2020 in Venezuela

The following lists events in the year 2020 in Venezuela.

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Events

January to March

April
  • 1 April – U.S. President Donald Trump announces that he is stepping up pressure on President Maduro. Trump sends Navy ships and AWACS planes to the region near Venezuela in the largest military build-up in the region since the 1989 invasion of Panama to remove General Manuel Noriega from power.[10]
  • 2 April – The government releases journalist Darvinson Rojas, arrested 21 March.[11]
  • 3 April
    • The European Union announces its support of the US-led plan for a transitional government in Venezuela.[12]
    • Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants return from Colombia.[13]
    • The National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela prepare artillery for a possible attack by the United States.[14]
    • The Venezuelan patrol boat Naiguata rams the Portuguese-flagged RCGS Resolute, which was accused of piracy. The Naiguata sinks.[15]
  • 16 April – The 30-ton ″Kueka stone″ is returned to the Pemon people, 34 years after it was taken to Berlin, Germany. The stone represents the story of star-cross lovers, each turned to stone by a deity as punishment for marrying a member of another tribe.[16]
  • 17 April
    • Venezuela suffers its worst crisis since Maduro took office. The U.S. has a price on Madur′os head, a fleet of warships patrols the waters around the country, the coronavirus pandemic rages, gasoline shortages threaten food supplies, and a lack of liquidity makes it nearly impossible to resolve the crisis. Venezuela is caught in the middle of an international power play by the United States, Russia, and China.[17]
    • The National Assembly, which is controlled by Juan Guaido, authorizes the transfer of US $342 million at an account in Citibank to an account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Guaido had earlier seized control of Venezuelan government assets held in the United States, including Citgo, the US-based subsidiary of the state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA.[18]
  • 22 April – An Iranian Airbus A340-642 lands in Paraguaná Peninsula. There is speculation that the flight may be related to drug trafficking.[19]
  • 23 April
    • Elliott Abrams, the United States special representative for Venezuela, says that "many people" both inside and outside the Maduro government support the proposed U.S. transition to a government that would involve neither Maduro nor Guaidó.[20]
    • Two flights of Iranian technicians have arrived to help run the Paraguaná Refinery Complex. 14 more flights of technicians are expected soon.[21]
    • Opposition lawmakers approved a payment of US $5,000 per month for themselves as part of a plan to help health professionals during the coronavirus pandemic. Doctors and nurses will get a one-time US$100 each.[22]
  • 27 April – Maduro appoints Tareck El Aissami oil minister and Asdrúbal Chávez to head PDVSA. The government of the United States has offered a $10 million bounty for the arrest of El Aissami, who is on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ten-most-wanted list.[23]
  • April 29 – 500 Venezuela migrants living in Colombia block a highway in protest of the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia. They say the makes it impossible for them to work. There are 1.8 million Venezuelan migrants living in Colombia.[24]
  • 30 April – Maduro refuses to bow to pressure from Brazil to remove its diplomatic personal by May 2.[25]

May
  • 1 May
  • 4 May – Eight dissidents were killed and seventeen were captured after a failed beach landing in Macuto, Vargas state, including the two Americans, organized by the private security company Silvercorp USA and headed by Jordan Goudreau in the codenamed Operation Gideon.[27]
  • 12 May – Passenger flights are banned for thirty days.[28]
  • 13 May – Criminal charges are filed against the prison warden and five guards following the riot in Guanare that left 47 inmates dead and dozens more injured.[29]
  • 14 May – Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino tells state television that its troops captured 39 army deserters on the Colombian border.[30]
  • 19 May – The government sends the military to put down protests in Barquisimeto, Iribarren Municipality. Five arrested.[31]
  • 20 May – The Maduro government sues the Bank of England, accusing it of stealing 31 tons of gold. Maduro said, "It is the colonial war against Venezuela!"[32]
  • 25 May – Dozens of people from Sucre Municipality, Miranda protest because they have not had water for 57 days.[33]

