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The Biden administration'd decision to allow Chevron to resume oil drilling has been met with anger by some opponents of the Maduro regime.

The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela have met and say they will improve trade and security cooperation, as both countries seek to normalize relations following the election of Colombia’s first leftist leader

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has traveled to the energy-rich nation of Qatar as part of a Mideast tour

Ana Margarita Rojas and Elena Hernáiz have shared their lives for more than three decades and raised a son together in Venezuela’s capital

A more realistic policy toward the Maduro regime would free up oil supplies and weaken Russian influence.

The ban on Russian oil exports is causing prices to surge, and leaders are revisiting some awkward friendships.

The rare U.S. visit with Maduro, the authoritarian leader who has been indicted by U.S. prosecutors on narcoterrorism charges, underscored the global shake-up prompted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro has signaled an interest in improving relationships between the South American country and the U.S. Maduro spoke Monday during a late-night televised meeting with cabinet members that followed weekend discussions with American officials

Venezuela has long been one of America's most bitter adversaries. But amid the crisis with Russia and soaring gas prices, the Biden administration is reaching out to the Latin American country.

The visit is the highest-level U.S. trip to Venezuela in years.

Emily Mayora’s family once supported the opposition to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, especially when a fresh young leader injected life into that movement three years ago

A businessman linked to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was secretly signed up by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a cooperating source in 2018 and provided agents with information about bribes he paid to officials as well as forfeiting more than $9.5 million in illegal proceeds he earned from corrupt state contracts.

The Venezuelan opposition was re-energized recently by an unexpected gubernatorial victory in the home state of the late President Hugo Chavez

The internal struggles of the movement started by late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez were encapsulated by the apparent defeat _ and its aftermath _ of one of his brothers during the gubernatorial election in November

Venezuelans have cast ballots for thousands of local races under the scrutiny of international observers in an election that for the first time in four years included major opposition participation

For the opposition, the elections are an opportunity to revive a disillusioned base and redefine the faltering pro-democracy movement. For President Nicolás Maduro, they’re a chance to project a veneer of legitimacy while reasserting strength.

Venezuelans head to the polls this weekend to participate in what has been described as "mega-elections."

President Nicolás Maduro is not on the ballot for the upcoming elections across Venezuela, and the names of winners of gubernatorial and other local races likely won’t be well-known beyond their country’s borders

A businessman accused of siphoning off millions in state contracts from Venezuela has pleaded not guilty in a high profile case that’s strained relations between Washington and Caracas.

ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan warned against attempts to interfere with his investigation, the first probe of its kind in Latin America.

The latest round of negotiations, aimed at restoring democracy and easing a humanitarian crisis in the South American country, open Friday in Mexico City.

The government of Venezuela and its opposition are set to begin a new dialogue this week looking for a change in the South American nation’s prolonged political standoff

The government of Venezuela and its opposition are scheduled to begin a new dialogue this week, marking the third effort in four years

A United Nations report says Venezuelan security forces carried out fewer extra-judicial killings for almost a year beginning last June, but it accuses them of a continued pattern of torture or cruel treatment of individuals as well as enforced disappearances and incommunicado detentions

Biden has continued Trump’s maximum-pressure campaign on Venezuela despite a softening of President Nicolás Maduro’s posture toward the West.

Venezuela’s opposition leader has proposed negotiations with the government of President Nicolás Maduro to open up the country to a possible recovery from a complex crisis

Six American oil executives jailed in Venezuela more than three years ago on corruption charges have been granted house arrest in a gesture of goodwill toward the Biden administration as it reviews its policy toward the politically turbulent South American country.

Six American oil executives jailed in Venezuela more than three years ago on corruption charges were granted house arrest on Friday in a gesture of goodwill toward the Biden administration as it reviews its policy toward the politically turbulent South American country. The partial release of the six employees of Houston-based Citgo was confirmed to The Associated Press by family members of the men. Tomeu Vadell, Jose Luis Zambrano, Alirio Zambrano, Jorge Toledo, Gustavo Cardenas and Jose Pereira were hauled away by masked security agents while at a meeting in Caracas just before Thanksgiving in 2017.

