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Alexander Martínez Pérez runs the AFP's Venezuela bureau

Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido. (Federico Parra/AFP)

Backers ‘failed to follow through’ in abortive uprising — Venezuelan opp leader

Juan Guaido said it was "obvious today, there is widespread discontent from which the armed forces aren’t immune."

On Sunday Guaido also announced that he would push for Caracas to rejoin the Inter-American Defense Treaty, which Venezuela left in 2012. (Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)

Venezuela’s Guaido makes new bid to rally military support

​Opposition leader Juan Guaido will make a fresh bid on Saturday to rally Venezuela’s armed forces behind him with protests at military bases

A soldier gestures while riding on top of a car with fellow soldiers and supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido (not pictured) during anti-government protests, in Caracas, Venezuela. (Reuters/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez)

Venezuela opposition leader calls for massive May Day protest

Tensions in Venezuela have been ratcheted up after Juan Guaido announced on January 23 that he was the acting president under the constitution.

Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido. (Federico Parra/AFP)

Venezuela says ‘attempted coup’ under way

Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido says that troops have joined his campaign to oust President Maduro

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. (Reuters)

Weary Venezuelans in low-turnout win for ruling party

National Electoral Council chair Tibisay Lucena put the rate of abstention at 72.6%

President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with government officials. (Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS)

Venezuela vows to eradicate plots after Maduro ‘assassination’ bid

‘There is sufficient evidence of the participation of the outgoing Colombian government of President Juan Manuel Santos’ — Maduro

‘Green war’ rages in Colombia

A distant explosion startles villagers in Vistahermosa, a paradise of nature in southern Colombia where the government is working to destroy about 4Â 500ha of coca. But calm…