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6 January – Venezuela breaks off diplomatic relations with Paraguay after the latter's president Santiago Peña recognizes Edmundo González Urrutia as president-elect of Venezuela. [ 3 ] 9 January – Opposition leader María Corina Machado is arrested by government security forces after leaving a rally in Caracas .
Parliamentary elections are due to be held in Venezuela on 25 May 2025 to elect the 277 deputies of the National Assembly. [1] The elections are set to take place during the ongoing political crisis within the country, and are not expected to be free or fair.
Presidential elections were held in Venezuela on 28 July 2024 to choose a president for a six-year term beginning on 10 January 2025. [2] [3] The election was contentious, with international monitors calling it neither free nor fair, [4] citing the incumbent Maduro administration having controlled most institutions and repressed the political opposition before, during, [2] [5] and after the ...
25 January – Brazil and Venezuela will reopen their border after a two year closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] 6 March – The United States start talks with Venezuela about supplies of its oil, currently under sanctions, in an attempt to substitute the Russian crude. So far the talks yielded few results.
Edmundo González Urrutia (born 29 August 1949) is a Venezuelan politician, analyst, and diplomat. A member of the Unitary Platform political alliance, González was its candidate in the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election.
Independents for Venezuela (Independientes Por Venezuela) Independents With Vision Of The Future (Independiente Con Vision De Futuro) Internationalism (Internacionalismo) Movement for a Responsible, Sustainable and Entrepreneurial Venezuela (Movimiento por una Venezuela Responsable, Sostenible y Emprendedora) Lets Break Chains (Rompamos Cadenas)
The Miraflores Palace is the seat of the Venezuelan Government, where the official office of the President of Venezuela is located. The president decides the size and composition of the cabinet and makes appointments to it with the involvement [clarification needed] of the National Assembly. There are currently 33 ministries and one state ministry.
The Defense Minister of Israel, Yoav Galant, reported gold smuggling from Venezuela to finance the terrorist activities of the Lebanese group Hezbollah in the Middle East, through Mahan Air, a privately owned Iranian airline, designated by OFAC and sanctioned in May 2022. [58]