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The president has declared an early Christmas, but many Venezuelans are in no mood to celebrate.

This country will have Christmas in October. People are not happy

With a nationwide blackout, a broken economy and a widely contested election result there are only so many things a leader can do to win popular support.

  • Julie Turkewitz

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A woman sells fruit in front of a mural of the Venezuelan map with the Essequibo territory included and the words “All of Venezuela. Vote yes five time on December 3”, in Caracas.

Another land grab attempt is underway, this time on the other side of the world

Following massive offshore oil discoveries in the region and with elections coming, the Venezuelan president appears to have taken a leaf out of Putin’s playbook.

  • Regina Garcia Cano and Jorge Rueda
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, left, and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva end a press conference at Planalto palace in Brasilia, Brazil.

Maduro’s isolation ends with visit to Brazil despite $23m US reward for his arrest

The Venezuelan leader has been shunned by many countries since Donald Trump sanctioned Venezuela and promoted an alternative president.

  • Andrew Rosati and Simone Iglesias
Super Bigote is a new show aired on Venezuela’s state-run TV that makes President Nicolas Maduro into a “superhero” fighting a Trump-like American villain.

‘Super Moustache’: New superhero battles Americans - and looks very familiar

Beyond the laughs, analysts see an effort to improve the image of a leader in need of support in a country struggling through a years-long crisis.

  • Ana Vanessa Herrero
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro says he will send his son to the talks.

In hopeful turnaround, Venezuelan government and opposition are talking to each other

A five-year political impasse has locked the country in a crisis that has generated an exodus of about 7 million people, the largest in the world.

  • Diego Oré and Sharay Angulo
Venezuelan migrants rest as they walk from the Venezuelan border to Pamplona in Colombia. Venezuelans have emigrated by their thousands, risking life and belongings to build a better life elsewhere in South and North America.

Migrants found dead off of Venezuela's eastern coast

The migrant exodus from crisis-torn Venezuela continues apace.

  • Sarah Kinosian
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A soldier guards a voting poll at a school that has the eyes of the late President Hugo Chavez painted on a wall during elections to choose members of the National Assembly in Caracas.

A 'charade': Western countries reject Venezuela's election results

A new parliamentary election has returned control of Congress to President Nicolas Maduro.

  • Vivian Sequera and Deisy Buitrago
The riches flowing at the top of Venezuelan society are not trickling down to the suburbs of Caracas.

Gap between rich and poor grows as dollars flood into Venezuela

The coronavirus pandemic is swelling the gap between rich and poor in Venezuela, where there may be no starker case of inequality.

  • Patricia Laya and Alex Vasquez
Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela, speaks in a pre-recorded video message during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Maduro calls on UN members to rally against sanctions on his allies

In a speech he could only have delivered remotely as a trip to New York could have meant arrest, the Venezuelan President called on countries to "defend peace".

  • Luc Cohen
Implicated: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

UN accuses Maduro, ministers of crimes against humanity

A three-member panel believes the Venezuelan leaders "ordered or contributed to" arbitrary detention, torture of critics and extrajudicial killings.

  • Nick Cumming-Bruce

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