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# Venezuela

Last month
September 2023
# Tocoron prison
Venezuela takes prison from gang, seizes bitcoin machines, rocket launchers
Venezuelan authorities showed off the loot today after seizing control of the Tocoron prison yesterday.
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Sep 21st 2023, 10:33 PM
# Tocoron prison
Venezuela seizes control of prison used as gang headquarters
An operation involving 11,000 members of Venezuela’s security forces took back control of the prison.
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Sep 20th 2023, 7:45 PM
Last year
2022
# Venezuela
'All this is climate change': Fresh landslide in Venezuela kills at least three
More than 50 people died in similar circumstances last week.
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Oct 18th 2022, 8:02 AM
# Landslide
At least 36 people die in Venezuela mudslide, the country's worst natural disaster in decades
Dozens of other people are still missing.
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Oct 11th 2022, 7:58 AM
# Landslides
At least 22 dead in landslide that swept through Venezuelan town
The landslide teared through the central Venezuelan town of Las Tejerias.
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Oct 10th 2022, 7:15 AM
# Round-Up
Suarez and Cavani on target to boost Uruguay World Cup hopes as Argentina defeat Colombia
Uruguay overcame Venezuela in South American World Cup qualifying while Argentina scored a 1-0 win over Colombia.
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Feb 2nd 2022, 8:06 AM
# world cup qualifiers
Scenes as Peru stun goal-shy Colombia, Venezuelan Rondon's treble sinks Bolivia
Edison Flores gave Peru a smash-and-grab victory after David Ospina’s gaffe cost the hosts.
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Jan 29th 2022, 12:32 AM
All time
# Jeanine Anez
Bolivian President Jeanine Anez has tested positive for coronavirus
Multiple political figures in South America have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last week.
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Jul 10th 2020, 8:18 AM
# Venezuela
Venezuelan president orders reopening of border with Colombia
The country is suffering from shortages of food, medicine and other essentials.
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Jun 8th 2019, 11:59 AM
# Venezuela
National Assembly deputy 'kidnapped' by Maduro regime, says Venezuela's opposition leader
In January, leader of the opposition Juan Guaido declared himself to be the country’s president.
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May 9th 2019, 7:57 AM
# crisis
'Venezuela was beautiful once... It wasn’t until the very end that we realised we were losing everything'
Amanda Coakley interviews Venezuelans in Cali, Colombia
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May 6th 2019, 10:00 PM
# crisis
Talks with Putin over Venezuela crisis were 'very positive' says Trump
The US has imposed tough sanctions against Venezuela.
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May 4th 2019, 8:55 AM
# crisis point
Venezuela claims to have stopped a coup attempt, but tensions there are rising: so what exactly is going on?
The world will be watching as a series of May Day rallies take place in the country today.
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May 1st 2019, 12:22 PM
# caracas
Venezuela: Violent clashes on the streets as Maduro hangs on despite 'coup'
Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido claims to have military backing to oust Maduro.
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Apr 30th 2019, 10:56 PM
# crisis
The young Venezuelan migrants trying to make their way in a troubled Colombia
Amanda Coakley reports from Bogotá.
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Apr 22nd 2019, 8:00 AM
# simon cumbers
Economic and political instability in Venezuela threatens Colombia’s fragile peace
In an exclusive interview with TheJournal.ie, Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo was keen to defend his government’s desire for modifications to The Special Jurisdiction for Peace tribunal (JEP).
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Apr 19th 2019, 6:00 AM
# Upset
Lionel Messi's long-awaited international return ends in shock defeat to Venezuela
Messi had not played for the national team since their elimination by France at the 2018 World Cup.
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Mar 22nd 2019, 10:12 PM
# power struggle in a power cut
Guaido supporters square up to Venezuelan police amid electricity blackout
It’s not known what caused the blackout, which is one of the worst and longest in recent memory in Venezuela.
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Mar 9th 2019, 6:10 PM
Voices
Opinion: The Venezuelan government must go - it has failed its people and become utterly corrupt
Venezuela, once among the richest countries in Latin-America, now needs food aid. Only free and fair elections can save the country, writes Eamon Stack.
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Mar 7th 2019, 7:00 AM
# caracas
Crowds gather as Juan Guaidó returns to Venezuela
Tensions in the South American country have grown since 23 January when Guaidó declared himself president.
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Mar 4th 2019, 9:22 PM
# Venezuela
At least two people die and over 300 hurt as Venezuela border standoff turns deadly
Opposition leader Juan Guaido and his supporters attempted to bring humanitarian aid across the border.
