2023 in Venezuela
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The following lists events of the year 2023 in Venezuela.
Incumbents
Governors
- Amazonas: Miguel Rodríguez
- Anzoátegui: Antonio Barreto Sira
- Apure: Ramón Carrizales
- Aragua: Rodolfo Clemente Marco Torres and Daniela González
- Barinas: Argenis Chávez
- Bolívar: Justo Noguera Pietri
- Carabobo: Rafael Lacava
- Cojedes: Margaud Godoy
- Delta Amacuro: Lizeta Hernández
- Falcón: Víctor Clark
- Guárico: José Manuel Vásquez
- Lara: Adolfo Pereira Antique
- Mérida: Ramón Guevara
- Miranda: Héctor Rodríguez
- Monagas: Yelitza Santaella and Cosme Arzolay
- Nueva Esparta: Alfredo Díaz
- Portuguesa: Rafael Calles
- Sucre: Edwin Rojas
- Táchira: Laidy Gómez
- Trujillo: Henry Rangel Silva
- Vargas: José Manuel Suárez
- Yaracuy: Julio León Heredia
- Zulia: Manuel Rosales
Events
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela
January
- 1 January - Colombia and Venezuela agrees to reopen the last remaining border that has been previously blocked by authorities due to worsening ties.[1]
- 5 January – Juan Guaidó's interim government dissolves.[2]
March
- 25 March – Twenty-one Venezuelan government officials and businessmen are arrested in an anti-corruption probe targeting state oil company PDVSA and cryptocurrency regulator Sunacrip.[3]
May
- 22 May – 2023 Mahdia school fire: At least 20 children are killed during a fire at a school in Mahdia.[4]
October
- 22 October – Venezuelan opposition parties hold their first presidential primary since 2012.[5]
November
- 15 November – Venezuela announces that it will proceed with a referendum on the status of Guayana Esequiba, despite Guyana's petition to stop the referendum from being held.[6]
December
- 3 December - A consultative referendum was held on the dispute about the territory of Guayana Esequiba.[7][8]
- 4 December - Voters in Venezuela approve the takeover and integration of Guayana Esequiba in a controversial referendum. The National Electoral Council claims more than 10.5 million votes were cast with 95% being in favour of Venezuelan sovereignty over the region.[9]
- 9 December – 2023 Guayana Esequiba crisis: The United Nations Security Council holds a closed-door meeting on the ongoing crisis between Venezuela and Guyana over the Guayana Esequiba Region, but takes no immediate action.[10]
- 12 December – 2023 Guayana Esequiba crisis: A meeting is to be held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on Thursday to discuss the ongoing dispute between Venezuela and Guyana. Both countries will try to prevent the crisis escalating into an armed conflict.[11]
- 14 December – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Guyanese President Irfaan Ali hold talks in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Both leaders agree to neither use threats nor force against the other. A joint commission is announced to address the existing issues, with a report expected within three months.[12]
- 20 December – Venezuela releases ten Americans, including Leonard Glenn Francis, and the United States releases Alex Saab, an ally of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, in a prisoner exchange between the two countries. As part of the deal, Venezuela will also release around 20 political prisoners from jail.[13]
Deaths
- 6 January – Victoria de Stefano, 82, Italian-Venezuelan writer[14]
See also
References
- ^ "Venezuela, Colombia finalize border reopening". RFI. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Hansler, Jennifer (6 January 2023). "Venezuelan embassy run by opposition in US closes after Guaido ouster". CNN. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ Buitrago, Deisy; Parraga, Marianna; Parraga, Marianna (2023-03-25). "Venezuela arrests 21 in corruption crackdown, 11 more wanted". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ^ "Guyana school fire: At least 20 children die in Mahdia blaze". BBC News. 2023-05-22. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- ^ "Venezuelan opposition holds presidential primary in exercise of democracy, but it could prove futile". AP News. 2023-10-22. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ "Venezuela tells World Court referendum to go ahead despite Guyana resistance". Reuters. 2023-11-15. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ Venezuela holds referendum on oil-rich territory in disputed area | CNN, 2023-12-03, retrieved 2023-12-03
- ^ "CNE extiende por 2 horas el proceso de votación en los centros electorales de todo el país". El Universal (in Spanish). 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ "Venezuela referendum result: voters back bid to claim sovereignty over large swath of Guyana". The Guardian. 2023-12-04. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
- ^ "UN takes no immediate action at emergency meeting on Guyana-Venezuela dispute over oil-rich region". AP News. 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
- ^ "Leaders of Venezuela and Guyana to meet amid border dispute". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
- ^ "Guyana and Venezuela agree to refrain from using force, but fail to resolve territorial dispute". AP News. 2023-12-14. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ Crawford, Shannon K. "US releases ally of Venezuela's President Maduro in a swap for 10 jailed Americans". ABC News. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ Victoria de Stefano (Rímini, 1940 – Caracas, 2023) (in Spanish)
External links
Media related to 2023 in Venezuela at Wikimedia Commons
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