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By September, Venezuela saw some of its largest protests in the country's history with over one million demonstrating on 1 September 2016 and 26 October 2016. Into November, protests ceased due to the Vatican-backed dialogue between the opposition and the Bolivarian government, though the talks began to fall apart by the end of December.
For years, Venezuela has suffered from a political and economic crisis following the presidency of Hugo Chávez and his successor Nicolás Maduro. Óscar Alberto Pérez has stated that, while working as a law enforcement agent, he witnessed deep levels of corruption within the Bolivarian government's structure, experiencing the collaboration between state authorities and pro-government gangs ...
It is the worst economic crisis in Venezuela's history, and the worst facing a country in peacetime since the mid-20th century. The crisis is often considered more severe than the Great Depression in the United States, the 1985–1994 Brazilian economic crisis, or the 2008–2009 hyperinflation in Zimbabwe. [5]
Venezuela's opposition signals flexible timeline toward long-sought government transition; Trump lawyers and aide hit with 10 additional felony charges in Wisconsin over 2020 fake electors; Truck drivers in Mexico block major highways to protest the government's failure to pay bills; US officials to investigate labor and human rights abuses in ...
Voter turnout was the lowest in Venezuela's modern history after the opposition boycotted the election out of protest. [ 34 ] 21 May – Venezuelans across the country participated in small protests against the election results, with the largest demonstration organized by Soy Venezuela occurring near the Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air ...
The United States then increase sanctions on Venezuela [68] and economic conditions drastically deteriorated due to the sanctions. [83] NPR, following a February 2019 statement by President Trump suggesting that members of the Venezuelan armed forces join Guaidó, described such comments as "the latest push for regime change in Venezuela."
An October 2020 report published by the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) by Venezuelan economist Luis Oliveros found that "while Venezuela's economic crisis began before the first U.S. sectoral sanctions were imposed in 2017, these measures 'directly contributed to its deep decline, and to the further deterioration of the quality of ...
10 January – Nicolás Maduro is inaugurated for his second presidential term by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice. [1]11 January – The first open cabildo, a rally in the streets of Caracas, is held by National Assembly president Juan Guaidó, with many gathered there protesting against the failures of the Bolivarian government of Nicolás Maduro. [2]