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Within Venezuela and in cities across the world, Venezuelans demonstrated on 17 August in support of the opposition's claim to González's election win. [70] Machado had called for the rally—the Great World Protest for the Truth (Gran Protesta Mundial por la Verdad) [ 71 ] —to demonstrate "respect for popular sovereignty" and reinforce the ...
[64] 11 Latin American countries proposed the resolution including Mexico, Canada and Argentina. [65] On 23 January 2019, El Tiempo revealed a protest count, showing over 50,000 registered protests in Venezuela since 2013. [66] In 2020, organized protests against Maduro had largely subsided, especially due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela ...
During his first year as president, López Contreras also faced a labor strike that paralyzed the oil industry in Zulia state, in western Venezuela, where the most productive fields were located. His representative there from the labor ministry, Carlos Ramírez MacGregor , made a report of the situation, which confirmed the workers’ grievances.
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina's government said on Thursday it had filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court against Venezuela for detaining a member of its gendarmerie, a branch ...
In Maracaibo, the second largest city of Venezuela, protests were dispersed by police forces with tear gas and rubber bullets. [51] El Nacional reported how tear gas was thrown from helicopters. [52] Two lawmakers were also briefly detained in Maracaibo. [51] [52] The same day, Maduro called a rival march.
The statement that upended Venezuela came 24 hours after polls closed in the presidential election. With the reassuring tone of someone who has consistently been considered an underdog, opposition ...
The siege of the Argentine Embassy in Venezuela is a ongoing siege to the Argentine Embassy and ambassador's residence in Caracas. Movement into and out of the compound was restricted between July 30 to September 1, on September 7–8, and from November 23 to present.
By 2014, Venezuela had entered an economic recession [80] and by 2016, the country had an inflation rate of 800%, the highest in its history. [81] [82] The crisis intensified under the Maduro government, growing more severe as a result of low oil prices in early 2015, [8] and a drop in Venezuela's oil production from lack of maintenance and ...