Tear gas and rubber bullets were fired against the protesters demonstrating over Sunday's (Jul 28) contested election results. On Monday evening thousands of people gathered in central Caracas, some walking for miles from slums on the mountains surrounding the city, towards the presidential palace.

Venezuelans clash with police following disputed election results

Archaeologists have discovered a 4000-year-old rock art in Venezuela that represents a new culture that was unknown earlier. The team of researchers found 20 such rock art sites in the Canaima National Park, in the country's southeastern region.

Venezuela archaeologists discover ancient rock art sites from a 'previously unknown' culture

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The opposition parties voted to remove Venezuela’s interim government headed by President Juan Guaido, who had earlier ousted leftist leader Nicolas Maduro. The National Assembly, which is controlled by the opposition, on Friday voted to dismiss the government and appointed a commission to govern the country's foreign assets.

Venezuela’s opposition votes out interim government headed by Juan Guaido

Venezuela's Olympic champion Yulimar Rojas sealed a third straight world triple jump crown at the World Championships in Oregon on Monday. Rojas, the two-time defending champion, produced the sixth furthest jump of all time with her winning 15.

World Championships: Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas seals third straight world triple jump crown

The White House on Monday excluded Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua from the US-hosted Summit of the Americas this week, prompting Mexico's president to make good on a threat to skip the event because all countries in the Western Hemisphere were not invited.

US bars Cuba, Venezuela from Americas summit; Mexican leader sits out

Restrictions on civic space in Venezuela remain a cause for concern, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said on Monday. Bachelet's office said it documented 97 incidents of "stigmatisation, criminalisation and threats against dissenting voices, particularly towards civil society, media and members of the opposition" from June 2020 to May 2021.

Restriction of civic space in Venezuela is worrying, says UN human rights chief

Venezuela on Saturday condemned what it said was the "kidnapping" of eight soldiers by armed groups operating on the Colombian border, where clashes have been ongoing for nearly two months.

Venezuela denounces 'kidnapping' of eight soldiers by Colombian armed groups

Venezuela's main academy of medicine has asked the United States to add the South American nation to its international donor list for millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines, despite a political freeze between the two countries.

Venezuela's academy of medicine asks US to donate COVID-19 vaccines

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The United States imposed sanctions Wednesday on five Iranian ship captains who delivered oil to Venezuela, as Washington ratcheted up pressure on President Nicolas Maduro, whose government it considers illegitimate.

US sanctions five Iranian ship captains over Venezuela oil delivery

Donald Trump, few hours after making a statement, has backtracked on his words yet again. This time, it involves Venezuela's leader, Nicolas Maduro. In an interview published on Sunday, Trump had said he would consider meeting Maduro.

Trump backtracks: will meet Maduro only to discuss his powerful exit

Thanks to subsidies under socialist former President Hugo Chavez and his successor and protege, Nicolas Maduro, gasoline sold by state oil company PDVSA - which has a legal monopoly on fuel sales - is essentially free in Venezuela.

Venezuela's gasoline goes from world's cheapest to steepest as fuel shortages bite

Venezuela's elections council said on Sunday (March 8) that a fire over the weekend destroyed most of the voting machines stored in its main warehouse in the capital, Caracas, potentially complicating parliamentary elections scheduled for this year.

Fire destroys most voting machines in Venezuela's main elections warehouse

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido vowed to press ahead with street protests after talks with government officials hosted by Norway ended on Wednesday without progress towards resolving the South American country's long-running political crisis.

Venezuelan opposition leader Guaido vows protests as Oslo talks produce no deal

Twenty-nine detainees were killed and 19 police officers were wounded in a confrontation in a cellblock in central Venezuela in what a state official called a failed escape attempt, but human rights groups described as a massacre.

Twenty-nine detainees killed in Venezuela police station cellblock riot

A Venezuelan opposition legislator on Friday fled to Colombia while others said threatening messages had been spray-painted on their homes or intelligence agents had been following them, amid a broad crackdown by President Nicolas Maduro against Congress.

As Maduro cracks down, Venezuela legislators see intimidation

A Vietnamese court has jailed two activists on charges of publishing damaging anti-state propaganda about the communist-run country, state media reported Saturday, the latest convictions under a hardline leadership intolerant of dissent.

Vietnam jails two activists for 'spreading propaganda' on Facebook

Venezuela will prosecute seven lawmakers who backed last week's failed uprising orchestrated by opposition leader Juan Guaido, the country's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, as Washington removed sanctions against Caracas' sacked spy chief for backing the revolt.

Will prosecute seven lawmakers who backed uprising: Venezuela Supreme Court

The United States in January imposed sanctions on Venezuela`s most important global business - producing and selling crude oil - as the Trump administration ratcheted up its bid to force socialist president Nicolas Maduro out of power.

Explainer: US sanctions and Venezuela's exports and imports

The Mexican Football Federation said Wednesday it has opened an investigation into whether Diego Maradona violated its ethics code when he praised Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro after a recent match.

Maradona under investigation after he praises President Maduro

The lines in front of the water spigots are the same for the government-supporting Chavistas and the opposition non-Chavistas. In the residential districts of Caracas, the tired faces show irritation when people start to talk about who's to blame for the situation that for weeks has mired Venezuela amid a series of power blackouts.

Venezuela: With no water, Caracas residents' patience is drying up

Fifteen Venezuelans with advanced kidney disease have died after being unable to get dialysis during the country's extended power outage, an NGO reported Saturday.

At least 15 dialysis patients die in Venezuela's blackout: NGO

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