2014 in Venezuela
# 2014 in Venezuela

The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Venezuela.

## Incumbents

* President: Nicolás Maduro
* Vice President: Jorge Arreaza

### Governors

* Amazonas: Liborio Guarulla
* Anzoátegui: Aristóbulo Istúriz
* Apure: Ramón Carrizales
* Aragua: Tareck El Aissami
* Barinas: Adán Chávez
* Bolívar: Francisco Rangel Gómez
* Carabobo: Francisco Ameliach
* Cojedes: Erika Farías
* Delta Amacuro: Lizeta Hernández
* Falcón: Stella Lugo
* Guárico: Ramón Rodríguez Chacín
* Lara: Henri Falcón
* Mérida: Alexis Ramirez
* Miranda: Henrique Capriles Radonski
* Monagas: Yelitza Santaella
* Nueva Esparta: Carlos Mata Figueroa
* Portuguesa: Wilmar Castro
* Sucre: Luis Acuña
* Táchira: José Vielma Mora
* Trujillo: Henry Rangel Silva
* Vargas: Jorge García Carneiro
* Yaracuy: Julio León Heredia
* Zulia: Francisco Arias Cárdenas

## Events

### January

* January 6 - Venezuelan beauty queen Mónica Spear and her British ex-husband are murdered through a carjacking in Caracas.
* January 9 - Seven suspects are arrested in the deaths of Venezuelan actress and beauty star, Mónica Spear, and her ex-husband, whose 5-year-old daughter witnessed the roadside shooting and was also wounded.

### February

* February 12 - Protesters march against the government in various cities across Venezuela with at least 2 people killed in the demonstrations.
* February 13 - Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro arrests opposition activists in reaction to an "attempted coup" against his government.
* February 17 - Venezuela orders the expulsion of three United States consular officials amid rising tensions over anti-government protests after accusing the US of working with the opposition to undermine President Nicolás Maduro's government.
* February 21 - 22-year-old Venezuelan beauty queen Génesis Carmona is shot in the head and killed while participating in a student protest against Nicolás Maduro's socialist government.
* February 21 - Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro threatens to expel CNN from the country, alleging that they are helping the opposition.
* February 22 - Tens of thousands of people gather in Caracas to protest against the government of Nicolás Maduro.

### March

* March 1 - Clashes continue between anti-government protesters and security forces after 41 people are arrested.
* March 6 - The government of Venezuela cuts diplomatic ties with Panama calling it a "lackey of the United States".

### April

* April 29 - Venezuelan officials announce that a former chief of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service, Eliecer Otaiza, was shot and killed on Saturday.

### September

* September 24 - Venezuela's opposition parties named Jesus Torrealba, a 56-year-old journalist and teacher, to head their coalition ahead of 2015 parliamentary elections where they hope to weaken President Maduro's socialist government.

### October

* October 1 — Pro-government legislator Robert Serra was murdered.
