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Public demonstrations against Venezuela's government were registered in several foreign cities that have a strong presence of Venezuelan refugees. [34] In Margarita Island, hundreds of civilians occupied 4 de Mayo Avenue in Porlamar, tearing down Maduro's political banners. The Bolivarian National Police and the National Guard approached the ...
[80] [81] In response, Venezuela severed diplomatic relations with Peru. [77] [82] Panama suspended diplomatic relations with Venezuela. [83] Venezuela also expelled diplomats from Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Panama and Uruguay; as of 1 August, Brazil took over running the Caracas embassies of Argentina and Peru.
Voter turnout was the lowest in Venezuela's modern history after the opposition boycotted the election out of protest. [34] 21 May – Venezuelans across the country participated in small protests against the election results, with the largest demonstration organized by Soy Venezuela occurring near the Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air ...
In the second hearing of the Organization of American States to analyze possible crimes against humanity in Venezuela, Major General Hebert García Plaza described Operation Tun Tun as an operation normally carried out at night, where a Bolivarian Intelligence Service commission visits the person and takes them away, possibly without an arrest warrant or issued by a Public Ministry prosecutor.
20 December – Venezuela releases ten Americans, including Leonard Glenn Francis, and the United States releases Alex Saab, an ally of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, in a prisoner exchange between the two countries. As part of the deal, Venezuela will also release around 20 political prisoners from jail. [69]
Protesters sign saying, "Why do I protest? Insecurity, scarcity, injustices, repression, deceit. For my future." Demonstrations against violence in Venezuela began in January 2014, [29] and continued, when former presidential candidate Henrique Capriles shook the hand of President Maduro; [30] this "gesture... cost him support and helped propel" opposition leader Leopoldo López Mendoza to the ...
La Causa Radical. LCR: Andrés Velásquez: Laboriousm: None Progressive Movement of Venezuela Movimiento Progresista de Venezuela. MPV: Simón Calzadilla Progressivism None Project Venezuela. Proyecto Venezuela. PRVZL: Henrique Salas Feo: Liberal conservatism: IDU, UPLA: Clear Accounts Cuentas Claras. CC: Vicencio Scarano: Progressivism None ...
The Plaza Altamira military were a group of initially fourteen Venezuelan military officers, both active and retired who on 22 October 2002 spoke out against the government of Hugo Chávez in the Altamira Square, in eastern Caracas, declaring the square a "liberated zone" and inviting their fellow soldiers to join them with the aim of achieving Chávez's resignation.