Venezuela

The investigation centers on the Spanish government's 53 million euro pandemic bailout of Plus Ultra, a Venezuela-linked airline

Venezuela released three former Caracas Metropolitan Police officers after 23 years in prison, ending one of the longest political detention cases in Latin America while reopening a painful national question: how many more Venezuelans remain trapped in a justice system built for punishment, silence and fear.

U.S. prosecutors are reportedly pursuing a second criminal investigation into Nicolás Maduro, raising the possibility that the ousted Venezuelan leader could face additional charges beyond the drug trafficking and narcoterrorism case already pending in New York.

El gobierno de Paz, respaldado por una comunidad internacional cada vez más alarmada, está sonando la alarma: lo que parece ser un levantamiento espontáneo es, al menos en parte, un intento orquestado del ex presidente Evo Morales para derrocar a un gobierno democráticamente electo y abrirse camino de regreso al poder. Y según el ministro de la Presidencia de Bolivia, José Luis Lupo, las manos que tiran de los hilos no son todas bolivianas.

The Paz government, backed by an increasingly alarmed international community, is sounding the alarm: what looks like a spontaneous uprising is, at least in part, an orchestrated attempt by former president Evo Morales to topple a democratically elected government and claw his way back to power. And according to Bolivia's Minister of the Presidency, José Luis Lupo, the hands pulling the strings are not all Bolivian.

Michael Kelly returns with Wendell Pierce in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War, the franchise is arriving at a moment when its old Venezuela storyline feels less like distant television and more like a geopolitical ghost that never left the room, and he shared his feelings in an interview with us.

The Venezuelan government deported businessman Alex Saab to the United States, marking a dramatic reversal for a man once celebrated by Nicolás Maduro's government as a political prisoner and anti-sanctions hero.

Machado added that Trump maintains a favorable view of Venezuela and argued that democratic change in the country would benefit both Venezuelans and the United States

The first alleged Tren de Aragua leader extradited into the United States arrived in Houston to face federal terrorism and international drug trafficking charges, marking a new phase in Washington's criminal case against the Venezuelan gang.

One of the biggest concerns for Venezuela's opposition following the capture of Nicolás Maduro by US special forces in January was the fate of thousands of political prisoners who had been detained since Maduro and his predecessor, Hugo Chávez, took power.

Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodríguez rejected President Donald Trump's suggestion that he is "seriously considering" making Venezuela the 51st state of the United States.

A Qatari source told CNN that, instead, Delcy Rodríguez made several visits to Doha last year, including meetings with the country's Prime Minister

Venezuela's prisons ministry has admitted that a man whose 82-year-old mother spent months searching for him until this week had already died in state custody in July 2025. In a statement released on May 7, the ministry said Víctor Hugo Quero Navas had died of medical complications.

Rodríguez has pursued sanctions relief, debt restructuring and expanded oil agreements with U.S. companies after Maduro's capture

Venezuela said Thursday it carried out a secure operation to contain, extract, and transport by land and ship the remaining nuclear material from the RV-1 Experimental Reactor, which ended its operational cycle in 1991, after the level of risk increased following a U.S. military attack in January.

A U.S. federal judge in New York has postponed the third court hearing in the case against Nicolás Maduro until June, marking the latest delay in a high-profile prosecution that has already faced multiple scheduling setbacks.

President Donald Trump joked last month that he could run for president of Venezuela because, he claimed, his popularity there was higher than anyone else's. A new Venezuelan poll suggests that boast may already be aging badly. A late-April survey by the Venezuelan polling firm Meganálisis found that gratitude toward Trump has fallen.

Sen. Rick Scott publicly broke with the Trump administration's Venezuela policy Saturday, rejecting Washington's recognition of Delcy Rodríguez as Venezuela's leader and calling her "the head of a cartel" as opposition leader María Corina Machado urged Venezuelans around the world to mobilize for political prisoners.

Former U.S. Representative David Rivera, a Republican from Florida and once a rising Miami political figure with close ties to Marco Rubio, was convicted Friday in federal court in Miami for his role in a covert $50 million lobbying campaign on behalf of Venezuela during the first Trump administration.

The European Parliament approved a resolution calling for sanctions to remain in place against Delcy Rodríguez and other Venezuelan officials, putting the EU legislature on a collision course with Washington's recent move toward economic reengagement with Caracas.

The mother-in-law of slain Mexican beauty queen Carolina Flores Gómez has been arrested in Venezuela after fleeing Mexico and triggering an international manhunt coordinated through Interpol, authorities confirmed this week.

The first direct commercial flight between the United States and Venezuela in nearly seven years departed Thursday from Miami International Airport, reopening a route suspended in 2019 and restoring one of the most important air links for Venezuelans in South Florida.

USCIS justified its actions in a recent memo, saying prior screening and vetting measures were "wholly inadequate," adding that applicants had not been "sufficiently vetted" and could pose a national security risk.

Florida senator Rick Scott called for sanctions against Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, following the reported annulment of an amnesty law in the South American country, escalating pressure from U.S. officials on key figures within President Nicolás Maduro's government.

Colombia, Brazil, Haiti and Venezuela face pivotal votes shaped by security concerns, economic stakes and shifting ties with Washington

The United States has agreed to ease sanctions on Venezuela to allow the government to pay the legal fees of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in their high-profile criminal case in New York, according to court filings and multiple reports.

He faces charges including unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain, theft of government information, commodities fraud, wire fraud and engaging in unlawful financial transactions, the Justice Department said.

David Rivera has been accused by the DOJ of not registering as a foreign agent after securing a $50 million contract in 2017 with the Venezuelan national oil company

Since his detention, Maduro has periodically released statements with conciliatory themes including one in March calling for "reconciliation and peace" in Venezuela

The Nobel laurate added that she plans to return to Venezuela to help direct what she described as growing civic pressure into a structured, peaceful process