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]
13 January – The government accuses opposition groups of staging attacks on Venezuelan diplomatic missions in Portugal, Germany, Spain, Colombia and Costa Rica.[6]
31 January – The government releases six Americans imprisoned in Venezuela following a meeting between President Maduro and US presidential envoy Richard Grenell.[8]
26 February – US President Donald Trump revokes Chevron Corporation's permit to operate in Venezuela, citing human rights abuses by President Maduro.[13]
March
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]
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]
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]
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 deployed three warships along with around 4,000 soldiers to the coast of Venezuela with the stated goal of opposing drug cartels.[34]
20 August - In response to the U.S. deployment, Maduro ordered the mobilization of over four million soldiers of the Bolivarian Militia across Venezuela.[35]
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