Venezuela

Leaked documents reviewed by Spain's ABC describe a long-running financial and logistical partnership in which Venezuela allegedly redirected billions of dollars in oil revenues and state funds to Iran, helping sustain Tehran's nuclear program

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon will not publicly release the unedited video of a controversial second U.S. strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat carried out on Sept. 2

U.S. forces could go into Venezuelan waters to seize more oil tankers, according to a new report.

The U.S. military carried out strikes on three alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing eight people and bringing the total death toll in the campaign to at least 95.

The Venezuelan leader also accused Machado and other opposition figures of being part of a criminal network and alleged they profited from human trafficking

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace laureate María Corina Machado said that she fully supports President Donald Trump's strategy toward Venezuela, arguing that increased U.S. pressure has left Nicolás Maduro's regime vulnerable and closer to collapse.

Venezuela's oil exports have plummeted after the U.S. seized a tanker off the country's coast, according to a new report.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has discussed how toppling Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro could lead to the end of the Cuban regime, according to a new report.

Republican Sen. Rand Paul again rejected the Trump administration's military pressure against the Venezuelan regime, saying the president has "people around him influencing him."

The Maduro regime is accusing the U.S. of conducting a cyber attack against its state-run oil company, PDVSA, claiming its part of a broader plan to take the country's oil.

Venezuelan exile leaders in Miami are claiming that the Maduro regime is gathering information about former police and military officers deported from the U.S. to the South American country, according to a new report.

A commercial flight departing the Caribbean island of Curaçao halted its climb Friday after narrowly avoiding a collision with a U.S. Air Force refueling aircraft, according to air traffic control recordings.

A Trump administration official, however, disputed the claim, telling Reuters shortly after the announcement that "there is nothing true about this"

The U.S. seizure of a supertanker loaded with Venezuelan crude is expected to force black-market buyers to demand even deeper discounts, further tightening financial pressure on authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro.

The large tanker seized by the U.S. off the coast of Venezuela earlier this week is already on its way to Houston, according to a new report.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado got lost at sea when escaping the country aboard a wooden boat to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, according to a new report.

House Speaker Mike Johnson stood by the double-tap attack against an alleged drug vessel in early September, calling it "entirely appropriate."

Reports about a double-tap strike against an alleged drug vessel noted that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth instructed the military to leave no survivors, prompting Adm. Mitch Bradley, then overseeing the mission under Joint Special Operations Command, to order a second strike to carry out that directive.

President Donald Trump is not concerned about Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the White House said

Maduro also described the operation as a "military assault, kidnapping and robbery, like Caribbean pirates, against a private commercial vessel"

Senior Democratic lawmakers — and at least one Republican — criticized President Donald Trump on after U.S. forces seized a Venezuelan oil tanker off the country's coast

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Wednesday that "it is time" for a transitional government in Venezuela "with the inclusion of all" and called for a general amnesty

The Trump administration is set to continue seizing oil tankers off the Venezuelan coast and has assembled a list of targets to carry out the policy, according to a new report.

The U.S. special forces veteran who helped extract Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado from the country and get her to the plane that ultimately took her to Norway to accept the Nobel Peace Prize detailed how the operation unfolded.

British politician Jeremy Corbyn agreed with Venezuela's claim that the seizure of an oil tanker off its coast by U.S. forces constituted an "act of piracy" and it is "wholly illegal within international law."

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a call with Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro, where he reiterated Moscow's support for Caracas.

Venezuela accused the United States of committing an act of "international piracy" after U.S. forces seized an oil tanker near the country's coastline.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado coordinated her escape from the country with the U.S. partly to avoid being targeted by Washington forces as part of its pressure campaign against the Maduro regime, according to a new report.

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado confirmed she received help from the United States to escape to Norway to receive the award.

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro said the country has "four months worth of food and three of medicine, just in case" the U.S. escalates its pressure campaign against the South American country.