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Venezuela: events and estimated deaths in January 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

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UCDP recorded 4 eventsP of organized violence in Venezuela in January 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 81P. UCDP counts 4P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. UCDP recorded no events in December 2025.

UCDP recorded no events in January 2025. Among the 12 months with a report for Venezuela, January 2026 has the 2nd highest count of events. Venezuela holds 0 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in January 2026. In January 2025, the share was 0 percent.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Venezuela, January 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
La Guaira state11
Miranda state23

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Figure 1. Events in Venezuela, January 2026. The map shows 4 events with 81 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Venezuela has each event.

Table 2. Venezuela, January 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
3 Jan 2026Vargas municipality, La Guaira stateGovernment of United States of America; Government of VenezuelaState-based111
3 Jan 2026No place givenGovernment of United States of America; Government of VenezuelaState-based777777
3 Jan 2026El Hatillo municipality, Miranda stateGovernment of United States of America; Government of VenezuelaState-based111
3 Jan 2026Cristóbal Rojas municipality, Miranda stateGovernment of United States of America; Government of VenezuelaState-based222

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Venezuela: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of January 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of United States of America4P81P
Government of Venezuela4P81P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 4. Venezuela: events by type of violence, January 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict4P100%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians00%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. Monthly reports of Venezuela, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20262P2PCandidate Events
August 20267P8PCandidate Events
July 20261P1PCandidate Events
June 20262P3PCandidate Events
May 20263P7PCandidate Events
April 20260P0PCandidate Events
March 20261P1PCandidate Events
February 20261P1PCandidate Events
January 20264P81PCandidate Events
May 202512GED
December 202411GED
August 202411GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

Venezuela: all figures

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ConflictStats. Venezuela: events and estimated deaths in January 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/venezuela/month/2026-01/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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