A woman has died in clashes between protesters and security forces in Venezuela.

It appeared to be a confrontation between humanitarianism and military force.

The US-backed opposition leader, who considers himself the legitimate president, made the call in a video with soldiers.

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has arrived back in Venezuela to renew his campaign to topple the government of President Nicolas Maduro.

Venezuela's vice president is visiting Russia, seeking stronger ties with Moscow amid mounting pressure from the United States.

In recognising opposition leader Juan Guaido as president, the US misread the 100,000-strong army’s loyalty to dictator Nicolas Maduro, say Jeffrey Sachs and Francisco Rodríguez.

The moves come as an effort to deliver humanitarian aid to the economically devastated nation faltered amid strong resistance from security forces who remain loyal to the socialist leader.

These shipments are rarely just about saving lives, writes Morten Wendelbo.

Political unrest continues in Haiti as thousands of protesters took to the streets of Port au Prince, calling for President Jovenel Moise to step down.

Ireland has become the latest EU country to recognise Juan Guaidó as the interim President of Venezuela.

As I write the US is organising the groundwork for a coup in Venezuela. Things are progressing along a tried and tested plan which was used in Chile in 1973 and recently in Ukraine.

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The Venezuelan opposition leader who has declared himself the country's rightful president has said US sanctions against the state-owned oil company fall in line with requests politicians have made to "protect" the nation's assets abroad.

A former United Nations rapporteur has criticised the US for engaging in “economic warfare” against Venezuela which he claimed was the real reason for the economic and humanitarian crisis facing the country.

Addressing supporters today Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has reportedly revealed he is to break diplomatic relations with the US.

Venezuelans are marching in the streets and waving their nation's flag as they demand that President Nicolas Maduro step down from power.

President Nicolas Maduro has accused two opposition legislators of having roles in the drone attack that Venezuelan officials have called an assassination attempt on the leader.

Nearly 70 people have died after fire swept through the cell area inside a police station in Venezuela.

At least 18 people have been killed at an illegal gold mine in southern Venezuela during clashes with security forces looking to take control of the area.

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has announced she is opening preliminary probes into alleged crimes by police and security forces in the Philippines and Venezuela.

US President Donald Trump acted like "the world's emperor" at the UN General Assembly, Venezuela's top diplomat said.

The US has slapped sweeping financial sanctions on Venezuela, barring banks from any new financial deals with the government or state-run oil giant PDVSA.

Venezuela's recently ousted chief prosecutor has accused President Nicolas Maduro of participating in acts of corruption, saying she would turn over proof that would help other countries prosecute.

Venezuela's high court has issued an arrest order for the ousted chief prosecutor's husband after authorities accused him of running a US$6m extortion ring.

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Venezuela's government has rejected US president Donald Trump's talk of a potential "military option" to resolve the country's political crisis, calling it the most egregious act of belligerence against Venezuela in a century and a threat to Latin America's stability.

The Labour leader was criticised by a senior Venezuelan opposition politician, four of his own MPs and the Government for failing to personally condemn Mr Maduro and his regime earlier this week.

British Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has denounced the violence inflicted by "all sides" in Venezuela.

Military troops quickly put down an attack at an army base in Venezuela today, clashing with a group that said it was out to "re-establish the constitutional order" but was dismissed by officials as a band of civilians working with a deserted lieutenant and a former officer.

Update 8.32pm: Venezuela's newly-installed constitutional assembly has voted unanimously to remove chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega and replaced her with a government loyalist.

Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone has blamed the US for the ongoing unrest and economic decline in Venezuela.

Teams of heavily armed security agents seized two of Venezuela's senior opposition leaders from their homes in the middle of the night, dragging one into the street in his pyjamas.

Two of Venezuela's leading opposition figures have been taken from their homes in the middle of the night by state security agents.

Irish union official Adrian Kane was one of the international observers invited to Venezuela by the National Electoral Council for this weekend’s poll. He tells the Irish Examiner of what he saw in the troubled South American state.

Venezuela's National Electoral Council has said more than eight million people voted to grant President Nicolas Maduro's ruling socialist party virtually unlimited powers with a constitutional assembly - a turnout more than double the estimates of both the government's political opponents and independent experts.

Three people have died in protests at a controversial vote that opposition leaders fear will trigger the end of democracy in Venezuela.

A 15-year-old boy and a 34-year-old man have been killed during anti-government demonstrations in Venezuela.

A nationwide strike against plans to rewrite the constitution shut down much of Venezuelan's capital before erupting into sporadic violence when protesters clashed with riot police and burned a post office near the headquarters of the main state-run broadcaster.

As the protest death toll tops 115, many in Venezuela are wondering how much longer their country must suffer violence and misrule, write Anne-Marie Slaughter and Fabiana Perera

A woman has been killed by gunfire that erupted after government supporters on motorcycles swarmed an opposition polling site in Venezuela's capital, Caracas.