Editing 2006 (section)

===April===
* [[April 4]] – The [[Faddoul Brothers]], kidnapped on February 23, 2006, in [[Caracas]], Venezuela, are found dead, causing outrage and mass protests against insecurity in the country.<ref name="País">{{cite news |last=Hernández |first=Clodovaldo |date=April 6, 2006 |title=Hallados muertos tres hermanos venezolanos secuestrados hace 38 días |url=http://elpais.com/diario/2006/04/06/internacional/1144274413_850215.html |access-date=March 1, 2017 |newspaper=El País |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527220105/https://elpais.com/diario/2006/04/06/internacional/1144274413_850215.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Universal">{{cite web |last=Vargos |first=Reinaldo |date=April 6, 2006 |title=Ciudad colapsada por protestas |url=http://www.eluniversal.com/2006/04/06/pol_art_06155A.shtml |access-date=March 1, 2017 |publisher=El Universal |archive-date=September 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926035157/https://www.eluniversal.com/2006/04/06/pol_art_06155A.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Mundo">{{cite web |date=April 6, 2006 |title=Los venezolanos toman la calle en protesta por el asesinato de tres hermanos |url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/04/06/internacional/1144346175.html |access-date=March 1, 2017 |website=Elmundo.es |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527220104/https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/04/06/internacional/1144346175.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 11]]
** The [[European Space Agency]]'s ''[[Venus Express]]'' spaceprobe enters [[Venus]]' orbit.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,191293,00.html |title=European Space Probe Goes Into Orbit Around Venus |agency=Associated Press |date=April 12, 2006 |access-date=2009-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414070147/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,191293,00.html |archive-date=April 14, 2008 |url-status=dead |work=Fox News  }}</ref>
** President [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] confirms that Iran has [[Nuclear program of Iran|successfully produced]] a few grams of low-grade [[enriched uranium]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/12/MNGIVI7RTH1.DTL |title=Iran celebrates uranium enrichment Experts say nuclear step means Tehran is serious, but weapon is years off |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=April 12, 2006 |access-date=2009-07-09 |first=James |last=Sterngold |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070105204526/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2006%2F04%2F12%2FMNGIVI7RTH1.DTL |archive-date=January 5, 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/11/iran.nuclear/index.html|title=Iran says it joins 'countries with nuclear technology'|publisher=CNN|date=April 12, 2006|access-date=2009-07-09|archive-date=March 15, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315113821/http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/11/iran.nuclear/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 20]] – Iran announces a deal with Russia, involving a joint [[uranium enrichment]] firm on Russian soil;<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article707817.ece|title=Russia backs Iran's nuclear programme|work=The Times|first=Jenny|last=Booth|date=April 21, 2006|access-date=2009-07-09|location=London|archive-date=June 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604125140/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article707817.ece|url-status=dead}}</ref> nine days later Iran announces that it will not move all activity to Russia, thus leading to a ''de facto'' termination of the deal.