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Colombian President Gustavo Petro arrives in Caracas to meet with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro. The visit comes a week after Petro called the disqualification of opposition candidates in Venezuela's presidential election an "undemocratic coup." IMAGES
Polling stations open in Caracas as Venezuela presses ahead with a referendum that it hopes will strengthen its century-old claim to the oil-rich Essequibo territory controlled by neighbouring Guyana. Caracas contends that the Essequibo River to the east of the region is the natural border between the two countries, as declared in 1777 under Spanish rule, and that the United Kingdom wrongly appropriated Venezuelan lands in the 19th century. Guyana, however, asserts that the border was set in the British colonial era and was confirmed in 1899 by a court of arbitration. It says the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN's top judicial body, has validated this finding. IMAGES
Venezuelans begin voting in Caracas to choose the opposition candidate who will face President Nicolas Maduro in the 2024 elections. The 21 million Venezuelans on the electoral rolls are being called to vote in these primaries, which feature 11 candidates, against whom Maria Corina Machado, of the more radical wing, has a huge lead in the polls: her victory seems a foregone conclusion. IMAGES
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro welcomes Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas as he begins a Latin American tour that will also take him to Cuba and Nicaragua, some of Iran's political allies in the region. IMAGES
Venezuelans march in the capital Caracas against the government of President Nicolas Maduro, asking for improved salaries amid a wave of protests over declining purchasing power in the South American country that has seen roaring inflation in recent years. The march is held on the anniversary of the 1958 fall of the military dictatorship of Marcos Perez Jimenez. IMAGES
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro greets his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro as he arrives at the Miraflores Palace in the Venezuelan capital Caracas for their second bilateral meeting, after the South American countries restored diplomatic ties in August 2022 following a three-year break. IMAGES
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