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GÜIRIA, Venezuela — The host of a popular radio show, “The People’s Combat,” had always diligently praised Venezuela’s governing Socialist Party, even as millions sank…
View More They Championed Venezuela’s Revolution. They Are Now Its Latest Victims.
Maduro calls opposition leader Guaido’s aid caravan a ‘provocation’, says he may close the border with Colombia as well. President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the closure…
View More Maduro shuts Venezuela's border with Brazil amid aid standoff
Who does Venezuela’s military support and why is it so important in the country’s current political crisis? The power struggle between Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro…
View More Venezuela, the military, and its support: An explainer
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Nicolás Maduro’s Socialist Party announced on Monday that its lawmakers are taking back their seats in Venezuela’s congress after a three-year…
View More Venezuela’s Maduro Trains Sights on Opposition’s Last Bastion: Congress
Venezuelan security forces are sending death squads to murder young men and stage the scenes to make it look like the victims resisted arrest, the…
View More Venezuela rejects UN report accusing officials sending death squads to kill young men
Venezuela’s president sought to strengthen his image as the undisputed commander of the armed forces on Thursday, mustering troops in a televised show of authority…
View More Maduro Speaks to Troops, Trying to Discredit Guaidó’s Call for Mutiny
For more than three months, the Venezuela opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, has been exhorting the armed forces to join his side in ousting President Nicolás…
View More What Is Happening in Venezuela and Why It Matters
CARACAS, Venezuela — Search teams combed the Caribbean on Thursday for 25 Venezuelan migrants missing after a boat sank in rough seas on the way…
View More Venezuelan Migrants Missing After Boat Sinks
Venezuela has been in crisis for years, but earlier this month, the country suffered a weeklong power outage, which led to widespread looting, deaths in…
View More How Maduro Keeps Power in Venezuela, Even With the Lights Out
UNITED NATIONS — Forcing a possible United Nations showdown with Russia over the Venezuela crisis, the United States distributed a resolution on Wednesday calling for…
View More U.S. Urges New Venezuela Elections. One Obstacle: Russia.
CÚCUTA, Colombia — An ambitious plan by Venezuela’s opposition to peacefully import foreign aid in truck convoys degenerated into deadly skirmishes Saturday along the impoverished…
View More Some Aid From Brazil Pierces Venezuela’s Blockade, but Deadly Violence Erupts
The tense standoff in Venezuela between Nicolás Maduro and Juan Guaidó has morphed into something far larger than a contest for power between a failed…
View More Opinion | Venezuela’s Crisis Spreads Beyond Its Borders
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro proposed early parliamentary elections on Saturday, seeking to shore up his crumbling rule after a senior general defected to the opposition…
View More Venezuelan president Maduro proposes early elections in bid to reverse his fortunes
Nicolas Maduro expected to run again as Constituent Assembly votes unanimously to fast-track elections. Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has said he is “ready to be…
View More Venezuela presidential election ordered by end of April