Nicolás Maduro

Afterwards, the parties said they would remain in continuous working sessions until August 12, when they will decide whether to continue the talks. Opposition leader María Corina Machado has been left out of the process

The island, already used to an unstable grid, suffered its seventh total supply collapse this year

After five years in prison and now living in exile in Miami, he reflects on the island’s crisis, a possible US intervention, and what he sees as a decisive moment for Cuba

Talks between Chavismo and the opposition are set to begin on August 1 under Washington’s supervision. The goal is to establish a path toward new elections, two years after Nicolás Maduro falsely claimed victory

The deposed Venezuelan president was brought before Judge Alvin Hellerstein for his third pre-trial hearing in Manhattan

Marco Rubio is ramping up pressure on the institution and its staff and urging Washington’s allies to turn their backs on it as well

The US secretary of state reveals that Washington has already disbursed $180 million in earthquake aid

The president declassifies information, some of it already public and inconclusive, including CIA files on Venezuela. The Republican is on a crusade to cast doubt on the midterms, in which his party is widely expected to lose ground

The judgment holds Nicolás Maduro and other Venezuelan officials responsible for the kidnapping of three U.S. citizens who were used in a ‘hostage diplomacy’ swap for Colombian businessman Alex Saab

14 Democratic representatives send a letter, backed by 17 NGOs, warning that financial restrictions are hampering relief efforts and threatening the country’s recovery

‘Regime Change,’ a book by two reporters from ‘The New York Times,’ offers a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of the US administration during the second term of the New York real-estate tycoon

The international agency says overcrowded shelters, vaccine shortages and a collapsing healthcare system threaten to spark disease outbreaks

Gianluca Rampolla warns that rebuilding after the earthquakes will require unlocking frozen assets, restoring access to multilateral financing and deciding which areas should not be rebuilt

Venezuelan baseball star Eliezer Alfonzo sets up his own rescue operation in La Guaira to search for his wife and daughter

Washington has blocked opposition leader María Corina Machado’s return after the earthquake while backing the controversial handling of the disaster by Delcy Rodríguez’s government

At the port of La Guaira, hundreds of bodies await identification as relatives line up for blocks

Six months after the political shift triggered by the American military intervention, the penal reform promised by Delcy Rodríguez’s administration raises doubts about its true scope

Dinorah Figuera, who was president of the parallel opposition National Assembly of 2015, returns to Caracas from her exile in Spain to meet with Chavista leaders and the U.S. envoy

In an unprecedented operation, the two countries kill the leader of Tren de Aragua after identifying the man’s leg tattoo

Most were part of the so‑called Operation White Armband, an alleged conspiracy denounced by Chavista intelligence agencies

The vice president of the German Football Association sparked a national debate after opening the door to a boycott of the World Cup

The policy shift aims to address the collapse of a grid that has been battered by blackouts and problems over the past two decades, and includes a tariff increase

NGOs report there are at least 21 people irregularly detained whose whereabouts are unknown. In one case, the family has been searching for eight years

The president of Cuba, in Raúl Castro’s shadow, has barely been able to push through reforms on the island, which is bordering on collapse

The move against Comando Vermelho and the PCC was announced two days after right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro visited Trump at the White House and despite Lula’s government opposing it