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List of events

2014
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Venezuela

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The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Venezuela.

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Events

January

  • January 6 - Venezuelan beauty queen Mónica Spear and her British ex-husband are murdered through a carjacking in Caracas.
  • January 9 - Seven suspects are arrested in the deaths of Venezuelan actress and beauty star, Mónica Spear, and her ex-husband, whose 5-year-old daughter witnessed the roadside shooting and was also wounded.

February

  • February 12 - Protesters march against the government in various cities across Venezuela with at least 2 people killed in the demonstrations.
  • February 13 - Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro arrests opposition activists in reaction to an "attempted coup" against his government.
  • February 17 - Venezuela orders the expulsion of three United States consular officials amid rising tensions over anti-government protests after accusing the US of working with the opposition to undermine President Nicolás Maduro's government.
  • February 21 - 22-year-old Venezuelan beauty queen Génesis Carmona is shot in the head and killed while participating in a student protest against Nicolás Maduro's socialist government.
  • February 21 - Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro threatens to expel CNN from the country, alleging that they are helping the opposition.
  • February 22 - Tens of thousands of people gather in Caracas to protest against the government of Nicolás Maduro.

March

  • March 1 - Clashes continue between anti-government protesters and security forces after 41 people are arrested.
  • March 6 - The government of Venezuela cuts diplomatic ties with Panama calling it a "lackey of the United States".

April

  • April 29 - Venezuelan officials announce that a former chief of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service, Eliecer Otaiza, was shot and killed on Saturday.

September

  • September 24 - Venezuela's opposition parties named Jesus Torrealba, a 56-year-old journalist and teacher, to head their coalition ahead of 2015 parliamentary elections where they hope to weaken President Maduro's socialist government.

October

  • October 1 — Pro-government legislator Robert Serra was murdered.
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References

  1. "Venezuela Opposition Names New Head to Fight Maduro". Archived from the original on 27 September 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
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