#Venezuela

Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was “violently intercepted” leaving a march, her first public appearance in months, the opposition said on social media on Thursday. The opposition are protesting ...

Venezuela has detained three Americans and two others for alleged terrorist activities, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on Thursday, marking an increase in the count of foreign prisoners in the ...

Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez flew into Spain on Sunday to seek asylum, Madrid said, hours after quitting his country amid a political and diplomatic crisis over July’s ...

The United States has seized a plane used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and flown it from the Dominican Republic to Florida after determining that its purchase violated US sanctions, ...

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday made major changes to his cabinet, including leadership of the oil and finance ministries and state oil company PDVSA, after a contested election ...

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Wednesday the bloc could not recognise Venezuela’s election result until all votes were counted and records provided, amid international concerns ...

Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Monday the country’s opposition has 73.2% of the voting tallies from Sunday’s election, allowing it to prove election results it says ...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his opposition rival Edmundo Gonzalez were each claiming victory in a presidential election on Monday morning, after a vote marked by accusations of underhand tactics ...

The White House on Thursday expressed concern about the threat of violence in Venezuela’s election on Sunday and warned President Nicolas Maduro of the need to hold a fair ...

Lawmakers in Venezuela allied with the government of President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday approved the creation of a new state in a territory that is the subject of a long ...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday said the deployment of a British warship to waters off the coast of Guyana breaches the “spirit” of an agreement reached between Venezuelan and ...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government is freeing at least 20 opposition-linked prisoners and 10 Americans in exchange for the U.S release of a Maduro ally, two senior U.S. officials ...

The White House on Thursday reiterated the United States’ “unwavering support” for Guyana’s sovereignty amid growing border tensions between Guyana and Venezuela. The long-running spat over the oil-rich Esequibo ...

The governor of the giant Russian territory of Krasnoyarsk has quit, authorities said on Thursday, shortly after his businessman son dodged Italian authorities trying to extradite him to the United ...

A Russian businessman facing extradition from Italy to the United States has escaped from house arrest, Italian police said on Thursday. Artem Uss is due to face charges in the ...

The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday elected South Africa, Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Morocco, Romania and Vietnam to the Human Rights Council for a ...

London’s High Court has rejected President Nicolas Maduro’s latest efforts to gain control of more than $1 billion of Venezuela’s gold reserves stored in the Bank of England’...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will pay a two-day official visit to Turkey beginning on Tuesday, the Turkish government said. Maduro has repeatedly said he will visit Turkey, one of a ...

Italian oil company Eni SpA and Spain’s Repsol SA could begin shipping Venezuelan oil to Europe as soon as next month to make up for Russian crude, five people ...