Venezuela · Full chronicle and history

According to a tweet posted by @clashreport, former US President Trump commented on the situation in Venezuela, saying that Venezuela has a strong military, but the US once hit it with "fire and fury," catching it off guard.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado publicly expressed her gratitude to former U.S. President Trump. Machado said that Trump compelled Maduro to face judicial trial, opening a door to freedom for Venezuela, and stressed that the Venezuelan people must complete the task of democratic transition. She also praised the move as one that will become Trump's great political legacy.

According to @clashreport, Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife pleaded not guilty to the torture charges they face and firmly rejected the allegations as false. Meanwhile, the presiding judge has scheduled the court hearing on their alleged drug trafficking charges for December 17.

According to clashreport, on October 15, 2026 Beijing time, the Trump administration announced the lifting of sanctions on Jorge Rodríguez, president of Venezuela's National Assembly. Jorge Rodríguez is also the brother of Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez.

Rodríguez, representative of Venezuela's transitional government, signed the oil deal; Defense Minister González López publicly stated that the military supports the deal.

In response to U.S. support for American companies taking over Chinese-invested oil fields in Venezuela and its refusal to give priority to repaying old debts, China's Foreign Ministry said on September 3, 2026, that its lawful rights and interests in Venezuela must be protected.

80 tons of generators, water purification vehicles, tents, and blankets were chartered from Beijing Capital International Airport to Venezuela, with more batches of supplies planned for subsequent transport.

An international search and rescue team saved Hernan Gil, a security guard who had been trapped for more than a week in the rubble of a collapsed shopping center in the city of La Guaira.

A week after Venezuela experienced successive 7.5- and 7.2-magnitude earthquakes, officials have confirmed a death toll close to 2,000, and rescue teams are still searching the rubble for survivors.

Official figures from Venezuela state that the death toll from the earthquake has reached at least 2,295, with another 11,200 injured and tens of thousands still missing, as remote areas face shortages of water and food.

Rodriguez, chair of Venezuela's National Assembly, said the earthquake injured over 10,500 people and left nearly 16,000 homeless, and the government set up shelters in La Guaira state and other areas.

The United States promises to provide more than $300 million for Venezuela earthquake relief and will dispatch hundreds of U.S. military personnel to assist in transporting supplies, personnel, and equipment.

At a press conference, Trump stated that the war in Venezuela would end in one day, and indicated that Maduro, the worst person in the world, would be locked in prison awaiting trial.

The bodyguards of Venezuelan President Maduro are alleged to be mainly from Cuba, and the video presents this as an example of a dictator using foreign security personnel.

The video claims that Venezuelan leader Maduro has been arrested.

Venezuela experienced a magnitude 4.6 aftershock, the latest among more than 500 aftershocks that have occurred since last week. The United States announced additional disaster relief funding, bringing its pledged total to $300 million to support medical, food, shelter and other assistance.

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that, on the basis of the first batch of cash assistance, an additional 100 million RMB in non-repayable material aid will be provided to Venezuela.

On June 24, earthquakes of magnitude 7.5 and 7.2 struck Caracas, La Guaira, and other areas, causing hundreds of buildings to collapse and thousands of people to be killed or injured.

In April 2026, Yu Maochun said that in recent U.S. military operations involving Venezuela and Iran, Chinese-supplied air defense networks, radar systems and missile platforms repeatedly performed erratically against U.S. stealth and electronic warfare capabilities.

On December 2, 2023, the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine declaration, Venezuelan President Maduro announced a plan to invade Guyana, seen as a strategic diversion to draw the United States' attention away from China's aggressive behavior in the Western Pacific.

Venezuelan opposition leader Guaido declared himself interim president of Venezuela on January 23, and received support from the United States and more than 50 other countries.