2026 in Venezuela

Government

• President – Nicolás Maduro ; Delcy Rodríguez
• [Vice President of Venezuela|President of Venezuela|Vice President] – Delcy Rodríguez
• President of the National Assembly – Jorge Rodríguez
• President of the IV National Assembly of Venezuela – Dinorah Figuera

Holidays

• 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. 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. Trump then indicates that the United States plans to run Venezuela until there is a "safe, proper and judicious transition".
• *The Supreme Tribunal of Justice orders vice president Delcy Rodríguez to assume the presidency in the absence of Maduro.
• 5 January —
• *Delcy Rodríguez is sworn in as acting president.
• *The Swiss government imposes a four-year freeze on any assets held by president Maduro and his close associates in Switzerland.
• 12 January – The government announces the release of 112 political prisoners.
• 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.
• 29 January — President Rodríguez signs a law allowing the entry of private companies in the production and sale Venezuelan oil.