En un acto televisado, Maduro indicó que los “grupos irregulares armados” que “se visten de guerrilleros para servir a las rutas del narcotráfico”, han intentado imponerse en el estado sureño de Apure, fronterizo con Colombia

Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. “Facebook de manera totalitaria y de manera abusiva me censuró", dijo Maduro en un acto de gobierno televisado sobre el balance semanal de la lucha contra el COVID-19, justo un día después de que Facebook bloqueó por 30 días la actualización de la página del gobernante. Es posible acceder a todo el contenido que Maduro ha publicado, con excepción de un video que fue borrado por la red social en el que recomendaba el uso de un antiviral contra el COVID-19 que no cuenta con la evidencia científica necesaria, según los protocolos internacionales. Además, el mandatario ya no puede publicar nada más. All rights reserved)If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.

January 2016: Maduro declares a state of "economic emergency." The country's economic woes are rooted in falling oil prices, plummeting currency rates, power struggles within the government and ongoing food shortages.

January 2016: Maduro declares a state of "economic emergency." The country's economic woes are rooted in falling oil prices, plummeting currency rates, power struggles within the government and ongoing food shortages.

Maduro fights with U.S. to get Alex Saab out of Cape Verde

“While Venezuelans who fled Maduro’s narco-terrorist regime cannot return home safely today, I know they await the day they can return to their beloved homeland. That is why it is critical that we continue working with our democratic allies to secure a Venezuela free from tyranny and ensure this temporary status in the U.S. does not become a permanent one,” Rubio said.

Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. Horas después en un acto de gobierno televisado, Maduro afirmó que “la Unión Europea es bienvenida en Venezuela, pero si respeta” y si los europeos “rectifican ” su postura con Venezuela. Mientras eso no ocurra, “con ustedes no hay más nunca ningún trato”, ni “ningún tipo de diálogo, señores de la Unión Europea”, agregó, sin dar detalles. All rights reservedIf you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.

Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. “Yo no soy juez ni fiscal, y no debo meterme en este tema”, dijo Maduro, pero luego acusó a la CIA de infiltrarse en Citgo. “¿Hay espacio para el diálogo?”, manifestó Maduro en respuesta a una pregunta de The Associated Press sobre si ha entablado conversaciones con el gobierno del presidente estadounidense Joe Biden. “Siempre hay espacio para el diálogo”, añadió. (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press.

Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. “Esto es, al igual que con otras cosas, como la gente que intenta vender, ya sabes, algunos frijoles mágicos como solución a un problema complejo”, dijo Boulware a The Associated Press el martes. (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.

Todos los derechos reservados. Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. Intentos pasados de establecer un diálogo entre el gobierno y la oposición no han logrado destrabar el estancamiento político en el país, y Maduro ha reafirmado su control del poder. Mientras tanto, no se avizora en el horizonte un fin a una crisis económica que ha obligado a millones a emigrar, y que ha hecho que los que aún viven en Venezuela sufran la carestía de bienes básicos, incluida la gasolina, a pesar de que el país cuenta con las mayores reservas petroleras del mundo. All rights reserved)If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.

Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. Todos los derechos reservados. Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. Los partidarios de Maduro obtuvieron 256 de las 277 bancas en los comicios legislativos del 6 de diciembre que fueron boicoteados por la oposición al considerar que no existían condiciones para elecciones libres y democráticas. All rights reserved)If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. Todos los derechos reservados. Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.

Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. Abrams dijo que también espera que el amplio apoyo internacional a la oposición venezolana se mantenga firme a pesar de los esfuerzos del gobierno de Maduro por socavar la democracia. “Han hecho todo lo posible para asegurarse de que ésta no sea una elección libre”, dijo. “En cambio, estamos obteniendo una elección que no merece ser llamada elección”. La consulta, impulsada por organizaciones civiles, no contará con ninguna auditoría ni observación independiente y no tendrá validez legal.