June
  • 13 June – Authorities in Cape Verde arrest Alex Saab, a businessman accused by the U.S. of corrupt dealings with President Nicolás Maduro’s government, while en route to Iran.[34]
  • 15 June – The conservative Spanish newspaper ′′ABC′′ reported on June 15 that then-Foreign Minister of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro paid Gianroberto Casaleggio €3.5 million in 2010 to finance an ″anticapitalist, leftist movement in the Italian Republic,″ which makes up the Italian political party Five Star Movement today. Casaleggio's son, Davide Casaleggio said this was fake news that had already surfaced in 2016.[35]

July
  • July 13 – Former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson plans to travel this week to Venezuela to urge President Nicolás Maduro to free two American mercenaries and six jailed oil executives as a goodwill gesture aimed at easing tensions with the U.S.[36]
  • July 15
    • COVID-19 pandemic: Miranda (state) and Caracas join Zulia in quarantine.[37]
    • Federico Villegas, Argentine ambassador, expresses his concerns about human rights in Venezuela and demands free elections.[38]

August
  • August 13 – The National Assembly demands information about an oi spill near Falcón state.[39]

Planned and scheduled events

Deaths
Alberto Naranjo
Darío Vivas

See also

References
  1. Woody, Christopher (January 31, 2020). "A US warship sailed along Venezuela's cost to gather intelligence and send a message to Maduro". Business Insider.
  2. @Simon85205764 (January 21, 2020). "#USSDetroit off the coast of Venezuela currently. Very close to the capital #Caracas #Navy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Detroit_(LCS-7) …" (Tweet). Archived from the original on February 4, 2020 – via Twitter.
  3. "La Fiscalía venezolana eleva a los 11 muertos en un incendio, 9 de ellos menores". efe.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  4. The IMF refuses to grant a loan of 5 billion to Maduro to contain the coronavirus (in Spanish) El País, 17 Mar 2020
  5. The United States accused Nicolás Maduro of narco-terrorism and offered USD 15 million for data leading to his arrest (in Spanish) Infobae, 26 Mar 2020
  6. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro threatens Trump in face of drug charges By Yaron Steinbuch, New York Post, 27 March 2020
  7. Oil company Rosneft sells its assets in Venezuela to the Government of Russia (in Spanish) El Pais, 28 Mar 2020
  8. Venezuela prosecutor's office summoned Guaido for 'attempted coup' AFP, 31 Mar 2020
  9. "Mike Pompeo dijo que EEUU levantará las sanciones a Venezuela si el chavismo acepta ir a elecciones libres" [Mike Pompeo said that the US will lift sanctions against Venezuela if Chavismo agrees to go to free elections]. Infobae Mexico (in Spanish). March 31, 2020.
  10. Trump: US to deploy anti-drug Navy ships near Venezuela AP, 1 April 2020
  11. Nicolás Maduro's regime released journalist Darvinson Rojas after 12 days in detention (in Spanish) Infobae, 2 Apr 2020
  12. The European Union expressed its support for the US plan to install a transitional government in Venezuela (in Spanish) Infobae, 3 Apr 2020
  13. Venezuelan migrants flee Colombian quarantine for their shattered homeland Reuters, 3 Apr 2020
  14. Venezuela mobilizes its artillery before threat of armed attacks (in Spanish) La Jornada (Mexico), 3 Apr 2020
  15. "Cruise ship collision sinks Venezuela navy vessel". BBC News. 3 April 2020. Retrieved Apr 21, 2020.
  16. "Sacred Venezuelan stone back home after hiatus in Berlin". AP NEWS. 17 April 2020. Retrieved Apr 23, 2020.
  17. Croda, Rafael (18 April 2020). "Maduro encara su peor crisis... y Washington lo cerca" [Maduro faces his worst crisis ... and Washington surrounds him]. Proceso portal de noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  18. "Venezuela slams US over 'vulgar' central bank funds seizure". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved Apr 19, 2020.
  19. "Un extraño avión iraní aterrizó en el norte de Venezuela" [A strange Iranian plane landed in northern Venezuela]. Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved Apr 23, 2020.
  20. "Elliott Abrams aseguró que integrantes del régimen de Maduro han hecho consultas serias sobre el plan de EEUU para una transición democrática en Venezuela" [Elliott Abrams assured that members of the Maduro regime have made serious consultations about the US plan for a democratic transition in Venezuela]. Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved Apr 23, 2020.
