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politics in Venezuela

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence speaking to reporters after a security briefing at Trump's golf estate in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Aug. 10.

Mike Pence starts Latin America tour clouded by Trump’s military threat against Venezuela

Conflict

President Donald Trump warned on Friday that he was considering various measures to tackle Venezuela “including a possible military option if necessary.” But Latin American nations are united against US military deployment there.

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro during the closing campaign ceremony for the Constituent Assembly election in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 27.

The US sanctions Venezuela’s President Maduro and calls him ‘a dictator’

Economics
Venezuela's opposition leader Leopoldo López, who has been granted house arrest after more than three years in jail, salutes supporters, in Caracas, Venezuela

Venezuela grants house arrest to Leopoldo López, its most prominent political prisoner

Justice
In Venezuela, two volunteers help a protester overcome by tear gas. The volunteers are mostly medical students who provide first aid at the anti-government demonstrations.

Short of gauze and bandages, Venezuelan medical students patch up anti-government protesters

Economics