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Juan Guaidó: Venezuela has chance to leave chaos behind
Exclusive: self-declared interim president tells the Guardian he is set on forcing out Nicolás Maduro

Virginia López in Caracas and Tom Phillips

28, Jan, 2019 @2:12 AM

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Venezuela: Juan Guaidó urges fresh protests and bids for Russia and China backing
Guaidó made his first public appearance since declaring himself Venezuela’s interim president in place of Nicolás Maduro

Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent and Virginia López in Caracas

25, Jan, 2019 @6:38 PM

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Venezuela the day after: Caracas returns to grind of slow-burn crisis
Constitutional crisis takes a back seat to half-empty schools, sparsely stocked shops and grinding commutes across Caracas

Virginia López in Caracas

24, Jan, 2019 @9:48 PM

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President Maduro strips Venezuela’s parliament of power
Legislative powers taken from opposition-led parliament, as country’s fugitive attorney general alleges Maduro corruption links

Emma Graham-Harrison and Virginia López

19, Aug, 2017 @7:40 PM

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US hits Nicolás Maduro with sanctions after Venezuela's 'sham' election
Sanctions freeze Venezuelan president’s assets under US jurisdiction and prevent US citizens from doing business with him

Virginia López and Sibylla Brodzinsky

31, Jul, 2017 @7:33 PM

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Venezuelans plan country-wide protests in open defiance of government ban
‘We will exercise our right to protest every say until it is no longer necessary’

Sibylla Brodzinsky and Virginia López

28, Jul, 2017 @5:34 PM

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Venezuela to vote amid crisis: all you need to know
Nicolás Maduro has convened a national vote on 30 July to elect a group to redraft the constitution – a move that his many opponents call a power grab

Virginia López and Sibylla Brodzinsky

25, Jul, 2017 @6:00 AM

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Patriot, or government plant? Rumors fly over Venezuela helicopter attack
Some speculate that Oscar Perez’s actions were an orchestrated distraction from the Maduro regime’s further consolidation of power

Virginia López in Caracas

28, Jun, 2017 @6:57 PM

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Venezuela: police helicopter attacks supreme court with grenades
President says explosives failed to detonate in incident following months of increasing violence against his rule

Virginia López in Caracas

28, Jun, 2017 @10:58 AM

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What do we know about the Venezuela helicopter attack?
Reports of an assault on the interior ministry and supreme court mark a dramatic escalation following months of protests

Sam Jones, and Virginia López in Caracas

28, Jun, 2017 @10:08 AM

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Venezuela president says supporters will take up arms if government falls
As protests continue, Nicolás Maduro says his side ‘would never give up’ amid chaos: ‘What we failed to achieve with votes, we would do with weapons’

Virginia López in Caracas

27, Jun, 2017 @9:55 PM

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Venezuela poised for new violence after security forces fatally shoot protester, 17
Fabian Urbina is first person killed by security forces amid protests that have led to more than 70 deaths since April

Virginia López in Caracas

20, Jun, 2017 @7:15 PM

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