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Venezuela protests: 27-year-old woman dies in rioting; 24 injured in May Day clashes between Juan Guaido supporters and military forces
•Tensions in Venezuela have soared since Guaido, who heads the National Assembly legislature, invoked the constitution to declare himself acting president on 23 January, claiming Maduro's re-election last year was illegitimate.
Rioting breaks out in Venezuela amid Juan Guaido's 'coup attempt'; Nicolas Maduro says Opposition trying to form 'illegitimate govt'
•Opposition leader Juan Guaidó took to the streets of Venezuela to call for a military uprising against socialist President Nicolas Maduro.
Russian military planes delivered troops and cargo to Venezuela to fulfil military contract, claims local report
•The Sputnik report was published after an independent Venezuela journalist, Javier Mayorca, said on his Twitter feed that a Russian air force Antonov-124 cargo plane and a smaller jet, apparently an Ilyushin Il-62, had landed at the main airport outside Caracas on Saturday.
Venezuela crisis: Juan Guaido calls for nationwide march on Caracas; Maduro says he will 'never surrender'
•The mounting political pressure on Venezuela president Nicolas Maduro comes as authorities struggled to restore power following a major electricity outage that began on Thursday afternoon.
Daily Bulletin: Modi to meet CISF troops; Brexit deal returns to Parliament; Opposition slams Centre over Nirav Modi sighting; day's top stories
Fp Staff •Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address CISF troops on the 50th anniversary of its raising; Opposition slams Centre over Saturday's Nirav Modi sighting; Venezuela's Opposition leader Juan Guaido announced a nationwide march on Caracas; and more.
Protesters take to streets in Caracas against Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro; Opposition's Juan Guaido joins mass walkout
Fp Staff •The demonstration came one week after opposition leader Juan Guaido proclaimed himself the nation's rightful president amid a sea of supporters, as the anti-Maduro movement tried to establish a transitional government.
Venezuelans flock to Madrid on golden, humanitarian visas; only 29 asylum requests accepted by Spain last year
•Fleeing the crisis in their country, the people of Venezuela have arrived in Spain in their thousands, some of them penniless, others rich
Venezuela's Juan Guaido warns security officers to stay away from family, accuses them of ‘showing up’ unannounced
•The Venezuelan Opposition leader challenging Nicolas Maduro’s claim to the presidency, Juan Guaido, warned officers from a feared state security unit on Thursday to stay away from his family after he accused them of showing up at his apartment in a tense brush with the very force he is trying to persuade to switch allegiance and back him.
Nicolas Maduro says 'imperialists' will have to wait for presidential elections till 2025; welcomes negotiations with US-backed Opposition
•Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said he was prepared to hold negotiations with the US-backed opposition and added he would support early parliamentary elections
Venezuela power struggle: President Nicolas Maduro, Opposition leader Juan Guaido vie for military backing
•Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro oversaw a display of the army’s Russian hardware after opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim president