Panama on Thursday ordered Venezuela's ambassador out and recalled its own envoy to the country as Caracas imposed sanctions on senior Panamanian officials and suspended flights in an escalating diplomatic row

Panama orders Venezuela envoy out, Caracas suspends flights

The police officials were arrested for their alleged role in a riot and fire that killed 68 people in an overcrowded police station cell

Venezuela arrests five police officials over deadly jail disaster

Former Venezuelan interior minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly plotting to divide the armed forces, the government said

Venezuela's ex-interior minister, Miguel Rodriguez Torres arrested

The United Nations said it is considering a request from Venezuela to help prepare the May 20 presidential election in which President Nicolas Maduro is seeking a new term

United Nations studying request to help prepare Venezuela vote

The head of the National Electoral Council, Tibisay Lucena, made the announcement today after talks broke down between the government and opposition on setting a date for the polls

Venezuela presidential vote set for April 22

China, Russia and the International Monetary Fund are among those contemplating a Venezuela bailout. But help for this debt-stricken nation seems far from assured.

Who is going to pay for Venezuela's oil debt

The opposition coalition had previously accused the Maduro government of blocking the presence of foreign ministers at this week's talks, but on Tuesday said it appeared to be more a scheduling problem.

Venezuela opposition says talks with government delayed

Venezuelan government representatives met with creditors to try and renegotiate the debt, an initial meeting from which no agreements or concrete proposals emerged.

Venezuela begins refinancing its foreign debt

Maduro's socialist party won governorships of 17 of the 23 states with the Opposition Democratic Union Roundtable coalition taking only five

Maduro claims landslide win in Venezuela state elections

The opposition, which boycotted the vote, has dismissed the official tally as fraudulent

Venezuela: President Maduro rejects accusations of election fraud

The vote was held to choose members of a powerful assembly that President Maduro has tasked with writing a new constitution

Wave of bloodshed sweeps Venezuela after vote

There is no word on when the plebiscite will be held

Venezuela: President Maduro vows referendum, death toll from unrest hits 62

Another 717 people have been injured and 152 are still in jail from the hundreds rounded up in widespread unrest

Venezuela: Death toll rises to at least 37 in month-long protests against President Maduro

Opposition termed Wednesday's protest as the largest in more than two weeks of demonstrations against President Maduro

Venezuela: Two killed amid opposition-backed protests against President Maduro

The Supreme Court had stripped legislative powers from the National Assembly, the sole institution that was not in control of the government

Venezuela top court retreats President Maduro's power extension bid

The head of the OAS said the court had dealt the final blows to democracy in the country and accused Maduro's 'regime'?of carrying out a 'coup'

Venezuela: Oppostion decries Maduro as 'dictator' after Congress annulled

Says US-backed 'mafias' are conspiring to destabilise his country's economy by hoarding bank notes

Maduro seals Venezuela-Colombia border, alleging plot

Crippled with the world's highest inflation, Venezuela prepares to issue new banknotes and coins in values up to 200 times the current rate

Venezuela's Maduro cancels 100 bolivar banknote from circulation overnight

The first dialogue in nearly a year has been fraught with 'skepticism and distrust' as opposition blamed Maduro for the economic crisis

Venezuela's Maduro meets opposition at Vatican-led talks to defuse political crisis

After opposition protests, seeking to drive Maduro from power, turned violent the President proposed a pay hike to appease the angry mob

Anti-Maduro protests: Venezuelan President vows 40% pay hike to soothe unrest

The MUD's declaration comes after the National Electoral Council suspended the recall referendum process in compliance to court's orders

Venezuela: Opposition calls for nationwide protests, threatens coup

They have vowed weekly mass protests to demand a referendum on ousting him from power

'Million' demonstrators rally against Venezuela President Maduro

The declaration allows the government to seize assets of private companies to obtain essential food and goods

Maduro extends Venezuela's state of emergency for another 60 days

The agreement ends what started as a 1960s peasant revolt but ended up killing 220,000 and displacing millions

Ban Ki-moon and Venezuela's Maduro arrive for Colombia-FARC agreement

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