Venezuela

Liberal activists from the anti-war group Code Pink are refusing to leave the abandoned Venezuelan embassy in Washington, vowing to protect the building from a “hostile takeover” as the U.S. State Department labels them “trespassers” and calls on them to leav…

Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday discussed the crisis in oil-rich Venezuela, where Washington has thrown its weight behind a campaign to oust the Moscow-backed socialist president. "Very produc…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) The Latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local): 10:55 a.m. Human rights groups say a 15-year-old boy is the latest casualty in Venezuela's ongoing unrest. The Venezuelan Observatory of Social Conflict reported Fri…

Headlines for May 3, 2019

Lopez, a firebrand politician and Guaido’s mentor, was arrested during a protest movement in 2014 and transferred to house arrest in 2017. (AP) Venezuelan opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez, evading arrest in a Spanish diplomatic residence, on Thursday dis…

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro appears to have seen off an attempt to oust him after American claims that key allies were about to defect failed to materialise.  John Bolton, the White House national security adviser, went public with the names three se…

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has attempted to present a unified front with the army as pressure increases on him to resign. Following two days of political unrest and violent protests, Mr Maduro visited an army base in Caracas, where he appeared surro…

Toilet paper featuring an image of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduros face has sparked amusement on social media. The product, available to buy online, features Maduros face on each sheet. He is currently facing heavy international criticism over the viol…

Juan Guaidó, who is recognised as interim president of Venezuela by many democracies, appeared outside an air-force base in Caracas and urged the armed forces to overthrow the socialist dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro. Leopoldo López, an opposition figure kept…

Demonstrator killed and dozens injured in Venezuela clashes as opposition protests fizzle out