The National Electoral Council has not announced dates yet, but the government is moving toward elections without oppposition political alliance Plataforma Unitaria (Unitary Platform)
The U.S. is pledging to help Guyana buy new aircraft, helicopters, a fleet of military drones and, for the first time, radar technology
The operation, carried out during Donald Trump’s administration, skirted international law and targeted dozens of people, including the Venezuelan president himself, according to The Associated Press
Caracas views Washington’s decision as an attack on its sovereignty and maintains its veto on opposition candidate María Corina Machado
It is imperative that the United States administration look beyond sanctions and focus its efforts on catalyzing the rebirth of democracy in Venezuela
The U.S. presses President Maduro to let all opponents run for office and to release more political prisoners
The Treasury Department gave companies doing business with Venezuela’s state-owned mining company until Feb. 13 to wind down operations
María Corina Machado, the opposition leader who was first in the polls, will not be able to face off with Nicolás Maduro due to a legal trick used by the government
María Corina Machado won a presidential primary held in October by the faction of the opposition backed by the U.S. She secured more than 90% of the vote
The Chavista regime denounces the existence of a plan to assassinate the president and casts doubts about plans for elections in 2024
The negotiations between the Maduro administration and the opposition are on hold. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has continued to refrain from ruling on the participation of the candidate who is most critical of the president
Two DEA agents run names in a confidential database that tracks federal investigations of interest to his new employers, including the timing of the exact date when the grand jury was to indict businessman Alex Saab
Argentina’s new ultra-right-wing president has taken time away from dismantling the Argentine state to make an eagerly awaited appearance at the Davos Economic Forum
Police officers violently raided the offices of teachers’ union leader Víctor Venegas and imprisoned him. He recently organized protests for education workers demanding better salaries
A law discussed in the National Assembly could render independent civil associations in the country ineffective
A Defense official said the U.S. would help Guyana create a more organized and better equipped military in coming months
The rate is still the highest in the world, but it has sharply declined from the 305% recorded in 2022. Experts believe it is on a downward trend
Chavismo could be considering other candidates for the election due to the Venezuelan president’s low popularity
It is the latest in mounting tensions between Venezuela and the former British colony
The HMS Trent’s visit led Venezuela to begin military exercises a day earlier in the eastern Caribbean near its border with Guyana as the Venezuelan government presses its claim to a huge swath of its smaller neighbor
Venezuela moves troops in the area even as the neighboring country denies ‘plans for offensive action’
The Prosecutor’s Office has reopened the case into the singer’s death, which had been shelved eight years ago as a homicide-suicide. It released a video in which his former manager confesses to the murder and staging the crime scene with the help of intelligence service officials
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
The Maduro ally has gone from being a businessman involved in alleged acts of corruption to being viewed as a hero, despite the fact that he collaborated with U.S. authorities. The Chavismo government sees his release as a victory
As part of the agreement, Caracas will also extradite a criminal known by the alias Fat Leonard and release 21 Venezuelan political prisoners