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Pope grants Venezuela president private audience

Maduro is accused by the opposition-majority legislature of committing a coup d'etat by blocking a referendum on removing him from power

Venezuelan congress declares 'coup d'etat' by Nicolas Maduro govt

Lawmakers passed a resolution declaring a break of constitutional order

Venezuela suspends recall campaign against President Maduro

The official announcement came as a shock to many Venezuelans, who were gearing up for the chance to sign petitions next week

Venezuela opposition marches against President Maduro

Congress President Henry Ramos said Venezuelans cannot be denied their constitutional right to protest

Nicolas Maduro extends Venezuela emergency for fourth time

The state of emergency, in place since January, has been extended for another 60 days

Fresh protests press President Nicolas Maduro in tense Venezuela crisis

Oil giant Venezuela's once-booming economy has gone into meltdown as crude prices have crashed since mid-2014

Venezuelan army personnel named to oversee food distribution

Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez selected the military personnel for the Great Mission of Sovereign Supply and Security

Biggest demo in decades pressures Venezuela president

Demonstrators dressed in white marched in the east of the capital, yelling "Venezuela is hungry" and "This government is going to fall

Venezuela freezes Brazil ties after Rousseff removal

Venezuela has decided to definitively withdraw its ambassador in the Federal Republic of Brazil, and to freeze political and diplomatic relations with Brazil

Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro vows crackdown on protest violence

Maduro accused the United States of plotting against leftist governments in Latin America

Venezuela accuses US, opposition of planning coup

The opposition has called for a march to demand a recall vote against President Nicolas Maduro

Venezuela sends opposition leader back to jail

A group of Ecuadoran lawmakers, who are accused of destabilizing activities, were also expelled

Venezuelan opposition seats lawmakers in challenge to Presiden Nicolas Maduro

Electoral authorities certified the victory of the indigenous lawmakers as part of the opposition's landslide victory in December elections

Citibank to close key Venezuela payment account: Nicolas Maduro

The Venezuelan President further accused the US-based bank of a "financial blockade"

Venezuelans cross into Colombia searching for food

Some 500 desperate Venezuelans illegally stormed the border earlier this week in search of basic goods

Venezuela government, opposition meet with mediator

Oil crisis has prompted food shortages and deadly looting that the opposition blames on socialist President's Nicolas Maduro's economic mismanagement

Venezuela president Nicolas Maduro vows military boost to fight crisis

Venezuela is suffering a deep recession driven by falling prices for its oil exports. The crisis has sparked food shortages and deadly looting

Venezuela 'willing' to restore diplomatic ties with US after six-year freeze

The two countries have not exchanged ambassadors since 2010 due to tensions between Washington and the government of Hugo Chavez

Venezuela's oil revenues plunge 40% in 2015

PDVSA -- the world's fifth-largest oil company -- earned $72.2 billion in revenues last year, a sharp drop from 2014's $121.9 billion

Venezuela opposition claims enough signatures to oust President

Only 1% of the electorate, or 194,729 voters, is needed to endorse the referendum in the first phase