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Venezuelan paramilitary force accused of extra-judicial killings of protesters
Among the extra troops sent to the border by President Maduro are members of the paramilitary Special Action Forces, known as FAES. Human Rights groups have accused them of carrying out extra-judicial killings of protesters in deprived neighbourhoods of the capital, Caracas. But the paramilitaries maintain they are fighting organised crime and terrorism.
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Maduro closes Venezuela/Brazil border in aid row
At least one person has reportedly died and several others have been injured, in clashes at Venezuela’s border with Brazil. Venezuelan security forces opened fire on a group of people who tried to block them getting to the border crossing, amid increased tension over the delivery of humanitarian aid. President Nicolas Maduro has now closed…
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Venezuela’s Guaidó vows to unblock aid
Planning is under way inside and outside Venezuela to deliver humanitarian aid from the US.
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Protests on Venezuela-Colombia border as aid held up
There were protests on the border with Colombia, with hundreds of people gathering in the town of Urena, just across from Cucuta where the consignment of aid has been stranded for five days.
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Guaidó calls for Venezuelans to ‘unite and fight’
Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido has declared it’s “time to unite and fight”, as thousands of anti-government protesters came out on to the streets across the country.
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Aid ‘desperately needed’ in Venezuela
The Venezuelan government worries that America is going to invade via the provision of aid.
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Anger on Venezuela border as military accused of blocking aid
The border between Venezuela and Colombia is the centre of a political and humanitarian stand-off as US aid is blocked by the socialist government of Venezuela.
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Venezuela’s self-sufficient socialist communes losing faith in Maduro
Venezuela’s self-sufficient ‘comunas’ or communes were encouraged by the late President Hugo Chavez as part of his vision of ‘socialism for the 21st century’.
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On the Colombia-Venezuela border as aid packages pile up
As aid piles up, people pour out. US humanitarian aid packages are arrving in Cucuta, Colombia, where the Venezuelan opposition have vowed to deliver it across the border.
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Huge containers block aid from getting in to Venezuela amid crisis
Huge containers are blockading a bridge linking Venezuela’s border with Colombia to stop humanitarian aid from coming in.
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The Venezuelan family struggling to put food on table as military accused of blocking aid
More than half the Venezuelan population say they can’t afford to buy food, and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on the regime to allow aid to reach those in need.
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‘Interim president’ Guaidó tells Channel 4 News 300,000 Venezuelans desperately need aid
The man Britain now recognises as President of Venezuela, Juan Guaido, has called on European countries to provide more aid.
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UK and other European countries recognise Guaidó as Venezuela’s leader
‘The people will never surrender’, the embattled Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has declared as he condemned European leaders for recognising his opponent Juan Guaidó as interim president.
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Venezuelans struggling to cope with shortages of food, fuel and medicine
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has used an interview with a Russian news agency to reject calls for new presidential elections, insisting his victory last spring was legitimate.
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The Venezuelan family who turned on government when their son was shot dead
Venezuela is braced for more protests as the country’s opposition leader and self-proclaimed president, Juan Guaido, called for demonstrators to intensify pressure on sitting President Nicolas Maduro to step down. The barrios, or poor neighbourhoods, usually loyal to Maduro are beginning to turn against him. We’ve been speaking to the family of a young protester. They…