2017 in Venezuela

The following lists events in the year 2017 in Venezuela.

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See also:	Other events of 2017 Years in Venezuela Timeline of Venezuelan history

Incumbents

• President: Nicolás Maduro
• Vice President: Aristóbulo Istúriz (until January 4), Tareck El Aissami (starting January 4)

Events

For events regarding the protests, see Timeline of the 2017 Venezuelan protests.

February

• 14 February - The United States sanctions Vice President El Aissami over allegations of playing a role in drug trafficking, freezing his assets in the US and barring him from entering the country.[1]
• 15 February - Venezuela bans CNN from the country after allegations of spreading propaganda.[2]

October

• 15 October - The Bolivarian government Great Patriotic Pole won 18 of the 23 governorships while the opposition only 5 during the 2017 Venezuelan regional elections

December

• 3 December - President Nicolás Maduro announces the creation of a new cryptocurrency the petro.[3]
• 10 December - The Bolivarian government Great Patriotic Pole won 306 of the 337 Mayorships during the 2017 Venezuelan municipal elections.

Deaths

Octavio Lepage

• 1 January – Memo Morales, singer (b. 1937).[4]
• 6 January – Octavio Lepage, politician (b. 1923).[5]
• 26 June – Isaías Pimentel, tennis player (b. 1933)

References

1. "US sanctions Venezuela vice-president over trafficking claims".
2. "Venezuela bans CNN after report alleges Iraq passport fraud".
3. BBC 3 December 2017
4. "Falleció Memo Morales durante un concierto de fin de año". globovision.com (in Spanish). 1 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
5. "Falleció el expresidente interino de Venezuela, Octavio Lepage". globovision.com (in Spanish). 6 January 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.