2020 in Venezuela explained

The following lists events in the year 2020 in Venezuela.

Incumbents

• President

Nicolás Maduro, Juan Guaidó (presidential crisis)

• Vice President: Delcy Rodríguez

Governors

• Amazonas

Miguel Rodríguez

• Anzoátegui

Antonio Barreto Sira

• Apure

Ramón Carrizales

• Aragua

Rodolfo Clemente Marco Torres

• Barinas

Argenis Chávez

• Bolívar

Justo Noguera Pietri

• Carabobo

Rafael Lacava

• Cojedes

Margaud Godoy

• Delta Amacuro

Lizeta Hernández

• Falcón

Víctor Clark

• Guárico

José Manuel Vásquez

• Lara

Carmen Meléndez and Adolfo Pereira Antique

• Mérida

Ramón Guevara

• Miranda

Héctor Rodríguez

• Monagas

Yelitza Santaella

• Nueva Esparta

Alfredo Díaz

• Portuguesa

Rafael Calles

• Sucre

Edwin Rojas

• Táchira

Laidy Gómez

• Trujillo

Henry Rangel Silva

• Vargas

José Manuel Suárez

• Yaracuy

Julio León Heredia

• Zulia

Omar Prieto

Events

January to March

• 5 January – The 2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Delegated Committee election. Government forces prevent access by opposition leader Juan Guaidó.
• 21 January - The USS Detroit conducts freedom of navigation and intelligence-gathering operations off the coast of Caracas.^{[1] [2]}
• 23 January – A fire occurs in Cagua, with eleven people confirmed dead.^[3]
• 17 March – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) turns down Venezuela's request for a US$5 billion (VEF 49.9 billion) loan to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela.^[4]
• 26 March – The United States accused President Nicolás Maduro of narco-terrorism and offered a $15 million reward for information leading to his arrest.^[5] In response, Maduro called US President Donald Trump a “racist cowboy”.^[6]
• 28 March – The Russian oil company Rosneft sells its stock in Venezuela to the Russian government.^[7]
• 30 March – Attorney General Tarek William Saab summons opposition leader Juan Guaidó for questioning for an alleged "attempted coup d'etat" (Spanish: golpe de estado) and attempted assassination. A weapons cache was recently found in Colombia.^[8]
• 31 March – United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that sanctions did not apply to humanitarian aid during the health emergency and that the United States would lift all sanctions if Maduro agreed to organize elections that did not include Maduro in a period of six to twelve months. Pompeo reiterated U.S. support for Juan Guaidó.^[9]

