World Sep 02 U.S. oil giant Chevron confirms it will expand operations in Venezuela By Michelle Chapman, Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press
Politics Sep 02 8 questions GOP lawmakers face as the House returns Republicans face a torrent of questions about the words and actions President Donald Trump has unleashed while they’ve been gone. By Lisa Desjardins
World Sep 01 Chevron expected to expand oil operations in Venezuela, U.S. official says Chevron is the second-largest U.S. oil company and the only one with a major presence in Venezuela. By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press, Colin Brinkley, Associated press
World Aug 31 Watch 6:52 Analyst breaks down challenges U.S. will face to unlock Venezuela's oil President Trump announced an unprecedented agreement in which the Pentagon would become an investor in a private company granted exclusive oil development rights in Venezuela. Nick Schifrin discussed the deal with Francisco Monaldi, director of the Latin America Energy Program… By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi
Politics Aug 29 What we know about Trump's deal giving U.S. access to vast oil reserves in Venezuela The answers to questions such as how soon the reserves could be drilled and who will pay to make it happen were not immediately clear. No text of any agreement has been released. By Collin Binkley, Juan Pablo Arraez, Associated Press
Aug 28 Trump says U.S. has entered deal with Venezuela to control 65 billion barrels of its oil reserves By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press The announcement of the deal comes nearly nine months after the U.S. military at Trump’s direction carried out an operation to capture Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro and spirit him to the United States to face federal narcoterrorism and drug trafficking charges. Continue reading
Jul 24 Watch The state of Venezuela after Maduro's capture and devastating earthquakes By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Madison Staten, Satvi Sunkara, Veronica Vela, Zeba Warsi, Juliet Fuisz, Alexa Gold, Zoie Lambert It was a shocking military operation that removed Venezuela's president from power, followed by a surprising declaration by President Trump that the U.S. was going to run the country. Compass Points moderator Nick Schifrin discusses the remote U.S. leadership and… Continue reading
Jul 24 Watch 6:46 Aid worker describes crisis in Venezuela, one month after devastating earthquakes By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi Friday marks one month since powerful earthquakes devastated parts of Venezuela, triggering a humanitarian crisis that is far from over. Damage to schools, health facilities and water systems has left communities without essential services, complicating an already difficult recovery. Amna… Continue watching
Jul 24 WATCH: Trump says Venezuela is 'not ready yet' for elections after U.S. ouster of Maduro By Associated Press “They’re not ready yet for the elections, but at some point they will be,” Trump said before mentioning the country’s prowess in the Miss Universe pageants once he owned. Continue reading
Jul 22 Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro back to court for pretrial hearing in his U.S. drug trafficking case By Michael R. Sisak, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Maduro, 63, and his wife Cilia Flores, 69, have been held at a Brooklyn jail ever since U.S. forces seized them from their Caracas home in a stunning middle-of-the-night raid and brought them to New York in early January. Continue reading