Nicolás Maduro

The opposition believes that Maduro is running out of excuses not to face María Corina Machado at the ballot box in 2024

The former military contractor engaged in one of the most serious corruption scandals in the U.S. Navy’s history and fled from house arrest in 2022

A mortgage manager, ex-military personnel and a corrupt defense contractor are among the prisoners who have been flown back to the US following the release of Alex Saab

As part of the agreement, Caracas will also extradite a criminal known by the alias Fat Leonard and release 21 Venezuelan political prisoners

The increase in prices is losing steam after a harsh adjustment that has further impoverished wage earners. The country expects a moderate economic expansion thanks to the easing of international sanctions

Some 35,000 Venezuelans are trying to make their way in this small neighboring country, which is experiencing an oil boom. Guyana maintains a dispute with the Maduro administration over the Essequibo region

Nicolás Maduro and Mohamed Irfaan Ali met following two weeks of tension over the oil and mineral rich region, which Caracas claims following a referendum

The statement was issued shortly before Guyanese President Irfaan Ali and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro met on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent

The country that Venezuela is confronting over the Essequibo region registers the highest economic growth in the world thanks to the discovery of crude oil deposits

Maduro proposed that companies operating in the vast Essequibo region in Guyana should withdraw their operations within three months

Residents of the jungle region of Guyana, rich in oil and gold mines, respond to the threats being made by President Nicolás Maduro: ‘I don’t want to be Venezuelan, no way’

The country has lost more than 500,000 kilometers since its foundation in international rulings or as a consequence of an erratic diplomatic strategy

The Venezuelan government is failing to comply with several points of the Barbados electoral agreement reached two months ago with the opposition

Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed Washington’s support for Guyana’s sovereignty in a conversation with the country’s president, Mohamed Irfaan Ali

As Guyana prepares to take the dispute to the United Nations Security Council, Venezuelan authorities have issued arrest warrants for several close allies of the opposition leader

Irfaan Ali spoke a day after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said he would “immediately” grant operating licenses for exploration and exploitation in Essequibo region

Via a law announced Tuesday, Venezuela will create a new province or state in the disputed territory, having already appointed a single provisional authority: Major-General Alexis Rodríguez Cabello

A scenario of intensifying conflict with Guyana over the contested area opens the door to declaring a state of emergency that would allow Nicolás Maduro’s government to postpone the 2024 vote

The vote in favor of extending sovereignty over the oil- and mineral-rich area was 90% with a turnout close to 50%, according to the electoral authorities

Officials argue the oil- and mineral-rich territory was stolen when the border was drawn more than a century ago. Guyana has characterized the referendum as a step toward annexation

The deal is part of an agreement signed in October between a U.S.-backed opposition group and the government of Nicolás Maduro on electoral conditions ahead of the 2024 presidential election

Rafael Lacava, a close ally of the Venezuelan president, met with leaders and businessmen in an official effort to realign Caracas’ interests with Beijing

The intelligence services arrested Nelson Piñero at his home on accusations of incitement to hatred

The announcement of international investments in the oil sector by companies such as Repsol, Ecopetrol, China Petroleum, and Indian Oil will mean economic expansion by 2024