2023 in Venezuela
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The following lists events of the year 2023 in Venezuela.
Incumbents[edit]
Governors[edit]
- 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[edit]
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela
January[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 22 May – 2023 Mahdia school fire: At least 20 children are killed during a fire at a school in Mahdia.[4]
October[edit]
- 22 October – Venezuelan opposition parties hold their first presidential primary since 2012.[5]
November[edit]
- 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]
Deaths[edit]
- 6 January – Victoria de Stefano, 82, Italian-Venezuelan writer[7]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ Victoria de Stefano (Rímini, 1940 – Caracas, 2023) (in Spanish)
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