Bulletin 2026-08UCDP data through GED 26.1, Candidate Events 26.0.8Changes in the data

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Venezuela: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 7 eventsP of organized violence in Venezuela in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 8P. UCDP counts 8P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 1 eventP.

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 26.0.8, 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, August 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Bolívar state23
Falcón state11
Lara state11
Zulia state22

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

Figure 1. Events in Venezuela, August 2026. The map shows 7 events with 8 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, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
1 Aug 2026Caroní municipality, Bolívar stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPNon-state222
2 Aug 2026Bolívar stateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided111
3 Aug 2026Iribarren municipality, Lara stateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided111
5 Aug 2026Maracaibo municipality, Zulia stateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided111
10 Aug 2026San Francisco municipality, Zulia stateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided111
11 Aug 2026No place givenGovernment of Venezuela; CiviliansOne-sided111
31 Aug 2026Colina municipality, Falcón stateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided111

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

Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Venezuela: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP6P7P
Government of Venezuela1P1P

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. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

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, August 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict00%
Non-state conflict1P14%
One-sided violence against civilians6P86%

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
August 20267P8PCandidate Events
July 20261P1PCandidate Events
June 20262P3PCandidate Events
May 20263P7PCandidate Events
April 20264P12PCandidate Events
March 20263P3PCandidate Events
February 20261P1PCandidate Events
January 20264P84PCandidate Events
May 202512GED
December 202411GED
August 202411GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. A report of a month more than 24 months before the data end stays online. Search engines are asked not to list it.

Venezuela: all figures

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ConflictStats. Venezuela: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/venezuela/month/2026-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through .

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