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?Since the U.S. ousted Maduro, the former vice president has been working to meet the Trump administration’s demands — while at times publicly denouncing what the U.S. has…
Read more How Is Trump’s Venezuela Takeover Going?WASHINGTON — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said Thursday that she “presented” her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Trump during a private meeting at the White House, but…
Read more Venezuela opposition leader Machado says she ‘presented’ her Nobel Peace Prize to TrumpBy JOSHUA GOODMAN MIAMI (AP) — In 2017, as political outsider Donald Trump headed to Washington, Delcy Rodríguez spotted an opening. Then Venezuela’s foreign minister, Rodríguez directed Citgo…
Read more How Delcy Rodríguez courted Donald Trump and rose to power in VenezuelaWASHINGTON — 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 oursWASHINGTON — Top officials in the Trump administration clarified their position on “running” Venezuela after seizing its president, Nicolás Maduro, over the weekend, pressuring the regime that remains in power…
Read more To ‘run’ Venezuela, Trump presses existing regime to kneel