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Venezuela, Colombia agree to partially reopen borders
Aug 12, 2016 04:27Venezuela and Colombia have agreed to partially reopen their common border a year after Caracas decided to close the country’s frontier crossings in a dispute over security and smuggling.
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Venezuelans cross into Colombia en masse to buy food, medicine
Jul 17, 2016 09:31Tens of thousands of people from Venezuela have crossed into neighboring Colombia to buy food and medicine amid acute shortages of basic stuff in their own country.
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Venezuela seizes facilities of US firm: Minister
Jul 12, 2016 12:26The Venezuelan government says it has taken control of the Venezuela-based facilities belonging to a US firm that had stopped operations amid the critical economic situation in the Latin American country.
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Venezuelans cross into Colombia to buy basic goods
Jul 11, 2016 12:20Tens of thousands of Venezuelans have crossed the border into neighboring Colombia to buy essential goods amid shortages caused by a decline in oil revenues in Venezuela.
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Venezuela opposition claims enough signatures for recall vote
Jun 25, 2016 03:12Venezuelan opposition leaders say they have authenticated enough signatures on a petition to step up the campaign for a recall referendum to unseat President Nicolas Maduro.
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Venezuela lets anti-Maduro referendum advance
Jun 11, 2016 12:13Venezuelan authorities have announced the next stage of a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro in an olive branch to protesters.
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Venezuelan protesters call on Maduro to solve
Jun 03, 2016 11:00Hundreds of protesters have amassed in front of Venezuela’s presidential palace, calling on the government to take measures to address the ongoing food crisis in the oil-rich country.
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Maduro supporters rally against OAS 'meddling'
Jun 02, 2016 07:03Thousands of Venezuelans have staged a rally in support of President Nicolas Maduro and against a threat by the Organization of American States (OAS) to punish his socialist administration for what is said to be breaching democratic norms.
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Venezuela’s govt., opposition reps meet with ex-world leaders on crisis
May 29, 2016 06:18Officials from Venezuela’s government and opposition have held separate secret meetings with a group of former world leaders on resolving the political crisis in the country.
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Latin American states slam Rousseff suspension as ‘coup’
May 13, 2016 12:40Latin American countries and China have poured criticism on the political turmoil in Brazil that saw President Dilma Rousseff suspended, with some countries denouncing the events as a “coup.”