  21. News, A. B. C. "Venezuela turns to Iran for a hand restarting its gas pumps". ABC News. Retrieved Apr 24, 2020.
  22. News, A. B. C. "Sources: Guaido allies take slice of first Venezuela budget". ABC News. Retrieved Apr 24, 2020.
  23. News, A. B. C. "Maduro taps US fugitive to revamp Venezuela oil industry". ABC News. Retrieved Apr 28, 2020.
  24. "Venezuelan migrants block Bogota road, demand ability to travel home". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved Apr 29, 2020.
  25. "Venezuela refuses to withdraw diplomats from Brazil". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  26. "Motín en una cárcel de Venezuela deja 17 muertos y 9 heridos". CNN en Español (in Spanish). 2 May 2020. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  27. News, A. B. C. "Venezuela: 2 Americans among those nabbed after beach raid". ABC News. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  28. "Venezuela extiende prohibición de vuelos hasta el 12 de junio". El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento (in Spanish). Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  29. News, A. B. C. "Venezuela: Warden charged in deadly prison riot with 47 dead". ABC News. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  30. "Venezuela captures 39 army 'deserters' over Maduro plot: minister". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  31. de 2020, Por Sebastiana Barráez25 de Mayo. "Ante las protestas por fallas en los servicios públicos, el régimen de Nicolás Maduro usa a la Fuerza Armada para amedrentar a la población". infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  32. "El régimen de Nicolás Maduro demandó al Banco de Inglaterra por retener 31 toneladas de oro venezolano". infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  33. ""Queremos agua": el reclamo de los venezolanos en Sucre tras 57 días sin servicio en medio de la emergencia por el coronavirus". infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  34. News, A. B. C. "Businessman tied to Venezuelan leader arrested in Cape Verde". ABC News. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  35. "Una investigación asegura que el régimen chavista financió al Movimiento 5 Estrellas que hoy gobierna Italia con 3,9 millones de dólares". infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  36. "Ex-US diplomat Richardson to urge Maduro to free Americans". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  37. "Caracas y el estado de Miranda volvieron a una cuarentena radical por el avance del coronavirus en Venezuela". infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  38. "Argentina expresó su profunda preocupación por las violaciones a los Derechos Humanos en Venezuela y pidió elecciones libres". infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  39. "Venezuela's National Assembly investigates oil spill". news.yahoo.com. BBC. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  40. "Falleció la diputada Addy Valero tras una larga lucha contra el cáncer". elnacional.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  41. "Falleció El baterista y compositor Alberto Naranjo a los 78 anos". eluniversal.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  42. Falleció el humorista venezolano Carlos Donosoa (in Spanish)
  43. Fallece Jorge Spiteri, pionero del rock de Venezuela (in Spanish)
  44. "Outrage in Venezuela after prize racehorse stolen, butchered". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  45. Murió el diputado Hernán Alemán por covid-19 (in Spanish)
  46. Falleció el ´negrito fullero´ Daniel Alvarado tras sufrir un accidente doméstico (in Spanish)
  47. "Muere diputado venezolano exiliado en Colombia que padecía covid-19". CNN (in Spanish). 8 July 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  48. Fallece Flor Isava, la eterna dama del olimpismo venezolano (in Spanish)
  49. Jesús Berardinelli, president of the Venezuelan Football Federation, died
  50. Falleció la exprimera dama Blanca Rodríguez de Pérez (in Spanish)
  51. Governor of Venezuela's capital district, key Maduro ally, dies of COVID-19
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