April

• 1 April – U.S. President Donald Trump announces that he is stepping up pressure on President Maduro. Trump sends Navy ships and AWACS planes to the region near Venezuela in the largest military build-up in the region since the 1989 invasion of Panama to remove General Manuel Noriega from power.^[10]
• 2 April – The government releases journalist Darvinson Rojas, arrested 21 March.^[11]
• 3 April
  • The European Union announces its support of the US-led plan for a transitional government in Venezuela.^[12]
  • Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants return from Colombia.^[13]
  • The National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela prepare artillery for a possible attack by the United States.^[14]
  • The Venezuelan patrol boat Naiguata rams the Portuguese-flagged RCGS Resolute, which was accused of piracy. The Naiguata sinks.^[15]
• 16 April – The 30-ton ″Kueka stone″ is returned to the Pemon people, 34 years after it was taken to Berlin, Germany. The stone represents the story of star-cross lovers, each turned to stone by a deity as punishment for marrying a member of another tribe.^[16]
• 17 April
  • Venezuela suffers its worst crisis since Maduro took office. The U.S. has a price on Madur′os head, a fleet of warships patrols the waters around the country, the coronavirus pandemic rages, gasoline shortages threaten food supplies, and a lack of liquidity makes it nearly impossible to resolve the crisis. Venezuela is caught in the middle of an international power play by the United States, Russia, and China.^[17]
  • The National Assembly, which is controlled by Juan Guaidó, authorizes the transfer of US$342 million at an account in Citibank to an account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Guaidó had earlier seized control of Venezuelan government assets held in the United States, including Citgo, the US-based subsidiary of the state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA).^[18]
• 22 April – An Iranian Airbus A340-642 lands in Paraguaná Peninsula. There is speculation that the flight may be related to drug trafficking.^[19]
• 23 April
  • Elliott Abrams, the United States special representative for Venezuela, says that "many people" both inside and outside the Maduro government support the proposed U.S. transition to a government that would involve neither Maduro nor Guaidó.^[20]
  • Two flights of Iranian technicians have arrived to help run the Paraguaná Refinery Complex. 14 more flights of technicians are expected soon.^[21]
  • Opposition lawmakers approved a payment of US$5,000 per month for themselves as part of a plan to help health professionals during the coronavirus pandemic. Doctors and nurses will get a one-time US$100 each.^[22]
• 27 April – Maduro appoints Tareck El Aissami oil minister and Asdrúbal Chávez to head PDVSA. The government of the United States has offered a $10 million bounty for the arrest of El Aissami, who is on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ten-most-wanted list.^[23]
• April 29 – 500 Venezuela migrants living in Colombia block a highway in protest of the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia. They say the makes it impossible for them to work. There are 1.8 million Venezuelan migrants living in Colombia.^[24]
• 30 April – Maduro refuses to bow to pressure from Brazil to remove its diplomatic personal by May 2.^[25]

May

• 1 May – Guanare prison riot: A riot and attempted escape attempt leaves 47 dead and 75 injured in the Centro Penitenciario de los Llanos in Guanare, Portuguesa State.^[26]
• 4 May – Eight dissidents were killed and seventeen were captured after a failed beach landing in Macuto, Vargas state, including the two Americans, organized by the private security company Silvercorp USA and headed by Jordan Goudreau in the codenamed Operation Gideon.^[27]
• 12 May – Passenger flights are banned for thirty days.^[28]
• 13 May – Criminal charges are filed against the prison warden and five guards following the riot in Guanare that left 47 inmates dead and dozens more injured.^[29]
• 14 May – Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino tells state television that its troops captured 39 army deserters on the Colombian border.^[30]
• 19 May – The government sends the military to put down protests in Barquisimeto, Iribarren Municipality. Five arrested.^[31]
• 20 May – The Maduro government sues the Bank of England, accusing it of stealing 31 tons of gold. Maduro said, "It is the colonial war against Venezuela!"^[32]
• 25 May – Dozens of people from Sucre Municipality, Miranda protest because they have not had water for 57 days.^[33]

June

• 13 June – Authorities in Cape Verde arrest Alex Saab, a businessman accused by the U.S. of corrupt dealings with President Nicolás Maduro's government, while en route to Iran.^[34]
• 15 June – The conservative Spanish newspaper ′′ABC′′ reported on June 15 that then-Foreign Minister of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro paid Gianroberto Casaleggio €3.5 million in 2010 to finance an ″anticapitalist, leftist movement in the Italian Republic,″ which makes up the Italian political party Five Star Movement today. Casaleggio's son, Davide Casaleggio said this was fake news that had already surfaced in 2016.^[35]

July

• July 13 – Former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson plans to travel this week to Venezuela to urge President Nicolás Maduro to free two American mercenaries and six jailed oil executives as a goodwill gesture aimed at easing tensions with the U.S.^[36]
• July 15
  • COVID-19 pandemic: Miranda (state) and Caracas join Zulia in quarantine.^[37]
  • Federico Villegas, Argentine ambassador, expresses his concerns about human rights in Venezuela and demands free elections.^[38]

August

• August 13 – The National Assembly demands information about an oi spill near Falcón state.^[39]
• August 14 – Satellite TV returns for 2,000,000 subscribers of DirecTV.^[40]
• August 19
  • Amnesty International Latin America condemns the Maduro government for mistreatment of health care workers who criticize the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[41]
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela

