2017 in Venezuela

Incumbents

• President: Nicolás Maduro
• Vice President: Aristóbulo Istúriz, Tareck El Aissami

  Events

February

• 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.
• 15 February - Venezuela bans CNN from the country after allegations of spreading propaganda.

  October

• 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

• 3 December - President Nicolás Maduro announces the creation of a new cryptocurrency the petro.
• 10 December - The Bolivarian government Great Patriotic Pole won 306 of the 337 Mayorships during the 2017 Venezuelan municipal elections.

  Deaths

• 1 January – Memo Morales, singer.
• 6 January – Octavio Lepage, politician.
• 26 June – Isaías Pimentel, tennis player