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2017 in Venezuela 
Summary
The following lists events in the year 2017 in Venezuela.
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| See also: | Other events of 2017 Years in Venezuela Timeline of Venezuelan history | ||||
Incumbents edit
- President: Nicolás Maduro
- Vice President: Aristóbulo Istúriz (until January 4), Tareck El Aissami (starting January 4)
Governors edit
- Amazonas: Liborio Guarulla then Miguel Rodríguez
- Anzoátegui: Nelson Moreno then Antonio Barreto Sira
- Apure: Ramón Carrizales
- Aragua: Caryl Bertho then Rodolfo Clemente Marco Torres
- Barinas: Zenaida Gallardo then Argenis Chávez
- Bolívar: Francisco Rangel Gómez then Justo Noguera Pietri
- Carabobo: Gustavo Pulido Cardier then Rafael Lacava
- Cojedes: Margaud Godoy
- Delta Amacuro: Lizeta Hernández
- Falcón: Stella Lugo then Víctor Clark
- Guárico: Ramón Rodríguez Chacín then José Manuel Vásquez
- Lara: Henri Falcón (until October 16); Carmen Meléndez (starting October 16)
- Mérida: Alexis Ramirez then Ramón Guevara
- Miranda: Henrique Capriles Radonski then Héctor Rodríguez
- Monagas: Yelitza Santaella
- Nueva Esparta: Carlos Mata Figueroa then Alfredo Díaz
- Portuguesa: Reinaldo Castañeda then Rafael Calles
- Sucre: Edwin Rojas
- Táchira: José Vielma Mora then Laidy Gómez
- Trujillo: Henry Rangel Silva
- Vargas: Jorge García Carneiro
- Yaracuy: Julio León Heredia
- Zulia: Francisco Arias Cárdenas then Juan Pablo Guanipa then Magdely Valbuena then Omar Prieto
Events edit
- For events regarding the protests, see Timeline of the 2017 Venezuelan protests.
February edit
- 14 February - The United States sanctions Vice President El Aissami over allegations of playing a role in drug trafficking, freezing his assets in the US and barring him from entering the country.[1]
- 15 February - Venezuela bans CNN from the country after allegations of spreading propaganda.[2]
October edit
- 15 October - The Bolivarian government Great Patriotic Pole won 18 of the 23 governorships while the opposition only 5 during the 2017 Venezuelan regional elections
December edit
- 3 December - President Nicolás Maduro announces the creation of a new cryptocurrency the petro.[3]
- 10 December - The Bolivarian government Great Patriotic Pole won 306 of the 337 Mayorships during the 2017 Venezuelan municipal elections.
Deaths edit
- 1 January – Memo Morales, singer (b. 1937).[4]
- 6 January – Octavio Lepage, politician (b. 1923).[5]
- 26 June – Isaías Pimentel, tennis player (b. 1933)
References edit
- ^ "US sanctions Venezuela vice-president over trafficking claims". BBC News. 13 February 2017.
- ^ "Venezuela bans CNN after report alleges Iraq passport fraud". BBC News. 15 February 2017.
- ^ "Venezuela unveils virtual currency amid economic crisis". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2023-05-28.
- ^ "Falleció Memo Morales durante un concierto de fin de año". globovision.com (in Spanish). 1 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "Falleció el expresidente interino de Venezuela, Octavio Lepage". globovision.com (in Spanish). 6 January 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.