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US officials did not tell the migrants they were being sent to Central America, where authorities refused to take them in. Three are now in Venezuela and five remain in detention in the United States

The massive exodus has given rise to a new service: clearing out the homes of those who have decided they’re not coming back

The Venezuelan opposition leader asserts that the US-led rescue operation to extract five opposition members demonstrates Maduro’s ‘vulnerability’

The US president’s hostility toward the diaspora raises doubts about Washington’s true interest in a transition to democracy in Venezuela

The US Secretary of State considers Caracas’ sovereignty claims over the Essequibo region to be illegitimate, and expresses support for the small oil-rich nation where ExxonMobil operates

Jorge Rodríguez, president of the Assembly and Maduro’s main political operative, says that the laws promoted by Donald Trump are comparable to ‘the racial laws of Nazi Germany’

The slight economic growth of recent years could be hampered by fiscal imbalances

Nicolás Maduro’s government launches a fresh wave of arrests against opponents, activists and foreign citizens while the opposition says that its candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia, will be sworn in on Friday

President Nicolás Maduro has practically sealed off the capital against Edmundo González’s intention to take office on Friday as the next president of Venezuela

Residents are turning to cryptocurrency to try to beat inflation on the eve of a key political moment

The more than probable return of Nicolás Maduro to the presidency does not end the hopes of Edmundo González and María Corina Machado of being able to impose the result of the elections

The Venezuelan president’s message comes at a time of uncertainty about what kind of relationship the Chavista government can expect with the incoming US administration of Donald Trump

The US and the María Corina Machado-led opposition are convinced that Edmundo González will take over from Nicolás Maduro on January 10, despite the threats of imprisonment

Venezuela’s opposition has called for a protest for December 1, while Nicolás Maduro has warned his opponents not to ‘underestimate the strength’ of his regime

Groups of motorcyclists practice their tricks, especially in the poor neighborhoods of Venezuela. Subsidized by the state, they make up a special division in the National Police

‘They are desperate to find out where I am, but obviously I am protecting myself,’ said the opposition leader

According to the report, the Chavista security forces launched an ‘unprecedented campaign of mass and indiscriminate detentions’ following the July 28 vote

The president, who decreed an early start to the holiday season this year, has appeared in public singing songs and eating traditional sweets. But Venezuelans would rather celebrate Halloween first

The opposition candidate and presumed winner of the presidential elections thanked the Spanish government for taking him in

The story of José Arón Medina and Alexander Ante, who fought in the war in Ukraine before stopping in Venezuela on their way home, remains shrouded in mystery

The Venezuelan president marked a month since the National Electoral Council proclaimed him the winner of the disputed election with fresh attacks against opposition leaders

Almost all of the judges of the TSJ, which validated the president’s controversial victory, have been politically affiliated with Chavismo

The sweeping crackdown following the election has targeted teenagers, journalists and politicians in what critics say is the worst repression since Pinochet

Nicolás Maduro’s inner circle has threatened to arrest Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado and is not relenting to pressure from the United States and leftist leaders who demand a verifiable result

Experts say that polling machines and their printed records are reliable, at least in theory, but warn that Chavismo may discourage participation and threaten voters with revoking their government benefits

Over the last decade, the ruling party has lost a large part of its support base. The corruption and enrichment of the political leaders, in contrast to the impoverishment of the people, have led to deep disenchantment