MIAMI – President Donald Trump’s administration has deported Venezuelan migrants to Trinidad and Tobago, according to Sen. Robert Menendez. law forbids the forcible return of refugees to a place where their lives or freedom would be threatened," Menendez wrote. Trump recognized Juan Guaidó as the president of Venezuela, and he has imposed sanctions. Syracuse University’s Transactional Access Records Clearinghouse reports about 30 to 40% of asylum cases for Venezuelan refugees are being denied. The National Assembly elections are in December, but since Maduro excluded three of the four opposition political parties there is little hope for change.

did not seek confirmation or clarification—when the DEA informants dropped their various oblique hints,” according to the petition, which was prepared by New York-based attorneys with the firm Sidley. Campo and Flores were arrested in Haiti in a DEA sting in 2015 and immediately removed to New York to face trial. Lawyers for Campo and Flores argued at their two-week trial that no drugs traded hands and the men never intended to deliver any. But in the lower court trial, his legal bill was flipped by Wilmer Ruperti, a Venezuelan shipping magnate close to Maduro's government. The two have made almost no mention of their loved ones' conviction in the U.S.—Follow Goodman on Twitter: @APJoshGoodman

MIAMI As U.S. sanctions scare away the world's largest shippers from Venezuela's oil industry, new players are willing to brave the heightened risks and help keep socialist leader Nicols Maduro afloat, according to a new report. Collectively, those ships accounted for 33% of all maritime traffic since the U.S. banned Americans from doing business with Venezuela's oil sector on Jan. 28, 2019. As the Trump administration has sought to deprive Maduro of easy cash from Venezuelas vast oil reserves, it has sanctioned more than 50 vessels found to have violated sanctions. The 103 tankers visiting Venezuela for the first time appear to be owned by just 41 companies, according to the report. Three companies with the largest fleets belong to TMS Tankers Limited, Eastern Mediterranean Maritime Limited and Delta Tankers Limited, C4ADS and IBI said.

PELOSI: We passed TPS in the House a while ago. I dont know why Sen. Rubio isnt picking up that ball and running with it. I dont know why (the administration) hasnt. We are in agreement with the administration that we have to oppose (the regime) and support the people of Venezuela. (In our bill), we urge the White House to urge the Russians and the Turks, for example, to be helpful because they have influence there.

A year ago, Guaid asserted at a street demonstration that his position as legislative leader made him Venezuela's interim president in place of the usurper Maduro, whose 2018 reelection has been rejected as invalid by the legislature, as well as by the U.S., European Union and several Latin American governments. Key opposition figures were barred from running in that election.

BOGOTA, Colombia - The Venezuelan opposition's next hope is on the Organization of American States' Inter-American Reciprocal Assistance Treaty, better known as the Rio Treaty. The treaty allows supporters of Juan Guaid to use coordinated economic sanctions, military force and communications disruptions to push Nicols Maduro out of the presidency. Maduro has the support of the Venezuelan military elite, which has the backing of two global super powers: Russia and China. "There is a branch of the opposition that disagreed with Guaid, and it is still in negotiations with Maduro, but it represents less than one-tenth of the National Assembly seats. Venezuelan Communications Minister Jorge Rodrguez recently told reporters that members of the ruling socialist party were going to return to the opposition-controlled National Assembly.

The report, which has been denied by the Trump administration, resonated with exiled Venezuelans in Miami who feel more abandoned by the day. "The feeling among exiled Venezuelans is that international support for the Venezuelan community has been paralyzed." Colina is a former Venezuelan military officer who has been in exile for almost 15 years. Helene Villalonga, president of AMAVEX (Association of Venezuelan Mothers and Women Abroad), says she stopped holding out hope for the Trump administration to help Venezuelans months ago. The Trump administration, in its bluster, announced that all options including military intervention were on the table.