Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores wave after his swearing-in ceremony for a third term at the National Assembly in Caracas (AP photo) US authorities have added torture allegations to the criminal case against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, accusing him of helping oversee a system of abuse aimed at silencing political … Read more
A former Miami congressman and longtime friend of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison in connection with a secret $50 million lobbying campaign on Venezuela’s behalf during the first Trump administration. David Rivera, a former U.S. Congressman, received a 10-year prison sentence for engaging in a secret … Read more
Guyanese President Irfaan Ali urged Venezuela before the UN General Assembly on Thursday to respect the International Court of Justice’s forthcoming decision over the Essequibo region, an oil-rich territory that Caracas has claimed for decades. Guyana urges Venezuela at UN to respect ICJ’s ruling on Essequibo region The territory, where oil was discovered in 2015, … Read more
PC: Alastair Rae/ Wikipedia Oilbirds spend their nights flying through tropical forests in search of fruit, but some of them take an unexpected approach to reach their feeding grounds. Some birds regularly returned to the same main cave after feeding. Others made long-distance trips but returned to the cave within three days. A third group … Read more
The meeting aims to revive the country’s battered energy industry with the involvement of American companies. US President Donald Trump will meet Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez in New York on Tuesday, a senior US official said on Friday. This would mark the first in-person meeting between the two leaders since Washington removed former Venezuelan … Read more
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro smiles and flashes a peace sign in a photograph. (Photo: @NicolasMaduro) Two photographs posted to Nicolás Maduro’s official social-media accounts on Sunday appear to show the former Venezuelan president smiling and making peace signs at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, nearly eight months after US forces captured him in … Read more
Donald Trump said the process of refilling the reserve would begin shortly US President Donald Trump on Sunday said oil secured under a recently announced deal with Venezuela would be used to replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), which has been drawn down sharply in recent years amid global supply disruptions and high fuel prices.In … Read more
Venezuela quake toll rises to 6,301; over 9,500 homes deemed high-risk. (File Photo) More than six weeks after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela, the death toll has risen to 6,301, while more than 9,500 homes have been classified as high-risk, underscoring the scale of the country’s prolonged recovery and reconstruction challenge.National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez … Read more
NEW YORK – Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife will go on trial next June on drug trafficking charges, a judge said Wednesday, as their lawyers continue to oppose U.S. military action to seize power from them. Venezuelan Nicolas Maduro’s U.S. drug trafficking trial set for June 1 At the request of attorneys … Read more
Venezuela earthquake, Japan earthquake, California earthquake (Photo source: X) Three strong earthquakes struck around the world within hours on Thursday, including two in Venezuela, a 6.9-magnitude earthquake in northeastern Japan and a 5.6-magnitude quake in northern California, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While the series of earthquakes has raised questions about whether they … Read more