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Venezuela
World
May 9
Global Insight: How to topple an authoritarian leader
Donald Trump and Juan Guaido need to resist the temptation to use foreign military force to resolve the crisis engulfing Venezuela, Professor Robert Patman says.
World
May 5
7 killed in Venezuela army helicopter crash
A Venezuelan military helicopter crashed close to Caracas on Saturday morning, killing all seven people on board, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
World
January 25
US orders diplomats out of Venezuela as crisis deepens
The US State Department on Thursday ordered some US government workers to leave Venezuela and said US citizens should consider leaving the country, a day after Washington recognized an opposition politician as Venezuela's president.
World
July 17
12-year-old boy dies during Venezuela looting
A twelve-year-old boy was killed in the Venezuelan city of San Felix overnight in an incident in which demonstrators protesting chronic power outages partially burned a small police station.
World
December 25
Canada to expel Venezuelan diplomat in retaliation
Canada will expel a Venezuelan diplomat and also bar the country's ambassador from returning, two days after Venezuela booted out Canada's envoy for criticising its rights record.
World
August 19
Venezuela assembly gets legislative powers
Venezuela's new legislative superbody on Friday gave itself the power to pass laws, superseding the opposition-led congress and fuelling criticism by government adversaries that socialist President Maduro is consolidating a dictatorship.
World
July 25
Venezuela president's 'Despacito' remix backfires
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro's attempt to use Latin hit Despacito - which means 'slowly' - to inject some cool into his controversial new congress has backfired quickly.
World
July 19
US readies Venezuela sanctions, Maduro defiant
The Trump administration is preparing sanctions against several senior Venezuelan government figures to pressure President Nicolas Maduro to abort plans for a controversial congress foes say would cement dictatorship.
World
July 15
Cuba's Castro rebuts Trump at national assembly
Cuban President Raul Castro on Friday denounced US President Donald Trump's partial rollback of the US-Cuban detente, saying it ignored broad public support for better relations and would satisfy only a few Cuban-American hard-liners.
World
June 28
Venezuela movie actor behind helicopter attack
The rogue police officer behind a helicopter attack on Venezuelan government buildings is an action film star who paints himself as a James Bond-cum-Rambo figure on social media.
World
April 19
Two students dead after Venezuelan protests
Two Venezuelan students died on after being shot during protests against unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro, increasing turmoil in the volatile nation amid a brutal economic crisis.
