Alex Saab, a close ally of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, has been charged in Miami with bribing officials for government contracts.

Venezuela’s government says it has deported a close ally of Nicolás Maduro to face judicial proceedings in the U.S. less than three years after the business owner was pardoned by President Joe Biden as part of a prisoner swap.

A Venezuelan mother and her two stepchildren reunited with family and friends on Thursday in San Antonio after they were released from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Dilley following a federal judge’s order.

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez tells journalists that her country has no plans to become the 51st U.S. state after President Donald Trump said he was “seriously considering” the move.

Venezuela insists that a mineral-rich region of Guyana was fraudulently taken in the 19th century.

The first direct commercial flight between the United States and Venezuela has arrived in the Venezuelan capital Caracas.

Venezuelan women have spent the year protesting to demand the release of hundreds of political prisoners.

President Donald Trump's threat of military intervention in Cuba is raising hopes of regime change among Cuban Americans.

Venezuela's exiled opposition leader María Corina Machado has drawn several thousand supporters to a rally in Madrid.

Like thousands of other migrants, the family entered under the Biden administration’s rules in 2024. With Trump in office, they were locked up in Texas before deciding to abandon asylum.

Venezuelan lawmakers have approved a bill to regulate mining as the country seeks to attract leery foreign investors to a once-private industry that has long been exploited by criminal groups with ties to the government.

The criminal trial of a former congressman is offering a glimpse into the prehistory of the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

The U.S. has lifted sanctions on Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has testified for nearly three hours over his interactions with former Florida congressman David Rivera.

The Cuban government has refused a request by the U.S. Embassy in Havana to allow it to import diesel for its generators while the Trump administration continues to impose a fuel blockade on the island, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

President Donald Trump this week said he believes he’ll have “the honor of taking Cuba” soon.

Venezuelans pour into the streets in a rare, loud release of joy after their team wins the World Baseball Classic.

The Treasury Department is easing sanctions on Venezuela’s state oil company.

Venezuelan and American fans packed Miami for the U.S.-Venezuela World Baseball Classic final.

Venezuela has won the World Baseball Classic for the first time, rebounding from a blown eighth-inning lead to beat the United States 3-2 on Eugenio Suárez’s tiebreaking double in the ninth.

The American flag has been raised over the U.S. Embassy in Caracas for the first time since 2019.

Venezuelan fans are turning the World Baseball Classic in Miami into a celebration.

The State Department says the United States and Venezuela have agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations in a major shift in a historically adversarial relationship.

Venezuela enters the World Baseball Classic in Miami with politics hanging over the tournament.

The lawyer for deposed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has asked a judge to toss out the indictment against his client on the grounds that the United States has violated his rights to defend himself by blocking funds to pay his legal costs.

The lawyer for deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro says the United States is blocking funding for the cost of defending himself against drug trafficking charges.

Marco Rubio is visiting the Caribbean, where he's defending the Trump administration’s military operation to capture Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro.

The Pentagon says U.S. military forces have boarded a third sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean Sea in an effort to target illicit oil connected to Venezuela.

Venezuela’s government says it is freeing large numbers of people held for political reasons after passing a new amnesty law.

Venezuela has passed a new amnesty law, but some families of political detainees and prisoners' rights groups are reacting with mixed feelings.

As President Donald Trump seeks to boost U.S. investment in Venezuela’s oil fields, Mexico is poised to export less heavy crude to Gulf refineries, creating an opening for Venezuelan oil.

Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez has signed into law an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of politicians, activists, lawyers and many others.

The U.S. military says it's boarded another sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to make arrangements to allow some of the Venezuelan migrants flown to a notorious prison in El Salvador to return to the U.

The U.S. Justice Department is targeting Alex Saab, a businessman linked to Nicolás Maduro, in an investigation that could impact the U.S. prosecution of the deposed Venezuelan leader.

The U.S. military says it has boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean.

Venezuela's top prosecutor says his office has requested the arrest of Juan Pablo Guanipa, a close ally of opposition leader María Corina Machado.

Venezuela’s government has released several prominent opposition members from prison, including one of the closest allies of Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado.

In Venezuela, political critics are emerging from hiding following the U.S. ouster of President Nicolás Maduro.

Thirty days after the U.S. captured then-President Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela remains in turmoil.

U.S. charge d’affaires Laura Dogu has arrived in Caracas to reopen the American diplomatic mission in Venezuela after seven years of severed ties.

The United States will allow Venezuela to sell oil that's currently under American sanctions and use the proceeds to pay for basic government services.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has given a full-throated defense of President Donald Trump's military operation to oust and arrest then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

The Trump administration has notified Congress that it is taking the first steps to possibly reopen the shuttered U.S. Embassy in Venezuela as it explores restoring relations with the South American country following the U.S. military raid that ousted then-President Nicolás Maduro.

The U.S. military says it’s carried out a deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the first since the raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month.

Venezuela’s legislature is debating a major overhaul of its oil sector, the first since Hugo Chávez's era.

The son-in-law of Venezuelan opposition figure Edmundo González has been released after more than a year in detention.

U.S. forces have boarded and taken control of a seventh oil tanker connected with Venezuela.

The Federal Aviation Administration is urging U.S. aircraft operators to “exercise caution” when flying over the eastern Pacific Ocean near Mexico, Central America and parts of South America, citing “military activities” and satellite navigation interference.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe has met with Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez.

Tens of thousands of Cubans have gathered in Havana to protest the killing of 32 Cuban officers in Venezuela.

U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela.

The bodies of 32 Cuban officers killed during a stunning U.S. attack on Venezuela have been repatriated to their homeland.

