Venezuela

Tue, 19 May 2026 01:37:00 GMT
Alex Saab appears in Miami charged with money laundering tied to bribery in Chavismo's food programs
Colombian-Venezuelan businessman Alex Saab, regarded for years as the main financial frontman of former president Nicolás Maduro, appeared on Monday before a federal court in Miami, where he was formally charged with one count...

Mon, 18 May 2026 02:57:00 GMT
Venezuela: Mother of political prisoner Víctor Quero dies days after identifying his exhumed body
Carmen Teresa Navas, 83, the mother of Venezuelan political prisoner Víctor Hugo Quero, died on Sunday in Caracas, days after she had identified the exhumed body of her son, who had been buried in secret nine months earlier. T...

Sun, 17 May 2026 05:07:00 GMT
Venezuela hands over to the United States former minister and Maduro frontman Alex Saab
The Venezuelan government on Saturday deported to the United States the Colombian businessman Alex Saab, considered for years the main financial operator of former president Nicolás Maduro and minister of Industry and National...

Sat, 16 May 2026 03:25:00 GMT
Venezuela and World Bank agree to define technical cooperation areas after seven-year pause
The Venezuelan government and the World Bank agreed on Friday in Caracas to work jointly on identifying concrete areas of technical cooperation, in the first high-level encounter between the two parties since the resumption of ...

Thu, 14 May 2026 09:27:00 GMT
Venezuela announces formal restructuring of its external debt after nearly a decade in default
The Venezuelan government on Wednesday announced the formal launch of an "integral and orderly" restructuring of the country's public external debt and that of the state oil company PDVSA, in the most concrete step by acting Pr...

Wed, 13 May 2026 11:57:00 GMT
White House "51st state" trolling tests Caracas's oil opening
The official White House account on Tuesday published a series of messages on social media platform X suggesting the annexation of Venezuela to the United States under the formula of the "51st state," a discursive shift that st...

Mon, 11 May 2026 14:42:00 GMT
Delcy Rodríguez defends Essequibo claim at The Hague under temporary EU sanctions waiver
Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez arrived in the Netherlands on Sunday to defend her country's claim to the Essequibo, the border region disputed with Guyana, before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The tri...

Sat, 09 May 2026 22:32:00 GMT
Nahuel Gallo describes torture and a sardonic "you're off to Disney" during Venezuela detention
Argentine gendarme Nahuel Gallo, who spent 448 days detained in Venezuela under the regime of Nicolás Maduro, described in a televised interview the torture inflicted on him at the El Rodeo I prison and revealed the phrase his...

Sat, 09 May 2026 14:59:00 GMT
US removes 13.5 kilos of highly enriched uranium from Venezuela's RV-1 reactor
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has completed the removal of 13.5 kilograms of highly enriched uranium from the former RV-1 research reactor at the Venezuelan Institute for Scient...

Fri, 08 May 2026 15:37:00 GMT
Venezuela confirms death of political prisoner Víctor Hugo Quero, ten months after he died
Venezuela's Ministry for Prison Services confirmed on Thursday the death of political prisoner Víctor Hugo Quero Navas, a 51-year-old merchant, nearly ten months after he died in state custody and following more than a year of...

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