2025 in Venezuela

6 January – Venezuela breaks off diplomatic relations with Paraguay after the latter's president Santiago Peña recognizes Edmundo González Urrutia as president-elect of Venezuela.^[3]
9 January – Opposition leader María Corina Machado is arrested by government security forces after leaving a rally in Caracas.^[4]
10 January – Nicolas Maduro is inaugurated as President of Venezuela for a third term until 2031.^[5]
13 January – The government accuses opposition groups of staging attacks on Venezuelan diplomatic missions in Portugal, Germany, Spain, Colombia and Costa Rica.^[6]
29 January – A Cessna Citation 550 jet of the Ministry of Interior, Justice and Peace, crashes on a hill near Cerro El Volcán, in Miranda state, shortly after taking off from Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base, killing its three crew.^[7]
31 January – The government releases six Americans imprisoned in Venezuela following a meeting between President Maduro and US presidential envoy Richard Grenell.^[8]

19 February –
- The National Electoral Council moves the date of the 2025 Venezuelan parliamentary election from 27 April to 25 May.^[9]
- The United States designates the Tren de Aragua as a terrorist organization.^[10]
20 February – Canada designates the Tren de Aragua as a terrorist organization.^[11]
25 February – Pope Francis signs a decree canonizing José Gregorio Hernández, making him the first Catholic saint from Venezuela.^[12]
26 February – US President Donald Trump revokes Chevron Corporation's permit to operate in Venezuela, citing human rights abuses by President Maduro.^[13]

1 March – Guyana accuses the Venezuelan Navy of entering its territorial waters and harassing an offshore unit of ExxonMobil.^[14]
31 March – The government accuses the United States of revoking the operating licenses of several transnational oil and gas companies in Venezuela that were meant to provide exemptions on sanctions imposed by Washington on Caracas.^[15]

1 May – The International Court of Justice orders Venezuela to stop holding elections for officials to administer areas of Guyana that it claims as part of its territory.^[16]
7 May –
- The United States announces the rescue of five Venezuelan opposition politicians who had been sheltering from authorities loyal to President Maduro in the Argentine embassy in Caracas since 2024.^[17]
- Venezuela signs a strategic partnership treaty with Russia.^[18]
19 May –
- Venezuela orders a ban on flights from Colombia.^[19]
- The government announces the arrest of 38 people, including 17 foreign nationals, on suspicion of plotting against the government.^[19]
20 May – Joseph St. Clair, a former US Air Force serviceman imprisoned in Venezuela since November 2024, is released and repatriated following negotiations between the Maduro government and US special envoy Richard Grenell in Antigua and Barbuda.^[20]
23 May – Opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa is arrested on charges of conspiring to sabotage upcoming legislative and local elections.^[21]
25 May – 2025 Venezuelan parliamentary election: The ruling PSUV retains its majority in the National Assembly of Venezuela and all but one of 24 state governor positions on an official turnout of 42.66%.^[22]

4 June – US President Donald Trump issues a proclamation imposing partial restrictions on Venezuelan nationals travelling to the United States.^[23]
10 June – The European Union adds Venezuela to its list of high risk jurisdictions for money laundering and terrorism financing.^[24]
19 June – Venezuela and Panama announce an agreement to restore consular services following a dispute caused by the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election.^[25]
24 June – The United States imposes sanctions on Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano, the alleged leader of the Tren de Aragua.^[26]
25 June – Former General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence chief Hugo Carvajal pleads guilty to drug trafficking charges before a US federal court.^[27]

1 July – The National Assembly declares Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, persona non grata, citing his failure to protect the rights of Venezuelan migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador.^[28]
18 July – Ten Americans held in Venezuela are released as part of an exchange with the United States that also sees the release of 252 Venezuelans deported from the US and detained in El Salvador.^[29]
25 July – The United States designates the Cartel of the Suns as a terrorist organization.^[30]
27 July – 2025 Venezuelan municipal elections: The ruling PSUV wins 285 of 335 contested mayoralties amid a boycott by opposition groups and an official turnout of 44%.^[31]
29 July – A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan of the Bolivarian Military Aviation of Venezuela crashes near La Reforma, Amazonas, killing seven of the 10 people on board.^[32]

7 August – The United States increases its reward for the arrest of President Maduro on drug-trafficking charges from $25 million to $50 million.^[33]
18 August – The United States deploys three warships along with around 4,000 soldiers to the coast of Venezuela with the stated goal of opposing drug cartels.^[34] In response, President Maduro orders the nationwide mobilization of over four million soldiers of the Bolivarian Militia on 20 August.^[35]

2 September – The United States says it had killed 11 members of the Tren de Aragua in a strike on a drug-smuggling boat off the Caribbean coast of Venezuela.^[36]
9 September – A relic of Saint Carlo Acutis is stolen from a church in Cardenal Quintero Municipality, Mérida State.^[37]
13 September – The government accuses the US Navy of illegally boarding and occupying a tuna-fishing vessel in Venezuelan waters for eight hours.^[38]
15 September – The United States says it had killed three people in a strike on a drug-smuggling boat off the Caribbean coast of Venezuela.^[39]
24 September –
- A magnitude 6.2 and 6.3 earthquake hits Zulia State, leaving one person dead from a heart attack.^[40]^[41]
- A privately-owned Learjet 55 crashes during takeoff at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Caracas, injuring two passengers.^[42]
29 September – President Maduro issues a decree allowing him to mobilise the military nationwide and grant it authority over public services and the oil industry in case of an invasion.^[43]

3 October – The United States says it had killed four people in a strike on a drug-smuggling boat off the Caribbean coast of Venezuela.^[44]
6 October – The government announces the discovery of a right-wing plot to stage a false flag attack on the US embassy in Caracas.^[45]

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