Venezuela again reports over 1,000 new infections in 24-hours. There are a total of 36,878 confirmed cases, 11,149 of whom are active and 561 have died.^[42]

• August 21 – Juan Guaidó calls for the cancellation of the December 6 parliamentary elections, citing fraud.^[43]
• August 25 – The Attorney General of Cape Verde opens an investigation into two men who posed as representatives of President Maduro in favor of Colombian Alex Saab.^[44]

September

• 5 September – Amnesty International condemns the June 2019 torture and killing of Navy Captain Rafael Acosta Arévalo.^[45]
• 6 September – The NGO Programa Venezolano de Educación-Acción (Venezuelan Program for Education-Action, Provea) reports 1,500 extrajudicial killings by pro-Madero forces in 2020.^[46]
• 12 September – Maduro claims a U.S. man, a former CIA agent in Iraq, is caught spying on the refineries in Falcón.^[47]
• 14 September – In-person classes are suspended until January. Estado Vive TV will become a "superchannel" and will play a fundamental role in education.^[48]
• 16 September – The United Nations Commission on Human Rights accuses Maduro, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López, and Interior Minister Néstor Reverol of serious crimes amid human rights violations.^[49]

December

• 6 December – 2020 Venezuelan parliamentary election: Turnout is 31% as Maduro's government is reelected with 67.6%, the traditional opposition won 17.95%, and dissidents on the left won 3% of the vote.^[50] Eighteen countries in America (including the United States and Canada but excluding Argentina, Bolivia, and Mexico) call the election fraudulent and illegal.^[51]
• 7-12 December – Opposition leaders claim that 2.4 million people 845,000 Venezuelans abroad voted online and 3 million voted in person on "popular consultation" to repudiate President Nicolas Maduro's government.^[52]
• 29 December – COVID-19 pandemic: Venezuela signs a contract to acquire enough doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine for 10 million people. There have been 112,636 confirmed cases and 1,018 deaths in the country.^[53]
• 30 December – The U.S. sanctions Judge Lorena Carolina Cornielles Ruiz and prosecutor Ramon Antonio Torres Espinoza following the conviction of six American oil executives.^[54]
• 31 December
  • Halliburton removes all its staff in Venezuela.^[55]
  • The Supreme Court rules that a move by the opposition-controlled National Assembly to extend its term an additional year is invalid.^[56]

Deaths

January to April

• 22 January – Addy Valero, politician (b. 1969).^[57]
• 27 January – Alberto Naranjo, musician (b. 1941).^[58]
• 16 April –, 72, comedian, singer and screenwriter, lung cancer.^[59]

May to August

• 24 May – Jorge Spiteri, 69, rock musician; cancer^[60]
• 12 June – Ocean Bay, prize-winning racehorse; butchered^[61]
• 7 July – Hernán Alemán, 65, politician, Deputy (since 2011) and mayor of Cabimas (1989–1996, 2000–2008); COVID-19.^[62]
• 8 July – Daniel Alvarado, 70, actor (La revancha, Pecado de amor, My Sweet Fat Valentina); fall.^[63]
• 14 July – Hernán Alemán, 65, opposition politician; COVID-19.^[64]
• 25 July – Flor Isava Fonseca, 99, journalist and sports executive.^[65]
• 5 August
  • Jesús Berardinelli, 61, sporting executive, president of the Venezuelan Football Federation (since 2020); respiratory failure.^[66]
  • Blanca Rodríguez, 94, socialite, First Lady of Venezuela (1974–1979, 1989–1993); respiratory failure.^[67]
• 13 August
  • Luchita Hurtado, 99, Venezuelan-born American painter.^[68]
  • Darío Vivas, governor of Venezuela's Capital District; COVID-19.^[69]
• 21 August – Remy Hermoso, 72, baseball player (Montreal Expos, Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves).^[70]
• 23 August – Zuray Marcano, 66, Paralympic powerlifter.^[71]
• 29 August
  • , 52, politician, Mayor of Achaguas Municipality (since 2013); COVID-19.^[72]
  • Domingo Rivas, 87, Olympic racing cyclist (1956).^[73]

