Venezuela

Republican Sen. Rand Paul again slammed President Donald Trump over the administration's continued strikes against alleged drug boats off Venezuela, reiterating that any armed conflict should be approved by Congress

President Donald Trump has tasked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to play a leading role in the campaign pressure that ultimately seeks to remove Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro from power, according to a new report

The CIA is providing the bulk of the information used by the Trump administration to conduct strikes in the Caribbean, ensuring that most of the evidence to justify the moves will remain secret, according to a new report

Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart again slammed Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro, now saying that he "can only negotiate not to have his plane downed when escaping"

Petro's comments follow earlier criticism of Machado's Nobel Peace Prize in which he questioned why she had sought international backing from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro has ordered the immediate creation of a new surveillance tool within VenApp, a government platform first launched in 2022, calling on citizens to report "everything they see, everything they hear" at all hours of the day.

Recent U.S. operations in the Caribbean, part of what officials describe as an anti-narcotics campaign, have increasingly merged with a broader strategy aimed at toppling Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro said the country and Colombia are "one country" as the United States escalates pressure on both countries with military operations in the Caribbean

Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned his Mexican counterpart that the military pressure campaign against Venezuela is set to escalate further, according to a recent report

Republican Sen. Rand Paul again slammed President Donald Trump over the administration's military pressure campaign on Venezuela, which, according to different reports, ultimately seek to oust the Caracas regime

While the U.S. is blowing up small vessels in the Caribbean, accusing Venezuela of using them to send drugs to the U.S., a new report affirms that the government of Nicolás Maduro is using a clandestine network of oil tankers to bypass U.S. sanctions and maintain crude shipments to Cuba.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warned against a "foreign intervention" in Latin America, a veiled reference to ramped up pressure by the Trump administration on Venezuela, claiming that his government "prioritizes" keeping the region as a "zone of peace."

American and international officials are rejecting the Trump administration's claim that vessels struck by the U.S. army over the past weeks are not actually carrying drugs bound for the U.S., according to a new report

Jordan Goudreau, a former U.S. Green Beret involved in a failed 2020 armed incursion into Venezuela, has alleged that the CIA created the so-called "Cartel de los Soles" in the 1990s and later used it to justify U.S. policies against successive Venezuelan governments.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro proposed having Colombian forces cooperate with their Venezuelan counterparts and others in the region. He said they would be able to fight drug-trafficking more effectively, but the proposal comes as the two governments face increased pressure from the Trump administration

Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said citizens should "prepare for the worst" as the Trump administration ramps up pressure against the regime, seeking the ouster of authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro is highly unlikely to be toppled by his own military despite increased pressure from the Trump administration, according to a new report

Leaders of the Venezuelan regime are reportedly concerned about their personal safety as a result of the Trump administration's pressure campaign.

Despite rising tensions between the United States and Venezuela, Mexican officials say they do not believe their country faces a similar risk of U.S. military action, at least for now.

The United States announced it is intensifying military operations in Latin America, particularly near Venezuelan waters, with the creation of a new joint counter-narcotics task force.

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro again pleaded for peace with the U.S. as the Trump administration ramps up pressure against the regime.

A new survey found that nearly nine out of ten Venezuelans describe Nicolás Maduro's government as a narco-terrorist organization, reflecting widespread public discontent and deep mistrust toward the country's leadership.

Venezuelan journalists who mentioned opposition leader María Corina Machado's Nobel Peace Prize on air have been suspended or threatened with sanctions following direct pressure from authorities, according to a press watchdog

The White House taunted the Venezuelan regime on Friday, posting on social media a clip in which President Donald Trump acknowledged that Caracas offered preferential access to natural resources in exchange for defusing tensions

A former FBI agent has claimed that U.S. special forces have been operating covertly in Venezuela "for some time"

Senator Ted Cruz criticized NPR over what he described as a politically motivated mischaracterization of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, following a Facebook post by the public broadcaster that referred to her as "far-right."

Top Venezuelan official Diosdado Cabello made a threat to Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez as tensions between their countries continue to escalate

Republican Sen. Rand Paul again criticized the Trump administration's strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean, part of its broader pressure campaign against the Venezuelan regime, as he spearheads a new initiative to prevent the government from bypassing Congress with such actions.

The family of Chad Joseph, a 26-year-old fisherman from Trinidad and Tobago, has accused U.S. President Donald Trump of committing what they called a "perfect murder" after Joseph was reportedly killed in an American military strike on a boat in the southern Caribbean this week.

U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz claimed on Friday that the Trump administration's pressure campaign against Venezuela in the Caribbean is "consistent with the law of armed conflict and Article 51 of the UN Charter."