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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

Top US diplomat visits Venezuela as activists detained

Neither US nor Venezuelan officials gave immediate reports on the content of the discussions

Venezuela, US launch talks amid economic, political crisis

Oil-rich Venezuela has slid into crisis as crude prices have crashed over the past two years. Citizens are suffering shortages of basic goods

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro seeks to block recall vote

Maduro's opponents warn Venezuela risks exploding into unrest without a vote on sacking the leftist leader

Venezuela opposition claims first win in recall drive

Under the constitution, the opposition would then have to gather four million more signatures (20% of the electorate) to trigger a recall vote

Armed squad kills 11 people in Venezuela: Official

Venezuela is one of the most violent countries in the world that is not at war, with 58 homicides per 100,000 residents in 2015

Venezuelan SC declares state of emergency constitutional

The opposition-controlled congress had rejected President Nicolas Maduro's decree giving sweeping powers to the security forces