World Mar 17 Venezuela seeks emergency $5 billion IMF loan to fight virus Venezuela is believed to be the first country to try to tap the $50 billion in financing the IMF has available to help developing nations deal with the virus.
World Feb 19 Ending Putin’s support of Venezuela no easy feat for U.S. The Trump administration wants to break up the blossoming alliance between Russia and Venezuela as part of its campaign to oust Nicolás Maduro, the successor of socialist leader Hugo Chávez.
World Jan 27 Ally of Venezuela’s Maduro hires D.C. lobbyist to build ties An ally of Nicolás Maduro has spent $2 million to hire a Washington lobbyist to ease U.S. sanctions and help reset bilateral relations as the U.S.-backed campaign to oust the socialist leader stalls. The outreach comes as the U.S.’ support…
World Jan 19 Venezuela’s Guaido to meet Pompeo in Colombia Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaidó has traveled to Colombia to participate alongside U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a regional counter-terrorism meeting — a new show of support by the Trump administration for the man it says is the…
World Jan 05 Guaido blocked from Venezuela’s congress as impasse deepens Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó was violently blocked Sunday from presiding over a special session of congress where rivals tried to install a substitute in what was condemned as a hijacking of the country’s last democratic institution.
Nation Nov 07 Memos show Trump officials weighed how migrant crackdown might affect 2020 race State Department documents offer a rare glimpse into the divide between career diplomats and a new administration eager to end a program protecting nearly 400,000 migrants from Central America and Haiti.
Nation Aug 06 Trump freezes Venezuelan government assets amid tensions The Trump administration froze all Venezuelan government assets in a dramatic escalation of tensions with Nicolás Maduro that places his socialist administration alongside a short list of adversaries from Cuba, North Korea, Syria and Iran.
World Jul 25 U.S. sanctions Venezuela President Maduro’s stepsons The U.S. accused them of forming part of a sophisticated scheme that stole hundreds of millions in dollars from food import contracts.
World May 01 As new protests loom, was Venezuela opposition outplayed? Opposition leader Juan Guaidó stunned the nation Tuesday when he appeared on a video urging troops to abandon Maduro and join those clamoring for the socialist leader's ouster. But while the call to action spurred protests around the nation, only…
World Jan 25 U.S. diplomats leave embassy in Venezuela amid political turmoil A defiant Maduro called home all Venezuelan diplomats from the U.S. and closed its embassy in Washington on Thursday, a day after ordering all U.S. diplomats out of the country by the weekend.