Nicolás Maduro

Héctor Guerrero Flores, who ruled the expanding organization from inside the Tocorón Penitentiary, is nowhere to be found

The capital of Venezuela isn’t able to escape the precariousness being suffered in the rest of the country. Large sectors of the city go without water, while residents live with constant blackouts and electricity rationing

The capture of ‘El Niño Guerrero,’ the leader of the international criminal organization, has not been confirmed despite the massive police and military operation

Several agents have undertaken the journey through the Darién Gap to reach the United States. They have left their jobs in law enforcement, disappointed by low wages, politicization and job instability

A company controlled by Rocío del Valle Maneiro signed a contract worth more than $14 million with a group of Venezuelan politicians, who are being investigated for corruption. The plot also had a former senior security official from Caracas on the payroll: it paid him $1.6 million

The Venezuelan leader seeks to strengthen ties with Beijing as attempts at rapprochement with Washington remain fruitless

The United Nations will manage the process, which could advance talks in Mexico to resolve the country’s political and social crisis

The Maduro government is facing serious obstacles in selling its oil and accessing international credit, blaming restrictions for the economic crisis, but experts point out the collapse predates them

With less than two months to go to the October 22 vote, candidates have denounced growing threats and violence

The attorney general’s office argues that the leaders — sentenced to 16 years in prison after demanding wage increases — planned subversive acts

While fewer trees are being chopped down in Brazil and Colombia, the rest of the region continues to spiral. The environmental summit will be a key event for the leaders of Peru and Venezuela, who will face each other on the international stage for the first time

The Chavista regime waged a crusade to dominate mass media. Political censorship has alienated audiences from the small screen

Churches and political groups are opposing women’s rights and the LGBTQ+ community with the government’s approval

The Venezuelan president was given a scale model of a jail that doubles as the headquarters of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service as a gift during a police promotion ceremony

The stance comes after the European Parliament condemned the ban on María Corina Machado, a frontrunner in the polls, from public office

The expansion of multinational licenses for oil exploration have brought much-needed funds to the bankrupt Venezuelan treasury. However, serious bottlenecks persist, due to international sanctions and the collapse of the credit system

The businessman and preacher – a political unknown – is going to court in an attempt to challenge the opposition’s primaries in the lead-up to the 2024 Venezuela presidential elections

The candidate for the Venezuelan opposition primaries, who is leading in the polls, talks to EL PAÍS about what she would do if she wins the nomination

The president of the Venezuelan Assembly, Jorge Rodriguez, and Juan Gonzalez, advisor to Biden, met three weeks ago in the Gulf nation, which is unexpectedly assuming a leading mediation role

The government of Nicolás Maduro has attempted to halt the process, which Caracas claims is being driven by Washington, through various judicial resources

Up to 14 opposition candidates are taking part in the October 22 primaries, which will decide who will face Maduro in 2024. The so-called ‘iron lady’ is leading the polls with more than 50% of support

The meeting has given Nicolás Maduro a diplomatic boost, but Chile and Uruguay were quick to distance themselves from Lula’s comments about the crisis in the country

To the chagrin of the West, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva strongly defends his own position, whether that be on Venezuela or China

The meeting is part of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s attempt to reinvigorate regional integration efforts that have in the past floundered amid the continent’s political swings and polarization

As immigration restrictions tighten up across Latin America and Venezuelans face rising xenophobia in other countries, thousands of citizens are returning to a more unequal and expensive nation