The United States has formally recognized Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez as the country's president-elect following the disputed July 28 presidential election, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Tuesday on X.
"The Venezuelan (...)
Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro was welcomed as a guest by Vladimir Putin — but he left empty-handed
CARACAS — Venezuela has criticized Brazil's decision to veto its admission to the Brics group of emerging economies.
Venezuela's foreign ministry (...)
Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González has said he was "forced" to recognize President Nicolás Maduro as the winner of July's disputed election before being allowed to seek asylum in Spain.
In a video message, González said Maduro's aides (...)
Venezuela announced Saturday the arrest of six foreign nationals accused of plotting to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro.
Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello confirmed the arrests at a news conference in Caracas, identifying the suspects as three (...)
Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González has vowed to "continue to fight" for democracy in his own country, after being granted asylum in Spain.
González left Venezuela on Saturday, having spent weeks in hiding at the Spanish embassy in (...)
Venezuela's opposition party has called for protests to be held worldwide on 17 August in support of its claim to have won the country's presidential election.
President Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner by the government-controlled electoral (...)
Fresh protests have broken out in the Venezuelan capital Caracas after the disputed result of the country's presidential election.
Thousands gathered in the city center to show their opposition to President Nicolas Maduro's claim of victory.
Many (...)
Security forces in Venezuela have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at people protesting Sunday's disputed election result.
Thousands of people descended on central Caracas on Monday evening, some walking for miles from slums on the mountains (...)
President Nicolás Maduro has won Venezuela's presidential election, according to partial results published by the electoral council. The head of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoroso, who is a close ally of Maduro, said that with 80% (...)
People in Venezuela are heading to polling stations on Sunday to elect a new president.
Over 21 million registered voters in the South American country can cast their ballots between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. local time (1000-2200GMT).
The main contest (...)
More than a year after he resigned from his post as Venezuela's oil minister, Tareck El Aissami has been arrested accused of corruption.
El Aissami is accused of stealing from Venezuela's state oil company.
Once a powerful ally of President Nicolás (...)
The world's oldest man, Juan Vicente Pérez Mora, has died aged 114 — just two months before what would have been his 115th birthday.
Guinness World Records confirmed the news, stating: "After living through both World Wars, seeing the invention of (...)
Venezuela is battling a record number of wildfires, according to data released on Monday, as a climate change-driven drought plagues the Amazon rainforest region, Reuters reported.
Satellites registered more than 30,200 fire points in Venezuela from (...)
Argentina and Colombia say they have taken "concrete steps" to improve frayed relations between the two countries after far-right Argentine leader Javier Milei called his left-wing Colombian counterpart a "terrorist murderer" in a CNN interview.
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Corina Yoris was nominated as the PUD's candidate on Friday but has been unable to register
Venezuela's main opposition coalition says its candidate has been blocked from July's presidential election.
The opposition Unitary Platform (PUD) said it (...)
Venezuela's president ordered the creation of a new state called "Guayana Esequiba" on Tuesday, following a controversial Sunday referendum which saw Venezuelan voters approving the annexation of land from neighboring Guyana.
The area in question, (...)
Venezuelans have voted overwhelmingly in favor of claiming a disputed oil-rich territory long controlled by neighboring Guyana.
More than 95% approved establishing a new state in Essequibo, officials say.
Caracas says the region has been part of (...)
Venezuela's opposition is holding a primary to choose a candidate for the 2024 presidential election.
Opposition parties have organized the poll without any help from the National Electoral Council, which is headed by a close ally of President (...)
Attacks on civic and democratic space in Venezuela are increasing through policies aimed at silencing opposition and criticism of the government, the head of a UN-appointed human rights body said on Monday.
Marta Valiñas, chair of the Independent (...)
The Venezuelan government invited journalists to tour the Tocoron Penitentiary Center in Aragua state on Saturday — days after security forces reclaimed control of a prison that has spent many years under the control of gangs.
The Tocoron prison, (...)
Peace talks between Colombia's government and the ELN rebel group have reached a first point of agreement, the country's president has said.
President Gustavo Petro made the remarks during a visit to the province of Western Antioquia.
Both sides (...)
A Malaysian businessman who scammed the US Navy in its biggest fraud scandal ever has been recaptured after he escaped house arrest two weeks ago.
Leonard Glenn Francis, known as "Fat Leonard", was captured in Venezuela attempting to board a flight (...)
Venezuela's rural, remote, indigenous communities have been particularly affected by COVID-19 and the country's socio-economic crisis; community gardens help Wayúu women from Rio Negro to make ends meet, and provide a haven from violence.
Venezuela (...)
In response to the critical needs of a growing number of Venezuelans arriving by foot to Chile's northern border, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said on Thursday that it is stepping up its presence and assistance in the South American (...)
Venezuela violated a jurist's right to be tried by an independent tribunal and his right to the presumption of innocence, the UN Human Rights Committee said on Wednesday.
In the decision, the Committee requested that Venezuela declare the criminal (...)