September to December

• 17 September - Carlos Villamizar, 85, actor
• 6 November – Johnny Paredes, 58, baseball player (Montreal Expos, Detroit Tigers), cancer.^[74]
• 3 October – Anthony Galindo, 41, singer (Menudo, MDO); suicide.^[75]
• 10 December – Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo, 77, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Maracay (2008–2009) and Roman Catholic Diocese of Margarita (1999–2008); pancreatic cancer.^[76]
• 17 December – Bolivia Suárez, 63, politician, Deputy (since 2016); COVID-19.^[77]
• 18 December – José Vicente Rangel, 91, politician, Vice President (2002–2007) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1999–2001); cardiac arrest.^[78]
• 26 December – Víctor Cuica, 71, saxophonist and actor.^{[79] [80]}

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela
• Hyperinflation in Venezuela
• 2020 in the Caribbean
• 2020 in Brazil
• 2020 in Colombia
• 2020 in Ecuador
• 2020 in Peru
• 2020 Venezuelan Primera División season
• Operación Alacrán
• 2020 in politics and government
• 2020s
• 2020s in political history

External links

• How China got shipments of Venezuelan oil despite U.S. sanctions
• Las desapariciones forzadas están aumentando en Venezuela

Notes and References

1. News: A US warship sailed along Venezuela's cost to gather intelligence and send a message to Maduro . January 31, 2020 . Christopher . Woody . Business Insider.
2. 1219737331491655681 . Simon85205764 .
   1. USSDetroit off the coast of Venezuela currently. Very close to the capital #Caracas #Navy USS Detroit (LCS-7) …
   . January 21, 2020 . https://archive.today/20200204182051/https://twitter.com/Simon85205764/status/1219737331491655681 . February 4, 2020.
3. Web site: La Fiscalía venezolana eleva a los 11 muertos en un incendio, 9 de ellos menores . efe.com . es . 26 January 2020.
4. https://elpais.com/economia/2020-03-17/maduro-solicita-5000-millones-al-fmi-para-contener-el-coronavirus-en-medio-de-una-emergencia-economica.html The IMF refuses to grant a loan of 5 billion to Maduro to contain the coronavirus
5. https://www.infobae.com/america/venezuela/2020/03/26/estados-unidos-sancionara-al-regimen-de-nicolas-maduro-por-sus-vinculos-con-el-narcoterrorismo-internacional/ The United States accused Nicolás Maduro of narco-terrorism and offered USD 15 million for data leading to his arrest
6. https://nypost.com/2020/03/27/venezuelan-president-nicolas-maduro-threatens-trump-in-face-of-drug-charges/ Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro threatens Trump in face of drug charges
7. https://elpais.com/economia/2020-03-28/la-petrolera-rosneft-vende-sus-activos-en-venezuela-al-gobierno-de-rusia.html Oil company Rosneft sells its assets in Venezuela to the Government of Russia
8. https://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-prosecutors-office-summoned-guaido-attempted-coup-151654627.html Venezuela prosecutor's office summoned Guaido for 'attempted coup'
9. Web site: Infobae Mexico. es. Mike Pompeo dijo que EEUU levantará las sanciones a Venezuela si el chavismo acepta ir a elecciones libres. Mike Pompeo said that the US will lift sanctions against Venezuela if Chavismo agrees to go to free elections. March 31, 2020.
10. [United States–Venezuela relations|Trump: US to deploy anti-drug Navy ships near Venezuela]
11. https://www.infobae.com/america/venezuela/2020/04/03/el-regimen-de-nicolas-maduro-libero-al-periodista-darvinson-rojas-tras-12-dias-detenido/ Nicolás Maduro's regime released journalist Darvinson Rojas after 12 days in detention
