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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. [ 78 ] [ 80 ] Venezuela suspended flights between Venezuela and both Panama and the Dominican Republic after those countries requested a review of ...
Venezuela exports rice, corn, fish, tropical fruit, coffee, pork and beef. Venezuela has an estimated US$14.3 trillion worth [25] of natural resources and is not self-sufficient in most areas of agriculture. Exports accounted for 16.7% of GDP and petroleum products accounted for about 95% of those exports. [26]
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. [71] Machado had called for the rally—the Great World Protest for the Truth (Gran Protesta Mundial por la Verdad) [ 72 ] —to demonstrate "respect for popular sovereignty" and reinforce the ...
Venezuela exports rice, corn, fish, tropical fruit, coffee, pork and beef. Venezuela has an estimated US$14.3 trillion worth [28] of natural resources and is not self-sufficient in most areas of agriculture. Exports accounted for 16.7% of GDP and petroleum products accounted for about 95% of those exports. [29]
For its part, the ad hoc administrative board of the Central Bank of Venezuela details a figure that totaled $198,214,818.77.62. [39] January 27: The federal prosecutor's office in South Florida accuses Maikel Moreno of receiving more than $10 million in bribes in Venezuela between 2014 and 2019. [40]
Venezuela's reliance on imported goods and the complicated exchange rates initiated under Chávez led to increasing shortages during the late 2000s and into the 2010s that affected the availability of medicines and medical equipment in the country. [161] Associated Press says the government stopped publishing medical statistics in 2010. [162]
In October 2019, Venezuela competed for one of the two seats to the United Nations Human Rights Council, along with Brazil and Costa Rica, and was elected with 105 votes in a secret ballot by the 193-member United Nations General Assembly. Brazil was re-elected with 153 votes, while Costa Rica was not having garnered 96 votes and entering the ...
February 11 – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) reveals that in 2020 it sold 1.2 million barrels of Iranian oil destined for Venezuela to compensate victims of state-sponsored terrorism. [9] February 13 – Twelve Pemon men arrested in 2020 in relation to an attack on a military base in Kumarakapay, Bolívar state, are released. [10]