Edmundo González, recognized by the United States as Venezuela’s president-elect, urges the Trump administration not to deal with the Maduro regime on immigration.

The message seemed designed to reach Washington as one administration prepares to hand the baton to the next: If the United States keeps messing with Venezuela, then Caracas will retaliate by “liberating” the US territory of Puerto Rico,

In 2022, the White House granted Venezuela a financial lifeline “to support the restoration of democracy” after President Nicolás Maduro promised to work toward an open presidential election, granting U.

During his speech, Maduro talked about the number of alleged mercenaries detained in Venezuela for trying to undermine his government, saying they numbered more than 150, came from 25 countries.

Venezuela Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, an ally of strongman Nicolás Maduro, is accused of ordering the assassination in Santiago, Chile, allegedly carried out by transnational crime gang Tren de Aragua.

Venezuelan NGO Espacio Publico said on X on Thursday that its director, Carlos Correa, has been released from detention.

President Nicolas Maduro looks on during a press conference after testifying before the electoral chamber at main headquarters of the Supreme Court of Justice on Aug. 2, 2024, at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela.

Donald Trump’s second presidency has come with a surprising, but much-needed twist: making the Western Hemisphere a top foreign policy priority, once again. For over a century, this strategic thinking guided U.

The first thing greeting me as I disembarked from my flight in Caracas was a wanted poster for one Edmundo González Urrutia. The reward was $100,000. Not

The Trump administration is revoking deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the United States, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

Former president Joe Biden had extended temporary protected status, or TPS, for another 18 months just days before Trump returned to the White House last week pledging to carry out a mass deportation

Venezuela’s regime has distributed weapons to state workers and militias, potentially aiming to expand the country’s civilian army while exposing his waning influence over the colectivos, once the primary political-military force supporting his government.