12. https://www.infobae.com/america/venezuela/2020/04/03/la-union-europea-manifesto-su-apoyo-al-plan-de-eeuu-para-instalar-un-gobierno-de-transicion-en-venezuela/ The European Union expressed its support for the US plan to install a transitional government in Venezuela
13. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-colombia-migrants/venezuelan-migrants-flee-colombian-quarantine-for-their-shattered-homeland-idUSKBN21L31C Venezuelan migrants flee Colombian quarantine for their shattered homeland
14. https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/mundo/2020/04/04/venezuela-moviliza-su-artilleria-ante-amenaza-de-ataques-armados-2686.html Venezuela mobilizes its artillery before threat of armed attacks
15. Web site: Cruise ship collision sinks Venezuela navy vessel . BBC News . Apr 21, 2020 . 3 April 2020.
16. Web site: Sacred Venezuelan stone back home after hiatus in Berlin . AP NEWS . Apr 23, 2020 . 17 April 2020.
17. Web site: Croda . Rafael . Maduro encara su peor crisis... y Washington lo cerca . Proceso portal de noticias . April 18, 2020 . es-MX . 18 April 2020. Maduro faces his worst crisis ... and Washington surrounds him.
18. Web site: Venezuela slams US over 'vulgar' central bank funds seizure . news.yahoo.com . Apr 19, 2020.
19. Web site: Un extraño avión iraní aterrizó en el norte de Venezuela . Infobae . Apr 23, 2020 . es-ES. A strange Iranian plane landed in northern Venezuela.
20. Web site: Elliott Abrams aseguró que integrantes del régimen de Maduro han hecho consultas serias sobre el plan de EEUU para una transición democrática en Venezuela . Infobae . Apr 23, 2020 . es-ES. Elliott Abrams assured that members of the Maduro regime have made serious consultations about the US plan for a democratic transition in Venezuela.
21. Web site: Venezuela turns to Iran for a hand restarting its gas pumps . ABC News . Apr 24, 2020 . en.
22. Web site: Sources: Guaido allies take slice of first Venezuela budget . ABC News . Apr 24, 2020 . en.
23. Web site: Maduro taps US fugitive to revamp Venezuela oil industry . ABC News . Apr 28, 2020 . en.
24. Web site: Venezuelan migrants block Bogota road, demand ability to travel home . news.yahoo.com . Apr 29, 2020.
25. Web site: Venezuela refuses to withdraw diplomats from Brazil . news.yahoo.com . May 2, 2020.
26. Web site: 3 May 2020. Familias de reos muertos en penal de Guanare acusan a autoridades de masacre. Efecto Cocuyo.
27. Web site: Venezuela: 2 Americans among those nabbed after beach raid . ABC News . May 4, 2020 . en.
28. Web site: Venezuela extiende prohibición de vuelos hasta el 12 de junio . El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento . May 15, 2020 . es-ES.
29. Web site: Venezuela: Warden charged in deadly prison riot with 47 dead . ABC News . May 13, 2020 . en.
30. Web site: Venezuela captures 39 army 'deserters' over Maduro plot: minister . news.yahoo.com . May 14, 2020.
31. Web site: de 2020 . Por Sebastiana Barráez25 de Mayo . Ante las protestas por fallas en los servicios públicos, el régimen de Nicolás Maduro usa a la Fuerza Armada para amedrentar a la población . infobae . May 25, 2020 . es-ES.
32. Web site: El régimen de Nicolás Maduro demandó al Banco de Inglaterra por retener 31 toneladas de oro venezolano . infobae . May 20, 2020 . es-ES.
