MEXICO CITY — Hugo Chávez called the United States “the empire,” and President George W. Bush “the devil.” Denouncing capitalism as “the road to hell,” he pushed an alternative economic…
Read more After U.S. strike and Maduro’s fall, is Venezuelan ‘Chavismo’ facing its end?WASHINGTON — A highly confidential CIA assessment produced at the request of the White House warned President Trump of a wider conflict in Venezuela if he were to support the…
Read more CIA advised Trump against supporting Venezuela’s democratic oppositionAs uncertainty simmers in Venezuela, interim President Delcy Rodríguez has taken the place of her ally deposed President Nicolás Maduro, captured by the United States in a nighttime…
Read more Who is Delcy Rodríguez? The woman who’s Venezuela’s interim presidentCARACAS, Venezuela — Like many other Venezuelans, Ramón Arape said the image of ex-President Nicolás Maduro in U.S. custody was a stunning — and welcome — sight. “I confess that…
Read more In Venezuela after Maduro, a common refrain: The oil is oursDeposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro arrived in the United States to face criminal charges after being captured in an audacious nighttime military operation that President Donald Trump said…
Read more Maduro arrives in US after capture in operation that Trump says will let US ‘run’ VenezuelaDeposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro arrived in the United States to face criminal charges after being captured in an audacious nighttime military operation that President Donald Trump said…
Read more Maduro arrives in US after capture in operation that Trump says will let US ‘run’ VenezuelaWASHINGTON — An audacious overnight raid by elite U.S. forces that seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from his bedroom in Caracas plunged the country into turmoil Saturday, prompting international concern…
Read more Trump says U.S. will ‘run’ Venezuela after capturing Maduro in audacious attackThe United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country in an extraordinary nighttime operation that was accompanied by a flurry of strikes…
Read more US strikes Venezuela and says its leader has been captured and flown out of the countryThe legal authority for the strike — and whether Trump consulted Congress beforehand — was not immediately clear. The stunning, lightning-fast American military action, which plucked a nation’s…
Read more US strikes Venezuela and says its leader has been captured and flown out of the countryREAD MORE Strike on Venezuela What to know about the U.S. military action in Venezuela and the removal of leader Nicolas Maduro. Expand All Venezuela The United States…
Read more Trump says Maduro captured, flown out of Venezuela after U.S. strikes shake CaracasWASHINGTON — The day after Christmas is typically quiet in the nation’s capital. But President Trump’s decision to acknowledge a covert U.S. strike on Venezuelan territory, in an interview with…
Read more With CIA strike, signs Trump is ‘shaping the battlespace’ in VenezuelaMEXICO CITY — President Trump’s order of a partial blockade on oil tankers going to and from Venezuela and his claim that Caracas stole “oil, land other assets” from the…
Read more ‘We want it back’: Trump asserts U.S. claims to Venezuelan oil and landFor two decades, Venezuela cultivated anti-American allies across the globe, from Russia and China to Cuba and Iran, in the hope of forming a new world order that…
Read more Why Russia and China Are Sitting Out Venezuela’s Clash With TrumpVenezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro is facing unprecedented American military and diplomatic pressure to resign and leave his country peacefully. He is unlikely to take the offer. The days…
Read more The Reason Venezuela’s Maduro Won’t Resign PeacefullyCARACAS, Venezuela — On the face of it, the United States appears closer than ever to mounting a military campaign to remove President Nicolás Maduro from power in Venezuela. President…
Read more Is the U.S. invading Venezuela? Or trying to make a deal?When Chevron won a new license to drill in Venezuela, it celebrated a return to one of the world’s richest oil regions, where it had operated for more…
Read more How Chevron Got Caught in the Clash Between the U.S. and VenezuelaCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — At least 14 people died in a mine collapse in El Callao, Venezuela after torrential rains hit the southeast region, authorities said on Monday.…
Read more Venezuela mine collapse kills 14 after torrential rainsCARACAS, Venezuela — Some viewed the news as signaling the beginning of the end of the economic, political and social calamity that, for the last decade, has engulfed Venezuela, prompting…
Read more In Venezuela, Nobel Peace Prize for antigovernment activist elicits tears of hope, condemnationCNN — The Venezuelan government and American oil company Chevron have signed a contract in Caracas on Friday to resume operations in Venezuela, according to the country’s state…
Read more Venezuela and Chevron sign oil contract in Caracas | CNNLAS TEJERÍAS, Venezuela — A landslide fueled by flooding and days of torrential rain swept through a town in central Venezuela, leaving at least 22 people dead as…
Read more Rain-fueled landslide sweeps through Venezuela town; 22 dead
