More than 2 million people have left Venezuela for other South American countries in the past year.
The tsunami warning centre earlier mentioned a potential threat to the Caribbean islands and the coasts of Grenada,Trinidad and Tobago as well as Venezuela.
The Venezuelan government asked Brazil to"guarantee the care and safety of Venezuelans and their families"and called the episode"violence fed by xenophobia".
Faced with nearly incomprehensible inflation — 32,714 per cent as of Wednesday — Venezuelan officials thought they had a solution:lop off some zeroes.
Government has accused opposition politicians and anti-Nicolas Maduro activists abroad of scheming to assassinate the leftist leader.
Centuries after Blackbeard's cannons fell silent and the Jolly Roger came down from rum ports across the Caribbean,the region is confronting a new and less romanticised era of pirates.
A Brazilian federal appeals court judge has overturned a ruling barring Venezuelan migrants fleeing economic and political turmoil from entering Brazil.
Six suspects are in custody in connection with the attack on Saturday that failed to hurt the president but left seven soldiers injured.
Venezuela's opposition has warned that President Nicolas Maduro may launch a political crackdown in the wake of a suspected assassination attempt.
Witnesses said the Venezuelan president was apparently attacked by several explosive laden drones.
When the IMF predicted hyperinflation in Venezuela could top 13,000 per cent,it seemed as if the country's outlook could not get any worse. It just did.