33. Web site: "Queremos agua": el reclamo de los venezolanos en Sucre tras 57 días sin servicio en medio de la emergencia por el coronavirus . infobae . May 25, 2020 . es-ES.
34. Web site: Businessman tied to Venezuelan leader arrested in Cape Verde . ABC News . June 13, 2020 . en.
35. Web site: Una investigación asegura que el régimen chavista financió al Movimiento 5 Estrellas que hoy gobierna Italia con 3,9 millones de dólares . infobae . June 15, 2020 . es-ES.
36. Web site: Ex-US diplomat Richardson to urge Maduro to free Americans . news.yahoo.com . July 13, 2020.
37. Web site: Caracas y el estado de Miranda volvieron a una cuarentena radical por el avance del coronavirus en Venezuela . infobae . July 15, 2020 . es-ES.
38. Web site: Argentina expresó su profunda preocupación por las violaciones a los Derechos Humanos en Venezuela y pidió elecciones libres . infobae . July 15, 2020 . es-ES.
39. Web site: Venezuela's National Assembly investigates oil spill . news.yahoo.com . BBC . August 13, 2020.
40. Web site: Satellite TV back for Venezuelans left in dark by US sanctions . www.aljazeera.com . August 20, 2020.
41. Web site: Grave denuncia de Amnistía Internacional contra la dictadura de Maduro por la represión a los trabajadores de la salud en plena pandemia . infobae . August 19, 2020 . es-ES.
42. Web site: Venezuela volvió a registrar más de 1.000 nuevos casos diarios de coronavirus . infobae . August 20, 2020 . es-ES.
43. Web site: Juan Guaidó instó a la Unión Interparlamentaria a rechazar los comicios de diciembre en Venezuela . infobae . August 21, 2020 . es-ES.
44. Web site: La Fiscalía de Cabo Verde imputó a los dos emisarios que viajaron a Caracas para tratar el caso de Alex Saab . infobae . August 25, 2020 . es-ES . August 25, 2020.
45. Web site: Amnistía Internacional reveló que el capitán de corbeta venezolano Rafael Acosta Arévalo fue "desaparecido, torturado y murió ante un juez" . infobae . September 7, 2020 . es-ES . September 5, 2020.
46. Web site: Las fuerzas del régimen de Maduro asesinaron a más de 1.500 personas en ejecuciones extrajudiciales en los primeros seis meses del año . infobae . September 7, 2020 . es-ES.
47. News: Goddard . Emily . Venezuela: President Maduro says US spy captured near oil sites . Sep 13, 2020 . news.yahoo.com . The Independent . September 12, 2020 . He was captured with specialised weapons, he was captured with large amounts of cash, large amounts of dollars and other items..
48. News: El régimen de Nicolás Maduro canceló las clases presenciales hasta enero de 2021 . Sep 14, 2020 . infobae . September 14, 2020 . es-ES.
49. News: La ONU señaló a Nicolás Maduro, Vladimir Padrino y Néstor Reverol como responsables de las violaciones a los derechos humanos en Venezuela . Sep 16, 2020 . infobae . es-ES.
50. News: Cano . Arturo . En Venezuela el madurismo se declara ganador, pese al elevado abstencionismo - Mundo - La Jornada . December 7, 2020 . www.jornada.com.mx . La Jornada . 6 December 2020 . es.
51. News: Mientras México, Argentina y Bolivia callan, 18 países americanos calificaron como fraudulentas e ilegales las elecciones en Venezuela . December 7, 2020 . infobae . December 7, 2020 . es-ES.
52. News: Venezuela opposition claim big turnout in protest vote . December 14, 2020 . aljazeera.com . Al Jazeera English . December 12, 2020 . en.
53. News: Williams . Jordan . Venezuela signs contract to acquire doses of Russian coronavirus vaccine . December 31, 2020 . TheHill . 31 December 2020 . en.
