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Alexander Martínez Pérez runs the AFP's Venezuela bureau
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."
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
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 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
Weary Venezuelans in low-turnout win for ruling party
National Electoral Council chair Tibisay Lucena put the rate of abstention at 72.6%
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…