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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The death toll from Venezuela’s twin earthquakes has risen to 3,535, authorities said on Monday, while …
Read More »Trump administration launches new bid to attract U.S. oil companies to Venezuela — but finding few takers
When U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum travelled to Venezuela with oil and mining executives last month, he was trying to pitch them on the opportunity that exists in that country’s neglected oil and gas fields. Then last week at a conference in Houston, he again tried to sell a room …
Read More »Venezuela beats U.S. to win country’s 1st World Baseball Classic title
Eugenio Suarez and his Venezuelan teammates stood on the stage behind second base with shiny medals draped over their proud chests, belting out their national anthem accompanied by tens of thousands of fans who remained in the ballpark a half-hour after the final out. Back home, people were singing their …
Read More »U.S. pressure on Venezuela hasn’t eased, even as world’s attention turns to Iran
American pressure on Venezuela has not stopped, even amid a war the U.S. is fighting with Iran overseas. Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, is trying to manage the demands of the Trump administration as she looks to hang on to American support more than two months after the toppling of …
Read More »U.S., Venezuela re-establish diplomatic ties 2 months after Maduro’s capture
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The United States and interim authorities in Venezuela have agreed to re-establish diplomatic and consular relations, …
Read More »Cubans wonder if they could be next after Venezuela as rumours swirl about U.S. talks
Cubans, who often tune out when their leaders give speeches, were more than usually interested on Thursday when President Miguel Díaz-Canel addressed the nation on television following rumours that the Cuban government is talking with the Trump administration about ending one-party rule. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Feb. 1 …
Read More »Vance, most Republicans block Senate resolution to curb Trump’s Venezuela efforts
U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a resolution on Wednesday that would have barred U.S. President Donald Trump from further military action in Venezuela without authorization from Congress, after the Republican president pressured party members who had supported it. The vote was 51-50 for a Republican point of order to dismiss the …
Read More »U.S. attack in Venezuela creates risk, opportunity for guerrilla groups
The U.S. attack on Venezuela has shifted the ground for guerrilla groups operating across the country’s borderlands with Colombia, raising fears of possible betrayal by Venezuelan regime officials, while opening the door to a wider conflict should U.S. boots ever hit the ground, local security experts say. Reports of an …
Read More »U.S. seizes Olina tanker in Caribbean, 5th vessel taken in Venezuela blockade
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The U.S. has seized the Olina tanker in the Caribbean, the fifth vessel targeted in recent …
Read More »Why Venezuela has Marco Rubio’s handprints all over it
When Marco Rubio took the lectern at Mar-a-Lago shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the country had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, it was the culmination of a decade of effort from the secretary of state and a clear sign that he had emerged as a leading voice within …
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