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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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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
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
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro touches gold bars at a press conference in Caracas in 2018.

To release gold, British court must first decide who runs Venezuela

The Bank of England is holding $1.4 billion in gold deposits. Who gets to withdraw the riches? That depends.

  • Marc Jones
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is engaged in a war of words with the United States.

Venezuela's Maduro says American spy captured near oil refinery

The Venezuelan President claims his government has detained a marine who was "captured with specialised weapons, large amounts of dollars and other items."

  • Sarah Kinosian
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro.

Maduro pardons political prisoners ahead of Venezuelan elections

"The government is using political prisoners as bargaining chips," said one Caracas-based political analyst after the announcement.

  • Alex Vasquez and Patricia Laya
Venezuelan authorities show what they say are the ID cards of former US special forces citizen Airan Berry, right, and Luke Denman, left, in Caracas, Venezuela.

'I was helping Venezuelans': Maduro airs video of detained American in invasion plot

Maduro aired a video of a 34-year-old Texas native who claims he signed a contract with a Florida-based company to train rebel troops and carry out the assault.

Pedestrians wearing protective masks walk by a mural of President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday.

Trump's Venezuela plan calls for rivals to stand down, new elections

The US has openly said President Nicholas Maduro will never be allowed to govern again.

  • Ethan Bronner and Nick Wadhams

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