2019 in Venezuela
# 2019 in Venezuela

Events of 2019 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: Jorge García Carneiro
* Yaracuy: Julio León Heredia
* Zulia: Omar Prieto

## Events

* 5 Jan
   * The new leadership of the National Assembly is sworn in, with Juan Guaidó as its President.
* 10 Jan
   * After the May 2018 presidential election, Nicolás Maduro is sworn in as Venezuelan President for the second time, to controversy
* 23 Jan
   * The nation protests, with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets across the nation.
   * A 4.5 magnitude earthquake hits in Sucre.
   * Opposition leader Juan Guaidó swears himself in as President of Venezuela, with de facto President Nicolás Maduro not recognizing this.
   * The United States, Canada and several Latin American nations recognize opposition leader Juan Guaidó as President of Venezuela.
   * President Nicolás Maduro says Caracas is breaking off diplomatic relations with the United States, giving American diplomats 72 hours to leave the country. Juan Guaidó, in turn, asks diplomats of countries that have recognized him as president to remain in Venezuela.

## Deaths

### March

* March 6 - Alí Domínguez, journalist (b. 1992)

### May

* May 2 – Juan Vicente Torrealba, Venezuelan harpist and composer (b. 1917)
