Widespread blackout hits Venezuela, government blames ‘electromagnetic attack’
July 22 (Reuters) – More than half of Venezuela‘s 23 states lost power on Monday, according to Reuters witnesses and reports on social media, a blackout...
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Italy confirms Venezuelan opposition lawmaker is in its Caracas embassy
ROME, May 10 (Reuters) – Italy confirmed on Friday that Venezuelan opposition lawmaker Americo De Grazia has entered the Italian embassy in Caracas after a...
Maduro hangs on as Venezuelan protests peter out
CARACAS, May 1 (Reuters) – Venezuelans heeded opposition leader Juan Guaido’s call to take to the streets on Wednesday in a bid to force President...
Bolsonaro backs Venezuela uprising, says country ‘enslaved by dictator’
BRASILIA, April 30 (Reuters) – Brazil’s right-wing government threw its support behind Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido’s push to oust the “Maduro dictatorship” with street...
Venezuela’s Guaido urges troops to rise against Maduro, violence breaks out
By Vivian Sequera and Angus Berwick CARACAS, April 30 (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Tuesday called for a military uprising to oust...
Venezuela power flickers after worst blackout in decades
By Vivian Sequera and Brian Ellsworth CARACAS, March 8 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s power supply remained patchy on Friday after the worst blackout in decades paralyzed...
After Venezuelan troops block aid, Maduro faces ‘diplomatic siege’
By Angus Berwick, Sarah Marsh and Roberta Rampton CARACAS/WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro faced growing regional pressure on Sunday after his...
As tensions over aid rise, Venezuelan troops fire on villagers, kill two
By Carlos Suniaga and Nelson Bocanegra Colombia, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Venezuelan soldiers opened fire on indigenous people near the border with Brazil on...
Venezuela aid trucks arrive in Colombia as EU calls for dialogue
By Nelson Bocanegra and Anggy Polanco CUCUTA, Colombia/TIENDITAS, Venezuela, Feb 7 (Reuters) – Trucks carrying humanitarian aid for crisis-stricken Venezuela arrived in the Colombian border...
