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Venezuela's main opposition coalition unable to register a presidential candidate

By Associated Press

Omar Barboza, representative of the United States-backed Unitary Platform coalition, said that its candidate Corina Yoris was unable to be registered by Monday's midnight, the limit to do it. The presidential election is set for July 28.

Deadline looms for Venezuelan opposition leader to stand down in race against Maduro

By Regina Garcia Cano, Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado faces a choice on which the hopes of millions of Venezuelans fighting to restore their democracy depends.

ExxonMobil to explore for oil and gas in offshore area under dispute by Guyana and Venezuela

By Bert Wilkinson, Associated Press

The move could escalate tensions between Venezuela and neighboring Guyana, which awarded the exploration license. The area is considered part of Guyana's Essequibo region, but Venezuela has long claimed it as its own.

AP investigation reveals secret U.S. spy program that targeted top Venezuelan officials

By Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian, Associated Press

The revelation comes at a fraught moment in U.S.-Venezuela relations and offers a rare window into the lengths the DEA was willing to go in a country that banned U.S. drug agents nearly two decades ago.

U.S. considering more measures against Venezuelan President Maduro after pulling some sanctions relief

By Fatima Hussein, Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press

The U.S. is considering additional measures against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's government after the South American country's highest court blocked the presidential candidacy of an opposition leader.

Venezuelan opposition candidate blocked by court calls it 'judicial criminality,' won't abandon race

By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press

Machado said she expects government repression and other obstacles to increase against her and her team. But she wouldn't explain the steps that she plans to take to be allowed by electoral authorities to participate in the presidential election.

Guyana asks U.S. to help boost its military as territorial dispute with Venezuela deepens

By Bert Wilkinson, Associated Press

The announcement follows two days of talks among top Guyanese officials and Daniel P. Erikson, deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Western Hemisphere who traveled to the South American country to discuss defense and security partnerships.

Mexico, Venezuela resume repatriation flights amid U.S. pressure to curb migration

By Megan Janetsky, Associated Press

Mexico and Venezuela announced Saturday that they have restarted repatriation flights of Venezuelans migrants in Mexico, the latest move by countries in the region to take on a flood of people traveling north to the United States.

British warship arrives in Guyana as Venezuela holds military exercises in response

By Manuel Rueda, Associated Press

A British warship arrived in Guyana on Friday afternoon amid rising tensions from a border dispute between the former British colony and Venezuela.

Venezuela will hold military exercises as a British warship heads to Guyana

By Manuel Rueda, Associated Press

In a nationally televised address on Thursday, Maduro said that 6,000 Venezuelan troops, including air and naval forces, will conduct joint operations off the nation's eastern coast -- near the border with Guyana.