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Feb 24th 2019, 8:08 AM
# Showdown
Venezuelan forces fire tear gas at crowd demanding to cross bridge into Colombia
Last night, President Nicolas Maduro ordered the closure of all four bridges linking Tachira to Colombia.
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Feb 23rd 2019, 2:01 PM
# Venezuela Live Aid
Richard Branson concert to be held on Venezuelan border with Colombia as standoff over aid intensifies
The concert, dubbed Venezuela Live Aid, aims to raise $100 million.
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Feb 22nd 2019, 7:36 AM
# Aid
Venezuela's government to stage concert to rival Richard Branson's charity one
The concert will be held on the Simon Bolivar bridge which links San Antonio, Venezuela with Cucuta, in Colombia, where aid sent by the US is being held up and stored.
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Feb 19th 2019, 8:49 AM
# crisis point
Nicolas Maduro claims US has 'war plans against Venezuela' as Guaido mobilises aid volunteers
US aid has already arrived on the Colombian border as the country deals with a political crisis.
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Feb 17th 2019, 7:35 AM
# Venezuela
Venezuela's Guaido vows to bring in food next week, says Maduro 'will have no choice but to leave'
US aid has been piling up in Colombia, barricaded by the military, under Maduro’s orders.
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Feb 13th 2019, 9:42 AM
Voices
Opinion: Ireland is wrong about Venezuela - US regime change never brings improvement
‘An impressive spin campaign has been waged to create an illusion that all ‘civilised nations’ support regime change in Venezuela – similar to the ‘grand alliance’ which invaded Iraq’, writes Eilis Ryan.
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Feb 9th 2019, 7:30 PM
# interim president
Poll: Do you think Ireland is right to support Venezuela's Juan Guaidó?
Other EU countries have backed the young leader as an interim president in the politically unstable country.
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Feb 9th 2019, 9:30 AM
# Venezuela
Coveney announces Ireland’s support for Juan Guaidó as interim president of Venezuela
Seven EU states had given Maduro a Sunday deadline to call presidential elections.
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Feb 6th 2019, 12:47 PM
# Venezuela
Govt supports self-declared Venezuelan president's call for 'free, fair, democratic' elections
Young Fine Gael has called on the government to recognise Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s interim president.
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Feb 5th 2019, 10:14 PM
# Venezuela
EU countries recognise Guaidó as interim Venezuelan leader
The move comes after embattled President Nicolas Maduro rejected calls for fresh presidential elections.
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Feb 4th 2019, 4:28 PM
# Venezuela
Trump says that military intervention in Venezuela is 'an option'
The United States recognised Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president on 23 January.
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Feb 3rd 2019, 4:11 PM
# Political crisis
'Your body is here in Ireland...Your mind is in Venezuela': Living in fear for those back home
The current political crisis has seen lack of food, medical supplies and major inflation directly impact the Latin American country.
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Feb 2nd 2019, 9:00 AM
# Venezuela
Pressure on Maduro as self-declared president calls for 'biggest march in history of Venezuela'
Tomorrow’s rally coincides with the 20th anniversary of Maduro’s predecessor Hugo Chavez.
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Feb 1st 2019, 9:21 PM
# Power Struggle
Venezuela's top court bars self-declared president Guaidó from leaving country
Leader Nicolas Maduro is seeking to neutralise the American-backed opposition chief.
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Jan 30th 2019, 9:00 AM
# PDVSA
US imposes sanctions on Venezuela's state oil company in bid to increase pressure on President Nicolas Maduro
Washington wants to “hold accountable those responsible for Venezuela’s tragic decline”.
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Jan 28th 2019, 10:14 PM
# Venezuela
EU to 'take further actions' if new elections not called in Venezuela
Nicolas Maduro has been given eight days to call an election.
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Jan 26th 2019, 4:20 PM
# two presidents
Venezuela wants to 'avoid civil war' as US removes staff from country
US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó has declared himself ‘acting president’.
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Jan 25th 2019, 7:49 AM
# Explainer
Two men are claiming to be president of Venezuela, so what exactly is going on?
The current political crisis has been years in the making.
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Jan 24th 2019, 12:23 PM
# Juan Guaido
Venezuela's opposition leader declares himself president amid anti-Maduro clashes
US President Donald Trump acknowledged the “interim leader” and called on Nicolas Maduro to resign.
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Jan 23rd 2019, 9:22 PM
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