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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.
Conflict
Mike Pence starts Latin America tour clouded by Trump’s military threat against Venezuela
Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro during the closing campaign ceremony for the Constituent Assembly election in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 27.
Economics
The US sanctions Venezuela’s President Maduro and calls him ‘a dictator’
Venezuela's opposition leader Leopoldo López, who has been granted house arrest after more than three years in jail, salutes supporters, in Caracas, Venezuela
Justice
Venezuela grants house arrest to Leopoldo López, its most prominent political prisoner
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.
Economics
Short of gauze and bandages, Venezuelan medical students patch up anti-government protesters