Venezuela

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:30:00 GMT
Two powerful earthquakes strike northern Venezuela and collapse buildings in Caracas
Two powerful earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5, about 39 seconds apart, struck north-central Venezuela on Wednesday afternoon, collapsing buildings in the capital, Caracas, and leaving rescue teams working through the rubble...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:04:00 GMT
Venezuela reports 32 dead and over 700 injured after its twin earthquake, toll expected to rise
Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez reported on Thursday at least 32 dead and more than 700 injured from the two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 that struck the north-central part of the country on Wednesday, and...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:41:00 GMT
Offers of aid pour in for Venezuela from across the Americas and beyond after its earthquake
Governments from across the Americas and other regions of the world expressed solidarity with Venezuela and offered assistance after the twin earthquake of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 that struck the north-central part of the country...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:59:00 GMT
Venezuela's earthquake tests US assistance to the interim government it helped install
The twin earthquake that struck north-central Venezuela has become the first major test of US assistance to the interim government of Delcy Rodríguez, installed after the capture of former president Nicolás Maduro in a US mil...

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 06:49:00 GMT
US-backed opposition figure Figuera returns to Venezuela to negotiate a 'credible' electoral body
Opposition figure Dinorah Figuera, president of the National Assembly elected in 2015 and exiled in Spain for nearly eight years, returned to Venezuela on Thursday at the invitation of the US State Department to negotiate a "cr...

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:31:00 GMT
Spain's ex-PM Zapatero testifies as a suspect in the Plus Ultra bailout case
Spain's former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero appeared on Wednesday before Judge José Luis Calama, of the Audiencia Nacional, as an investigated person in the Plus Ultra case, in what constitutes an unprecedente...

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 19:02:00 GMT
Trump says a US strike killed Niño Guerrero, leader of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang
US President Donald Trump announced on Friday night that his country's Southern Command had killed, in a “swift and lethal” strike, Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alias Niño Guerrero, whom he described as the leader ...

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:12:00 GMT
Venezuela hands Shell a license for the cross-border Loran gas field shared with Trinidad
Venezuela on Thursday granted the British company Shell a license for a first phase of exploration and exploitation of the Loran gas field, which has seven reservoirs, six of them transboundary with Trinidad and Tobago. The sig...

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:59:00 GMT
Venezuela's Cabello rejects Machado's offer of talks with the chavista leadership
Venezuela's Interior, Justice and Peace Minister and secretary general of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, on Monday ruled out any political negotiation with opposition leader María Corina Mach...

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:28:00 GMT
Venezuela moves to open its power sector to private investment after years of blackouts
Venezuela's National Assembly gave initial approval to a reform of the electricity law that opens the sector to private investment through long-term concessions, in an effort to reverse the collapse of a service battered by bla...

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