Venezuela

The US president said that extrajudicial attacks against suspected drug-trafficking boats will continue: ‘We’re taking those sons of a bitches out’

Despite Donald Trump’s statement that Venezuelan airspace was closed, the two weekly flights to Caracas carrying deported migrants will resume

The Venezuelan president swore in the ‘grassroots Bolivarian commands’ and announced the creation of a new political bureau with trusted aides to face the threats from Washington

The president has confirmed he spoke to Nicolás Maduro by phone on November 21. According to Reuters, during that call the Chavista leader received a deadline to step down by last Friday. The Venezuelan leader is allegedly seeking a second phone conversation

Only a handful of aircraft still dot the Venezuelan sky, which Washington has turned into an exclusion zone in what amounts to another tool of political pressure by the Trump administration

In Doral, the city with the highest concentration of Venezuelans in the US, residents are divided between those who see military action against Maduro as the only possible solution and those who favor dialogue

William Botsch has been attending Miami courthouses weekly since May, where he has witnessed and documented the systematic arrests of migrants seized after attending appointments that were routine prior to Trump 2.0

The phone conversation took place amid the military escalation and, according to the newspaper, opens the door to a diplomatic path that contrasts with the drug trafficking accusations

The 22-year-old became a social media sensation, with long lines of customers coming daily to buy his rice from the back of his car. Now ‘El Chino Venezolano’ has opened a business in the trendy Malasaña neighborhood of the Spanish capital

The Republican discussed the next step following the extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean: ‘We warned them. Stop sending poison to our country’

The announcement that the US president is willing to talk with the Venezuelan leader offers an uncertain window of opportunity for a negotiated solution to the crisis between the two countries

The US military escalation raises questions about the island’s future and its historical dependence on the South American nation

The message that the Venezuelan leader sought to convey at the close of Tuesday’s march was both an internal response to reinforce the regime’s cohesion, and an external signal of defiance against US pressure

The Secretary of State, a key figure in America’s two major international fronts, is leading the hardline stance against Chavismo while toning down pro-Russian positions in talks with Kyiv

The deployment of 5,000 soldiers and the reopening of a base revive fears tied to the 60 years Vieques served as a training camp and artillery range

The talk, for which no date has yet been set, aims to pave the way for a diplomatic solution to the bilateral tensions

The suspension of international flights to Caracas due to the risks of flying over Venezuelan territory has raised tensions in the region

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights demands information from the Central American leader regarding their situation

The designation of the Cartel of the Suns as a foreign terrorist organization becomes effective Monday. The US administration says this provides ‘new tools’ for the US military campaign in the Caribbean

María Corina Machado’s adviser, who is living in exile in Boston, believes that after a transition the country could become ‘the economic engine and a democratic beacon for Latin America’

Asked whether such a move would only take place with prior permission from Mexican authorities, Trump said he ‘wouldn’t answer that question’ and that Mexico ‘knows how I stand’

The veteran diplomat is calling for ‘a new legislative framework’ that provides ‘more freedom’ to combat drug cartels

Opposition leader María Corina Machado predicted on Wednesday that there are ‘decisive hours’ ahead for a transition in the South American country

The statement from the head of the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, comes just hours after the 20th attack on a drug-smuggling boat, which left four people dead

The Mexican president announces that a protocol for working in international waters has been agreed upon with a view to stopping the attacks

Gustavo Petro has suspended the sending of confidential information to the Donald Trump administration, but Washington was already offering little cooperation to Bogotá and other key allies

Human Rights Watch documented the mistreatment of 252 migrants that the Trump administration sent to El Salvador, and who were later released and returned to Caracas