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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Venezuela, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 1,839 stories have been published about Venezuela which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Venezuela, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 1,839 stories have been published about Venezuela which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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Top Venezuela News

Joe Biden · United States

Under pressure over border, Biden admin grants protection to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans

59% Center coverage: 109 sources

Under intense political pressure from fellow Democrats, the Biden administration announced late Wednesday that it was granting protection to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country. See the Story

Nicolás Maduro · Venezuela

UN rights experts report a rise of efforts in Venezuela to squelch democracy ahead of 2024 election

77% Center coverage: 18 sources

Venezuela’s government has intensified efforts to curtail democratic freedoms with use of threats, surveillance and harassment as President Nicolás Maduro faces a re-election contest next year, U.N.-backed human rights experts reported on Wednesday.See the Story

Venezuela Politics · Venezuela

Venezuela sends 11,000 troops to retake gang-run prison with pool, disco, zoo

46% Center coverage: 11 sources

Venezuela said Wednesday it had seized control of a prison from the hands of a powerful gang with international reach, in a major operation involving 11,000 members of its security forces. The Tocoron prison had served as the Tren de Aragua gang's headquarters, where it had installed amenities such as a zoo, a pool and gambling rooms, according to an investigative journalist recently interviewed by AFP.See the Story

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Bitcoin · Venezuela

Bitcoin machines, rocket-launchers seized in Venezuela prison

The prison boasted amenities such as a zoo, a pool, gambling rooms, a disco, a baseball field and a restaurant. Ceballos said sniper rifles, explosives, rocket launchers, and grenades were seized. Tren de Aragua, Venezuela's most powerful home-grown gang, is involved in crime.See the Story

Caracas · Caracas

El Gobierno venezolano confirma un agente muerto y cuatro detenidos en intervención en cárcel

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Caracas, 21 sep (EFE).- El ministro de Interior y Justicia de Venezuela, Remigio Ceballos, confirmó este jueves que un miembro de la Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana (FANB) falleció y otros cuatro miembros de los cuerpos de seguridad fueron detenidos durante la intervención gubernamental de la cárcel de Tocorón, ubicada en el estado Aragua (norte).En una rueda de prensa, el ministro indicó que el militar, que tenía grado de mayor en la Guardia…See the Story

Venezuela · Venezuela

How the Aragua Train expanded across Latin America from a Venezuelan prison

The Aragua Train was founded in 2014 by three criminals who lived together in Tocorón.See the Story

Nicolás Maduro · Venezuela

UN report in Venezuela exposes Maduro's 'abuse of power', says opposition

The Venezuelan opposition supported the new report of the Independent Mission to Venezuela.See the Story

Venezuela · Venezuela

Venezuela's prison run for years by a criminal group

The government regained control on Wednesday: inside, the detainees had built a swimming pool, a zoo and a nightclubSee the Story

Bolivia · Bolivia

How the dreaded Aragua Train, Venezuela's bloody megabanda that has expanded across Latin America, operates

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

It was born as a small group in a Venezuelan state that today engages in various criminal activities and operates in almost all of South America, according to experts.See the Story

Caracas · Caracas

Venezuelan Parliament backs security operation against criminal gangs

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

The National Assembly (AN) of Venezuela approved this Thursday in plenary session the “Draft Agreement in support of Operation Liberation Cacique Guaicaipuro as Citizen Security”, which began more than 24 hours ago. READ ALSO: Venezuela restores order in prison in Tocorón, Aragua, after a security operation In this regard, during the regular session that began at 11:30 local time (16:30 UTC), the project that addresses the security operation ca…See the Story

Caracas · Caracas

The Geopolitical Map of Economic Sanctions Presented at the UN

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

El canciller de Venezuela, Yvan Gil, y el representante permanente de esa nación ante las Naciones Unidas, el embajador Samuel Moncada, encabezaron la presentación este jueves del Mapa Geopolítico de Sanciones Económicas, que tuvo lugar en la sede de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas, en Nueva York. LEA TAMBIÉN: Honduras insta a cesar medidas restrictivas unilaterales Durante un evento de alto nivel que funcionó de manera colateral a las …See the Story

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