Tag: Venezuela
![Faced with an election ban, Venezuela opposition leader names alternate](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AP24082786547936-1711145952.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Opposition leader María Corina Machado named Professor Corina Yoris as her successor in the 2024…
![Venezuela orders suspension of UN rights office, gives staff days to leave](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2024-01-25T140231Z_241584006_RC21P5AKIUE8_RTRMADP_3_VENEZUELA-GUYANA-1708026699.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Earlier this week, the UN agency expressed “deep concern” over the detention of prominent human…
![US reimposes some sanctions after Venezuela bans presidential hopeful](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024-01-29T173833Z_25860415_RC2SR5A4IN96_RTRMADP_3_VENEZUELA-POLITICS-1706606031.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Venezuela’s Supreme Court upheld a 15-year ban on opposition leader Maria Corina Machado from holding…
![Venezuela court disqualifies leading opposition presidential candidate](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2023-10-19T110014Z_1557924694_RC2RTY9S9V7W_RTRMADP_3_VENEZUELA-ELECTION-MACHADO-1697841991.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Maria Corina Machado declared victory in the Venezuelan opposition’s presidential primaries last October. Venezuela’s Supreme…
![US, Venezuela swap prisoners: Maduro ally for 10 Americans, plus fugitive contractor ‘Fat Leonard’](https://www.newsnationnow.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/108/2023/12/65842d66425ad1.62422632.jpeg?w=1280)
MIAMI (AP) — The United States has freed a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás…
Irfaan Ali of Guyana and Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela shook hands after a two-hour meeting…
![Venezuela and Guyana agree not to use force in Essequibo dispute](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/347R8MZ-highres-1702608562.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Leaders are holding tense talks after Venezuela organized a referendum to claim oil-rich territories that…
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro proposed at a government meeting to submit a bill to the…
![Venezuela claims large support for annexing oil-rich Guyana territory](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AP23333728409640-1701446773.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
The referendum asked Venezuelan voters whether they supported the creation of a state in Essequibo….
![Venezuela holds referendum on oil-rich Guyana region: Four things to know](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023-12-01T225758Z_1891319541_RC2LO4AH55WD_RTRMADP_3_VENEZUELA-GUYANA-REFERENDUM-1-1701507063.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Venezuela will hold a referendum on Sunday on whether to create a new state in…