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Euroviews. View: The terror of life in Venezuela explained

A young Venezuelan explains why she had to 'escape' her beloved country and what has led to the crisis it is enduring

07/07/2017

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Venezuela: pro-government mob storms opposition controlled assembly

06/07/2017

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Venezuela: protesters storm National Assembly

Pro-government protesters storm Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly, injuring a number of politicians and journalists.

05/07/2017

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Venezuelan opposition plan vote to 'delegitimise' Maduro

Veneuzelan Opposition begin fourth month of anti-government protests and will hold own vote on Maduro's plan to rewrite constitution

04/07/2017

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Minimum wage hike for Venezuela's poor

Maduro raises minimum wage by 50% but critcs say country cannot afford it.

03/07/2017

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Venezuela: Attack helicopter found

Helicopter used in attack on Venezuelan Supreme Court is found. Suspected pilot is still missing

29/06/2017

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Meet the 'Venezuelan Rambo' allegedly behind a coup attempt

Oscar Perez is the alleged perpetrator of an attack on Venezuela’s Supreme Court building and Interior Ministry, but who is the 'Rambo of Venezuela'?

28/06/2017

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Venezuela: Supreme Court attacked by 'terrorists seeking a coup'

A helicopter has tried to bomb Venezuela’s Supreme Court in a dramatic ratcheting up of the country’s political crisis.

28/06/2017

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Venezuela: Helicopter attacks Supreme Court

President Maduro condemns 'terrorist attack' as helicopter apparently tries to bomb Supreme Court

28/06/2017

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Clashes in Caracas as Venezuela opposition rally over activist's death

Violence erupted as protesters shouted and climbed the bars of the base

25/06/2017

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Pressure mounts on Venezuela's Maduro

Thousands of anti-government protesters once again took to the streets of Caracas on Saturday, as international pressure mounted on President Nicolas Maduro to hold free elections.

25/06/2017

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Venezuelan opposition leader: 'They're torturing me'

24/06/2017

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More deaths in Venezuela as anti-Maduro protesters threaten airbase

Venezuelan troops kill another protester after a crowd tries to storm an air base

23/06/2017

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Venezuela protests end in death once more

Demonstrators came under a hail of rubber bullets as soldiers fired at point blank range during an attack on an airbase.

23/06/2017

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Venezuela - opposition ups the pressure on Maduro

Eighty days of anti-govenment demonstartions tied in to OAS meeting in Mexico

19/06/2017

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Student killed in Venezuela protests

16/06/2017

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Venezuela: 'Bus TV' doesn't want viewers taken for a ride

16/06/2017

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Venezuela: opponent warns of rigged vote

Nicmer Evans, one of Venezuela's most famous dissidents, said Maduro would boost his votes

16/06/2017

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News on the move in Venezuela

Activists board buses to read news bulletins to people in Caracas and further afield.

14/06/2017

Switzerland

US reviews role in UN Human Rights Council

06/06/2017