54. News: US sanctions Venezuelan judge, prosecutor over Citgo convictions . January 2, 2021 . aljazeera.com . Al Jazeera English . December 30, 2020 . en.
55. News: Halliburton eliminates Venezuela staff after U.S. sanctions halt operations . January 1, 2021 . Reuters . 31 December 2020 . en.
56. News: Venezuela Supreme Court rules parliament's term extension invalid . January 2, 2021 . aljazeera.com . Al Jazeera English . December 31, 2020 . en.
57. Web site: Falleció la diputada Addy Valero tras una larga lucha contra el cáncer . elnacional.com . 22 January 2020 . es . 26 January 2020.
58. Web site: Falleció El baterista y compositor Alberto Naranjo a los 78 anos . eluniversal.com . 27 January 2020 . es . 28 January 2020.
59. Web site: Falleció el humorista venezolano Carlos Donoso. Casa Editorial El. Tiempo. April 16, 2020. El Tiempo.
60. Web site: Fallece Jorge Spiteri, pionero del rock de Venezuela. diariolasamericas.com.
61. Web site: Outrage in Venezuela after prize racehorse stolen, butchered . news.yahoo.com . June 13, 2020.
62. https://www.panorama.com.ve/politicayeconomia/Murio-el-diputado-Hernan-Aleman-por-covid-19-20200707-0061.html Murió el diputado Hernán Alemán por covid-19
63. Web site: Falleció el "negrito fullero" Daniel Alvarado tras sufrir un accidente doméstico. July 8, 2020. Falleció el "negrito fullero" Daniel Alvarado tras sufrir un accidente doméstico.
64. Web site: Muere diputado venezolano exiliado en Colombia que padecía covid-19 . CNN . July 16, 2020 . 8 July 2020. es.
65. Web site: Fallece Flor Isava, la eterna dama del olimpismo venezolano. July 26, 2020.
66. Web site: President of Venezuelan soccer body Berardinelli dies. ABC News.
67. Web site: Falleció la exprimera dama Blanca Rodríguez de Pérez. El. Nacional. August 6, 2020.
68. Web site: Luchita Hurtado, Influential Painter Who Created Dizzying Images of Women and Nature, Is Dead at 99. Maximilíano Durón,Alex. Greenberger. Maximilíano. Durón. Alex. Greenberger. August 14, 2020.
69. News: Governor of Venezuela's capital district, key Maduro ally, dies of COVID-19. Reuters . August 13, 2020. www.reuters.com.
70. https://www.acn.com.ve/fallecio-remigio-hermoso/ ¡Leyenda! Murió exgrandeliga porteño Remigio Hermoso
71. Web site: World Para Powerlifting sends condolences to family of Zuray Marcano. International Paralympic Committee.
72. Web site: Muere por complicaciones relacionadas al Covid-19 otro dirigente chavista en Venezuela | DIARIO DE CUBA. September 1, 2020. diariodecuba.com.
73. Web site: Olympedia – Domingo Rivas. www.olympedia.org.
74. Web site: Falleció de cáncer el expelotero zuliano Johnny Paredes. El. Nacional. November 5, 2020.
75. https://thestateindia.com/2020/10/04/anthony-galindo-former-member-of-menudo-and-mdo-dies-at-41-the-ny-journal/ Anthony Galindo, former member of Menudo and MDO, dies at 41
76. Web site: Falleció Obispo Emérito de Maracay a la edad de 77 años. October 12, 2020. El Universal.
77. Web site: Falleció la diputada a la Asamblea Nacional Bolivia Suárez por covid-19. El. Nacional. December 17, 2020.
78. News: Falleció José Vicente Rangel, ex vicepresidente de Hugo Chávez. December 18, 2020. Falleció José Vicente Rangel, ex vicepresidente de Hugo Chávez. Com . ntn24 .
79. Web site: Mundo artístico lamenta el fallecimiento del músico Víctor Cuica . El Universal . es . 26 December 2020.
80. Web site: Falleció el músico y actor venezolano Víctor Cuica a los 71 años . Letralia, Tierra de Letras . es . 27 December 2020.