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez vows to continue releasing prisoners detained under former President Nicolás Maduro.

The Senate sidelined a war powers resolution Wednesday that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to carry out further military attacks on Venezuela, as the president put intense pressure on his fellow Republicans to vote down the measure.

The Trump administration says multiple Americans who were detained in Venezuela have been released.

The plane used by the U.S. military to strike an alleged drug-smuggling boat off Venezuela last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft.

Edilson Torres has been buried in his hometown after dying in a Venezuelan prison.

Yaxzodara Lozada has woken up freezing on a sidewalk outside a Venezuelan prison, hoping her husband, a police officer detained in November, will be released.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says his administration is not in talks with the U.S. government.

Minnesota and the Twin Cities are suing the federal government to stop surge by federal immigration authorities.

President Donald Trump says he is “inclined” to keep ExxonMobil out of Venezuela after its top executive was skeptical about oil investment efforts in the country after the toppling of former President Nicolás Maduro.

There's another warning from President Donald Trump to Cuba in the wake of Nicolás Maduro's ouster in Venezuela.

Nicaragua’s Interior Ministry has announced the release of dozens of prisoners.

The United States and Venezuela are exploring the possibility of restoring diplomatic relations.

Environmental experts warn that U.S. plans under President Donald Trump to restart and control Venezuelan oil exports could intensify pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and ecological damage in a country already burdened by decades of oil-related degradation.

President Donald Trump is calling on oil executives to rush to invest in Venezuela as the White House looks to quickly secure $100 billion in private funding to revive the country's ability to fully tap into its expansive reserves of petroleum.

The U.S. military says U.S. forces have boarded another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea as the Trump administration continues to target sanctioned tankers traveling to and from Venezuela.

President Donald Trump says American intervention in Venezuela will bring billions of dollars of investment in the country's infrastructure, a revival of its once-thriving oil industry and a new age of prosperity for the Latin American country.

Pope Leo XIV has denounced how nations are increasingly using force to assert their dominion worldwide.

Venezuela’s sudden release of detainees brought relief and guarded optimism to a country consumed by uncertainty.

Venezuela has released a number of imprisoned high-profile opposition figures, activists and journalists — both citizens and foreigners — nearly a week after former President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces to face drug-trafficking charges.

The Senate has advanced a resolution that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela.

Venezuela's military has held a funeral for some of the soldiers killed during the U.S. operation that captured former President Nicolás Maduro.

Mexico has emerged as a key fuel supplier to Havana as the United States prepares to seize control of Venezuelan oil and the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump hardens its stance toward Cuba.

President Donald Trump's administration is seeking to assert its control over Venezuelan oil, seizing two sanctioned tankers transporting petroleum and announcing plans to relax some sanctions so the U.S. can oversee the sale of Venezuela’s petroleum worldwide.

Texas-based oil companies have largely been silent on Trump’s assertion that they would help to rebuild Venezuela’s oil infrastructure.

As Iran is gripped by new protests, many people there are focused on the U.S. raid in Venezuela and wonder whether the same could occur in Tehran.

Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela's interim president, has risen to prominence through strategic moves and political savvy.

The Cuban government has revealed the identities of 32 military personnel killed during the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

President Donald Trump says Venezuela will be providing 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to the U.S., and he pledges to use proceeds from the sale of this oil “to benefit the people” of both countries.

News organizations got a rare “thank you” from the Trump administration for not putting its military action in Venezuela in jeopardy by reporting on it before it happened.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other top officials have briefed leaders in Congress on the striking military operation in Venezuela.

Cubans lowered flags before dawn Monday to mourn 32 officers who died in the weekend strike against the president of Venezuela.

Venezuelan leaders are asserting the country's independence after the U.S. captured President Nicolás Maduro.

Allies and adversaries of the United States have used an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to voice opposition to the audacious U.S. military operation in Venezuela that captured leader Nicolás Maduro.

Shares of major U.S. companies in the energy sector are sharply higher after President Donald Trump announced plans to take control of Venezuela’s oil industry and said American companies would revitalize it after capturing President Nicolás Maduro.

Local political science professor says loyalty to Maduro runs deep within Venezuela's established political structure

An American military operation in Venezuela killed 32 Cuban officers over the weekend, the Cuban government said Sunday in the first official acknowledgement of the deaths.

A day after the ouster of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump is renewing his calls for an American takeover of the Danish territory of Greenland and is threatening Colombia with military action over its drug trade.

When Nicolás Maduro appears in a New York courtroom to face U.S. drug charges, he'll be following a path taken by Panama's Manuel Noriega, another strongman who was toppled by American forces.

President Donald Trump's military intervention in Venezuela is testing his ability to hold the Republican coalition together.

President Donald Trump's plan to take control of Venezuela's oil industry and ask American companies to revitalize it after capturing that country's president in a military raid isn't likely to have a significant immediate impact on oil prices.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is suggesting the United States won’t govern Venezuela other than enforcing an existing “oil quarantine” on the country.

A newly unsealed U.S. Justice Department indictment accuses captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of running a “corrupt, illegitimate government” fueled by a drug-trafficking operation that flooded the U.S. with thousands of tons of cocaine.

Venezuelans are trying to understand who is in charge after the United States announced the capture of President Nicolás Maduro.

Legal questions are being raised about the Trump administration’s capture of Venezuela’s president and claims that it will “run” the South American country.

The U.S. military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has disrupted Caribbean travel.

Revelers chanted “liberty” and draped Venezuelan flags over their shoulders in South Florida on Saturday to celebrate the U.S. military operation to capture President Nicolás Maduro and remove him from the country.

Texas politicians are taking to social media to react to the U.S. strikes in Venezuela and the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.