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A decade under Nicolas Maduro, migration marks Venezuelans' lives
As people continue to migrate, mostly to elsewhere in Latin America, there's an increasing divide between 'los que se quedaron' and 'los que se fueron,' those who stayed and those who left
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro hosts Colombia's Gustavo Petro for 'very fruitful' talks
The two leaders held talks for about three hours in Caracas at the Miraflores presidential palace, where Petro -- Colombia's first leftist president -- arrived around midday
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says willing to work at normalizing US ties
Maduro broke off relations with Washington in 2019, when the administration of then-president Donald Trump recognized Guaido as Venezuela's interim president
Colombia, Venezuela open key binational bridge as ties warm
Colombia and Venezuela on Sunday opened a key bridge linking the countries that had been closed for almost seven years amid political tensions, launching an era of improved relations under Colombia’s new leftist president.
Breakthrough in Venezuela talks spurs US to ease embargo
The relaxation of curbs on Chevron's operations in Venezuela, which has the world's largest oil reserves, would allow the nation to move toward re-entering global oil markets
The changing face of geopolitics: How Russian oil ban has forced the US to turn to Venezuela
In a big blow to the Kremlin, the United States announced an immediate ban on Russian oil and energy exports. Washington has opened up diplomatic channels with Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, who has been branded a “thug” in US political circles
‘US feeds on crisis’: How countries have supported Russia in the ongoing conflict with Ukraine
Countries such as Iran, Belarus, China, Syria, Venezuela have extended their support to Moscow, blaming the US and Western allies for their expansionist policies
Olympic triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas aiming for long jump gold at Paris 2024
"I'm an athlete of challenges. If it was up to me, I'd compete in the two events," Rojas told Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a ceremony in her honour in Caracas.
In parting shot, Donald Trump hits Venezuela with sweeping round of financial sanctions
In the last two years, Trump has sought to exert pressure on Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro to end what US officials call his illegitimate hold on power
US warship's secret Africa mission aims to help punish Venezuela, deter attempts to jailbreak Maduro aide before extradition
US cruiser San Jacinto recently sailed across the Atlantic to keep a close eye on Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman, widely believed to be the architect of the economic deals that are keeping the Maduro government afloat, who was arrested in June in Cape Verde
White House announces new sanctions against Iran for violating UN arms embargo
The Donald Trump administration said it was imposing sanctions on 27 individuals and entities, including Iran's defence ministry, under a UN resolution
Latin America grappling with a 'decline of democracy' under coronavirus pandemic
The gradual undermining of democratic rules during an economic crisis and a public health catastrophe could leave Latin America primed for slower growth and an increase in corruption and human rights abuses
Eight assailants killed as Venezuela foils bid by ‘terrorist mercenaries from Colombia’ to conduct marine incursion at La Guaira
Venezuela’s government said it foiled a marine incursion on Sunday by terrorist mercenaries who attempted to enter the country on speedboats from neighboring Colombia, adding security forces killed eight of the assailants
Venezuelan teen sent back to Mexico alone as US accepts father’s immigration claims; girl in ‘vulnerable situation’ as daughter of political activist, says attorney
A Venezuelan teenager has been forced back to Mexico by US government authorities who denied her claims that she was fleeing political repression and violence, even after they accepted the same claims from her father
Venezuela blocks human rights investigators from boarding flight to Caracas; commission member calls it govt’s ‘attempt to hide abuses’
An international human rights commission criticised the government of President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday for blocking its members from boarding a plane for Venezuela, where they planned to investigate alleged abuses
Surge in South American political protests linked to Russian trolls on Twitter, finds US Department of State
Watching political unrest explode across South America this fall, officials at the State Department noticed an eerily similar pattern in anti-government protests that otherwise had little in common
Venezuela wins seat on United Nations Human Rights Council amid criticism of record under Nicolas Maduro’s regime
Venezuela won a contested election for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday despite a campaign by over 50 organisations and many countries opposed to Nicolas Maduro's government and its rights record
World Athletics Championships 2019: Sifan Hassan leads round of golden doubles, calls herself 'clean athlete'
Sifan Hassan made light of the doping ban handed to her coach Alberto Salazar to complete a historic 1,500/10,000 metres double at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday.
Nicolas Maduro scoffs at EU sanctions against Venezuela, accuses Brussels of doing Donald Trump's bidding
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro on Monday scoffed at sanctions imposed by the European Union and accused Brussels of doing US president Donald Trump's bidding.
Donald Trump says John Bolton a ‘disaster’ on N Korea policy, ‘out of line’ on Venezuela, did not get along with administration officials
Trump announced he had fired Bolton a day after North Korea signalled a new willingness to resume stalled denuclearisation talks