Fearful virus will destabilise the country, Maduro officials treat it like a national security threat

World updates: EU agrees to buy at least 300 million doses of potential vaccine

Australia limits number of citizens returning as virus surges

Order follows sanctions against 11 officials accused of preventing democratic functioning

US president renews claims that wider use of postal voting would lead to election fraud

First of five ships arrives in Caribbean with Washington warned against intercepting them

Three men captured west of Caracas are the latest ‘terrorists’ arrested

Pandemic bearing down on region that spent 2019 racked by political crises and social unrest

Former US soldiers paraded on Venezuelan state television after ‘half cocked’ plan fails spectacularly

Crisis-hit South American country among first in region to impose strict lockdown measures

Minister resisting calls to resign over encounter with Venezuelan vice-president

Opposition leader sought international support for efforts to oust Nicolás Maduro

Incident follows recent attempts under President Nicolás Maduro to block Juan Guaidó from presiding over parliament

‘Most of these people go to sell sweets on the streets. Or they have to beg to be able to eat’

Opposition leader pushes past armed troops to re-enter chamber after failing to gain entry on Sunday

Juan Guaidó prevented by security forces from entering national assembly session

Year in Review: Populists now dominate Latin America’s three largest economies

Departure of Bolivia’s president of 14 years likely to send shockwaves across Latin America

At least one dead and nearly 500 arrested in South American country’s worst violence in years

‘Wrong to say . . . that our rainforest are the lungs of the world,’ Brazil’s president tells UN

On the most pressing issues, world powers are increasingly forced to act not in tandem with the US but in defiance of it

Order freezes Venezuelan government assets in US and ratchets up pressure on Maduro

Maduro regime guilty of crimes including arbitrary detention and torture, UN report finds

Russian leader talks about China, the Skripal poisoning and ‘Donald’ in wide-ranging interview

Pompeo warns over election interference as he spars with Lavrov over range of issues

Trump applies 25% tariff to Chinese exports as talks end without agreement

Opposition says graffiti messages and house surveillance part of Maduro’s muscle flexing

Edgar Zambrano towed away in his car as Venezuelan regime tries to quell uprising

Leopoldo López sought refuge in diplomatic compound after helping start abortive coup

Trump administration’s hawkish stance and Russian reaction ratchet up political pressure

Embattled president says armed forces united behind him as arrest warrant issued for opposition figure

Continuing attempts to remove Venezuela’s president spark increase in US-Russia tensions

Regime has faced down the latest challenge to its authority but there are likely to be more

Gunfire exchanged between men accompanying Guaidó and soldiers loyal to president Nicolás Maduro

Guaidó’s appearance with soldiers sparks mass mobilisation of opposition supporters

Maduro-backed assembly’s decree strips opposition leader of parliamentary immunity

Chief justice takes step towards prosecuting opposition leader as blackouts continue

Press freedom has suffered since Juan Guaidó’s challenge to president, says watchdog

Outage comes amid tensions with US after Russian ‘cybersecurity personnel’ arrive