
United States and Venezuela: Six years of maximum tension
The attack on an alleged drug-running vessel marks a milestone in the strained relations between the two countries

The attack on an alleged drug-running vessel marks a milestone in the strained relations between the two countries

The State Secretary normalized the deadly US strike on a Venezuelan boat in the Caribbean while hailing the ‘historic cooperation’ with the Sheinbaum administration

The president of Venezuela has so far avoided any direct mention of the destruction of an alleged drug boat. The Chavista government has been under unprecedented military pressure for weeks

President Trump confirmed the operation, accusing the ship of carrying drugs and of having ties to the Tren de Aragua criminal organization

The president says his country is facing the greatest threat Latin America has seen in 100 years: ‘We are witnessing how the Miami mafia has seized political power in the White House and the State Department’

On August 22, immigration authorities filed a motion to reopen the investigation and deport him, arguing that the judge had rushed to issue a ruling in favor of the artist

Washington has had conflicting opinions that converge around the need to control drug trafficking in the Caribbean, punish Maduro and end the Cartel of the Suns without mobilizing troops on the ground

Chavismo responds to Washington’s maneuvers with troop mobilizations, enlistment campaigns and nationalist messages

Over the past 20 years, the home ownership rate in many countries in the region has fallen by as much as 15 to 20 percentage points

Recent security operations ordered by the White House in the Caribbean strengthen the case of those facing deportation who fear returning to their home countries

Maduro is increasing the pressure on critical voices within Chavismo, while the White House assures that it will use ‘every element’ of power to curb the narco trade

Sara, a Venezuelan immigrant, was arrested by federal agents as she left work in July. She unwittingly signed her own deportation order back to her country, and her partner, Kinzie, was powerless to stop it

The Venezuelan government is promoting support for the ‘military-police-popular fusion’ in support of the president

Attorney General Pam Bondi says the move is due to the fact that the Chavista regime’s ‘organized crime operation’ continues to function

The annual report criticizes Germany for its laws against far-right speech and refrains from censuring Israel’s actions in Gaza

The multinational intends to produce 1.2 million barrels per day in the short term

The documentary ‘El canto de la manos’ by María Valverde explains how the Venezuelan musician staged the opera ‘Fidelio’ for a choir of people with hearing disabilities
One million Spaniards emigrated to Latin America after the Civil War. Today, their grandchildren — many with dual nationality — are residents of the Spanish capital

Attorney General Pam Bondi says the Venezuelan president ‘is one of the largest drug traffickers in the world and a threat to our national security’

A judge will decide on August 8 on the end of the protections contemplated in the Flores Agreement, which ensures the basic rights and services that children must receive but which Trump wants to eliminate

Around 5,000 foreigners, mostly Latin Americans, are now housed in 16 shelters in the Mexican capital, trapped between the challenges of finding an affordable way to return home or crossing an increasingly fortified U.S. border
Devastated by the news that the killer was freed in a prisoner exchange with Venezuela, the families of the three victims have received no information from the Spanish government

In an interview with EL PAÍS on the occasion of the first anniversary of the controversial election, the man who ran for president but was forced into exile in Spain says there is ‘something dark and suspicious’ in the recent prisoner exchange between the Maduro regime and the US

He became an activist after retiring in 2015, developing and perfecting a system to independently account for deportation planes. He is now passing the baton to a non-profit that will continue his work

The former Marine Dahud Hanid Ortiz drove 1,242 miles from Germany to Spain to commit an atrocious crime for which he has served a fraction of his sentence thanks to the recent US-Venezuela prisoner exchange

The Venezuelan opposition leader, who lives in hiding, says in an interview with EL PAÍS that she expects ‘much more’ from the international community and argues that the presidential elections held a year ago will sooner or later force the fall of the Chavista regime: ‘It was a citizen mandate’

Every day, migrants expelled by the Trump administration arrive in Guatemala. Others are turning back before even reaching the US-Mexico border, defeated by the growing difficulties. Returnees carry with them a sense of failure