Venezuela

Venezuelan security forces have carried out hundreds of arbitrary killings under the guise of fighting crime.

Venezuela's president has won re-election in a vote marred by an opposition boycott and claims of vote-rigging.

Rioting and a fire at a police station in the the Venezuelan city of Valencia, in Carabobo State, have left 68 people dead, government officials say.

International credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's has declared Venezuela to be in "selective default".

Soliders in Venezuela have been arrested after attempting to launch an uprising against President Nicolás Maduro, officials say.

Several people have been killed and protesters have clashed with security forces as Venezuelans vote for a new assembly with powers to rewrite the constitution.

More than seven million voters have taken part in an opposition-organised referendum in Venezuela, according to academics monitoring the poll.

At least one person has been shot dead while waiting to vote in an unofficial, opposition-organised referendum in Venezuela.

A rogue Venezuelan policeman who used a stolen helicopter to fire on government buildings has remerged at an opposition vigil.

The Venezuelan military is hunting for a rogue elite police officer suspected of carrying out a helicopter attack on the country's Supreme Court.

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has announced on state television the country's Supreme Court has come under "terrorist attack" from a police helicopter.

Brazil has labelled the Venezuelan President's plan to rewrite the constitution a 'coup' as opposition set up roadblocks to protest the plans amid a deepening crisis in the country.

Venezuela has temporarily suspended the elimination of its largest denomination bill after nationwide unrest.

The Venezuelan government and opposition parties are meeting for the first time this year to try to resolve the country's deep political crisis.