After years of economic crisis, many Venezuelans struggle just to get by. Yet President Nicolás Maduro continues to hold onto power, using state propaganda, repression and fear to contain the growing opposition.
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Venezuela Crisis Escalates as Guaidó’s Chief of Staff Is Arrested
Officers seized Roberto Marrero, a confidant of the opposition leader Juan Guaidó. His detention is a significant escalation of the country’s political crisis.
‘It Is Unspeakable’: How Maduro Used Cuban Doctors to Coerce Venezuela Voters
President Nicolás Maduro sent doctors door-to-door to warn the ill and elderly that care would be cut off unless they voted for the governing party, said 16 Cuban physicians who worked in Venezuela.
Venezuela Was Crumbling. A Blackout Tipped Parts of It Into Anarchy.
Maracaibo, the 2nd largest city, was without electricity for more than a week and saw mobs of looters, deteriorating bodies in morgues, abandoned patients in hospitals.
Trump Administration Warns Venezuela Not to Arrest Opposition Leader
The administration said that any attempts to arrest Juan Guaidó would be met with “immediate reaction” from the international community, though it was unclear what that would mean.
Venezuela, Seeking Blame for Blackout, Finds Culprit in Opposition Leader
The authorities also detained a prominent journalist for the supposed sabotage of the electrical system.
No End in Sight to Venezuela’s Blackout, Experts Warn
Four days after the country’s neglected power system went down, the government has pointed fingers but done little else to restore electricity.
Footage Contradicts U.S. Claim That Maduro Burned Aid Convoy
A reconstruction of the moment when a truck bearing humanitarian supplies was set on fire shows the likely cause was a Molotov cocktail thrown by a protester.
The U.S. Blamed Maduro for Burning Aid to Venezuela. New Video Casts Doubt.
Top U.S. officials have said Nicolás Maduro’s regime burned an aid convoy last month. But TV footage contradicts that claim and shows how this unverified information spread across Twitter and television.
Power Still Flickering, Venezuelans Take to Streets to Protest
Thousands of opposition supporters marched to central Caracas, testing a heavy police presence as the country struggled to emerge from its worst blackout in recent memory.