maduro, the legislature said via Twitter. Reporting by Caracas newsroomOur Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.Read More

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan security forces used teargas on Tuesday to stop protesters led by U.S.-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido from marching on the national legislature, which pro-government lawmakers seized control of in January. Venezuela's National Assembly President and opposition leader Juan Guaido, who many nations have recognised as the…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe fire tore through the warehouse east of CaracasThe electoral council in Venezuela says a fire in its main warehouse near the capital, Caracas, has destroyed most of the voting machines held there.Almost 50,000 voting machines and 582 computers used in the…

President Bolsonaro's government is among 50 to have recognised opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela's legitimate president Brazil's right-wing government has started pulling its diplomats out of the embassy and consulate in Caracas as it moves to downgrade relations with Venezuela's leftist government. Instructions published on Thursday in the official…