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Venezuela crisis

November 2023

Runaway inflation exceeds 100 per cent in Argentina.

Emerging markets have ignored the ‘Buenos Aires consensus’

Serial debt-defaulting countries have stunned economists by thriving though prudent policies advocated by the IMF.

  • Kenneth Rogoff

January 2020

Juan Guaido and many of his allies have vowed to press on with their campaign to bring down Maduro. But they may have missed their moment.

The US bet Guaido could transform Venezuela. It hasn’t happened

At a time when the administration is already facing crises at home and abroad, Nicolas Maduro’s actions suggest that the gamble the US took on Juan Guaidó is looking increasingly like a failure.

  • Julie Turkewitz, Lara Jakes and Vanessa Herrero
Juan Guaido and others from the opposition are blocked by police from entering the National Assembly.

Maduro forces oust Guaidó from congress in day of chaos

The move illustrated growing confidence by the Venezuelan President that, despite the country's spiralling poverty, hunger and dysfunction, Guaidó's year-long attempt to oust him is losing steam.

  • Patricia Laya and Alex Vasquez

July 2019

Donald Trump

Trump moves to end asylum for Central Americans

The US president has removed some rights to claim asylum for most Central American migrants as he seeks to bolster his re-election campaign for 2020.

  • Margaret Talev

May 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) told Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the Mueller report 'confirmed the lack of any trace and any collusion between Russia and the acting administration - which we from the very beginning characterised as utter nonsense'.

Trump's man makes little headway with Putin in Sochi

The US Secretary of State meets Russian President Vladimir Putin hoping to ensure no Moscow meddling in the 2020 election, and less interfering in Venezuela.

  • Anton Troianovski
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The US is trying to help the opposition regain momentum in the face of a government crackdown following last week's failed uprising.

US lifts sanctions on Venezuelan general who defied Maduro

The immediate lifting of financial sanctions for General Manuel Figuera, who was Venezuela's spy chief, is intended to encourage others in the military to abandon their support for Maduro.

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  • Fabiola Sanchez and Christopher Torchia
Juan Guaidó during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, on Friday.

Military support overestimated in failed uprising, says Guaidó

Opposition leader Juan Guaidó acknowledged errors made in attempting to stir a military uprising in Venezuela, and did not discard a US military option alongside domestic forces.

  • Anthony Faiola
Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, centre left, and his wife Cilia Flores, centre right, wave at supporters during a rally in Caracas, on May 1.

Afraid to touch Guaidó, Maduro plays waiting game in Caracas

Venezuela has settled back into its strange status quo, with the armed forces sticking by Nicolás Maduro, who won a rigged re-election last year, and the Trump administration standing by Juan Guaidó.

  • Andrew Rosati and Patricia Laya
Juan Guaido, recognised by many Western nations as the interim president of Venezuela, centre, walks through a crowd after calling for people to rise against Maduro.

US commitment to regime change in Venezuela tested

Donald Trump has made removing Nicolas Maduro from power one of his top foreign policy efforts. But regime change will not be straightforward.

  • Aime Williams
An anti-government protester walks near a bus that was set on fire by opponents of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during clashes between rebel and loyalist soldiers in Caracas.

Thousands protest in Caracas against Maduro. US-Russia tension flares

Demonstrators take to the streets of Caracas again but it appears to be an impasse as they can't oust Nicolas Maduro, and the discredited president can't quell the protests.

  • Updated
  • Luc Cohen and Angus Berwick
An anti-government protester walks near a bus that was set on fire by opponents of Nicolas Maduro.

Venezuela braced for more violence after another day of turmoil

Like past attempts to oust President Nicolás Maduro, the opposition seemed outmanoeuvred again.

  • Updated
  • Christopher Torchia and Joshua Goodman
An opponent to Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro returns a tear gas canister thrown from military personnel guarding La Carlota air base on Monday.

New attempt to oust Venezuela's Maduro splits European nations

In a statement released late in the day, the European Union said it rejected any form of violence and would continue to push for "free and fair elections".

  • Nicole Winfield

March 2019

People in Caracas collect water from an open pipe above the Guaire River during rolling blackouts, which affected water pumps.

China offers help as Venezuela looks to end blackout

President Nicolas Maduro's government scrambled to return power to western Venezuela following heavy looting in the country's second largest city, while China offered to help the OPEC-member nation end its worst blackout on record.

  • Mariela Nava and Brian Ellsworth
A woman waves a Venezuelan flag from a rooftop as support grows for Juan Guaido, whose presidency has been recognised by the US and European countries.

Power shortages cripple Venezuela as Juan Guaidó fights for office

There is a big mystery as to why Venezuela - one of the world's richest petro-states - is suffering massive power blackouts.

  • Mary Beth Sheridan and Anthony Faiola

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