2026 in Venezuela
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Events in the year 2026 in Venezuela.
- President – Nicolás Maduro (de facto until 3 January); Delcy Rodríguez (de facto since 3 January, acting since 5 January)
- Vice President – Delcy Rodríguez
- President of the National Assembly – Jorge Rodríguez
- President of the IV National Assembly of Venezuela – Dinorah Figuera
Holidays
Source:[1]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 16-17 February – Carnival
- 2 April – Maundy Thursday
- 3 April – Good Friday
- 19 April – Declaration of Independence
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 24 June – Battle of Carabobo
- 5 July – Independence Day
- 24 July – Simón Bolívar's Birthday
- 12 October – Day of Indigenous Resistance
- 24 December – Christmas Eve
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 31 December – New Year's Eve
Events
January
- 3 January —
- The United States carries out airstrikes in Caracas and multiple states of Venezuela, prompting the Maduro government to declare a state of national emergency.[2] US President Donald Trump later announces that Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores had been captured and flown out of the country amid charges of narcoterrorism.[3] Trump then indicates that the United States plans to run Venezuela until there is a "safe, proper and judicious transition".[4]
- The Supreme Tribunal of Justice orders vice president Delcy Rodríguez to assume the presidency in the absence of Maduro.[5]
- 5 January —
- Delcy Rodríguez is sworn in as acting president.[6]
- The Swiss government imposes a four-year freeze on any assets held by president Maduro and his close associates in Switzerland.[7]
- 8 January – Announcement of the 2026 political prisoner release in Venezuela
- 12 January – The government announces the release of 112 political prisoners.[8]
- 22 January – The government releases Rafael Tudares Bracho, the son-in-law of opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia who had been detained since January 2025.[9]
- 29 January — President Rodríguez signs a law allowing the entry of private companies in the production and sale Venezuelan oil.[10]
February
- 6–22 February – Venezuela at the 2026 Winter Olympics
- 8 February – Juan Pablo Guanipa, the leader of the opposition Justice First party, is arrested in Caracas hours after being released from prison.[11]
- 10 February – Venezuela delivers its first crude oil shipment to Israel in several years.[12]
- 20 February –
- President Rodriguez signs a new amnesty law.[13]
- Around 214 political prisoners detained at the Rodeo I prison launch a hunger strike demanding their release under the new amnesty law.[14]
- 25 February –
- The United States allows the export of Venezuelan oil to Cuba for humanitarian purposes.[15]
- Tarek William Saab resigns as attorney-general, but is immediately appointed as interim Ombudsman by the National Assembly following the resignation of Alfredo Ruiz.[16]
March
- 5 March – The United States and Venezuela agree to re-establish diplomatic and consular relations.[17]
- 7 March – At the Shield of the Americas summit, U.S. president Trump says that the United States formally recognizes the government of Delcy Rodríguez.[18]
- 12 March – The International Criminal Court withdraws a crimes against humanity investigation on US sanctions on Venezuela, citing lack of evidence.[19]
- 14 March – The US embassy in Caracas reopens.[20]
- 17 March – Venezuela wins the World Baseball Classic for the first time after defeating the United States 3-2.[21]
- 18 March – President Rodríguez appoints General Gustavo González López as Minister of Defense, replacing General Vladimir Padrino López who has served since 2014.[22]
