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

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.