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Current events
edit- 9 August 2024 – 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro suspends the X social network in Venezuela for 10 days, accusing X's owner Elon Musk of promoting hatred. (AP)
- 5 August 2024 – 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
- International reactions to the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
- The European Union joins the United States and several Latin American nations in refusing to accept the claimed Venezuelan presidential election victory of Incumbent President Nicolás Maduro. (Kyiv Post)
- Brazil becomes the representative of the interests of Argentina and Peru in Venezuela, after Venezuela expels the Argentinian and Peruvian diplomats following tensions in the aftermath of the presidential election. (Reuters)
- 5 August 2024 – 2024 Venezuelan presidential election, 2024 Venezuelan protests
- Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab opens a criminal investigation into opposition officials Edmundo González and María Corina Machado for calling on the Armed Forces to abandon their support for President Nicolás Maduro throughout the protests and riots in the country. (DW)
- 3 August 2024 – Parole for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans
- The Biden administration provisionally suspends all migrant permits allowing Venezuelans, Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans to enter and stay in the United States for up to two years following suspicions of fraud by several migrant financial sponsors. (AP)