Nicolas Maduro

U.S. intelligence officials have described Venezuela's interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, as a pragmatic political figure capable of working with Washington, according to assessments cited after a rare visit to Caracas by C.I.A. Director John Ratcliffe.

President Donald Trump said he is working with Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez and the rest of the regime after the capture of authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro to avoid mistakes made during the Iraq War.

What began as a promise that gave hope to thousands of families of political prisoners in Venezuela has turned into at least five days of uncertainty.

The first U.S.-brokered sale of Venezuelan crude under President Donald Trump's new energy plan went to Vitol, a global oil trading firm whose senior U.S.-based trader has been a major donor to Trump's re-election campaign.

U.S. military planners timed a cyberattack that cut power across large parts of Caracas in the early hours of Jan. 3 to support a pre-dawn raid to capture Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro while limiting risks to civilians, according to a new report.

Russia said that any judicial decisions by U.S. authorities concerning Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro would be illegal and lack legitimacy under international law following his capture by U.S. forces earlier this month.

President Donald Trump said that a federal investigation involving a Washington Post reporter stemmed from leaks tied to U.S. policy on Venezuela, describing the case as part of a broader effort to crack down on unauthorized disclosures.

The Trump administration is preparing to rely on private military contractors to protect oil and energy infrastructure in Venezuela instead of deploying U.S. troops, according to two sources familiar with the planning who spoke with CNN.

As reported by El País, Alberto Trentini and Mario Burlò were the Italian nationals who returned to Rome on Jan. 13 after spending more than a year imprisoned in Venezuela.

Venezuela restored access to the social media platform X, ending more than a year of restrictions imposed under captured leader Nicolás Maduro.

Two in three Latinos said they support the U.S.'s military intervention in Venezuela after being told the country is a hub or narcoterrorism with ties to Iran and Hezbollah, according to a new poll.

A former officer of the Venezuelan army said that Cuban intelligence convinced the Maduro regime that the U.S. would never attack the South American country, a notion that played a significant role in the operation that led to the capture of the authoritarian president, according to a new report.

The son of captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro said his father sent him a message from a U.S. prison, calling on the people to trust interim leader Delcy Rodriguez.

More than 10 days after the U.S. operation that captured Maduro, Caracas residents described to the BBC what they remember from that night.

Former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton has sharply criticized President Donald Trump's approach to Venezuela in an New York Times op-ed, arguing that Washington has removed Nicolás Maduro without carrying out a genuine transition away from authoritarian rule.

Venezuela's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said that Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were "kidnapped" during a U.S. military operation earlier this month, and that efforts to reopen diplomatic missions between Caracas and Washington are primarily aimed at ensuring their safety and return.

Venezuela's interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump after he shared a manipulated image on Monday

The tanker departed an eastern Venezuela port shortly after the Jan. 3 military operation in Caracas without authorization from port authorities or Petróleos de Venezuela, the state oil company, which said it was never paid for the half-million barrels of crude onboard.

Venezuela's advanced air defense systems bought from Russia were not connected to the radar when U.S. forces descended in Caracas to capture authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro, according to a new report.

China said on Monday that Latin American countries are sovereign states with the right to choose their own international partners, responding to recent comments by U.S. President Donald Trump suggesting that Beijing and Moscow could buy Venezuelan oil only under U.S. oversight.

President Donald Trump posted an image on social media portraying himself as the "Acting President of Venezuela."

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt shared a social media publication including a claim that the U.S. military used a weapon that led Venezuelan forces to vomit blood during the raid that captured authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro.

"It makes sure that if Americans need high-quality, low-cost power, we're always going to have access to it," Vance added

Ivan Mordisco urged commanders to "leave these differences aside," adding that "the destiny of our peoples demands unity in a common trench"

Oil entrepreneur and Republican donor Harry Sargeant III has emerged as a central figure advising the Trump administration on how to facilitate the return of oil companies to Venezuela.

A day after Venezuelan authorities announced the release of a "significant number" of political prisoners, human rights monitors say only eight releases have been confirmed so far.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's secretary of state, pressed the United States for clarity on its plans for Venezuela and raised a possible Russian asylum option for Nicolás Maduro days before a U.S. special operations raid captured the Venezuelan leader

The crackdown has unfolded alongside large, government-led marches in Caracas calling for Maduro's freedom

Several Republicans interviewed about their assessment of the operation that captured Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro said they approve of it because it projects U.S. power abroad, according to a new report.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Washington's future relationship with Venezuela will hinge on cooperation with U.S. priorities regardless of who ultimately leads the country following the capture of authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro.