Andrés Velásquez didn't stick around to become one more government critic jailed after Venezuela's 2024 presidential election ...

A number of prominent critics have started to emerge from hiding to test the limits of political speech after years of ...

VENEZUELA — Multiple sources indicated to CNN that the CIA is moving forward with plans to establish a permanent presence in Venezuela. The agency is reportedly coordinating with the State Department ...

Brad W. Setser is the Whitney Shepardson senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. In the days since U.S. President Donald Trump’s operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, ...

Oil prices barely budged after the U.S. ousted Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and President Trump pledged billions to revive the country’s oil infrastructure. WSJ’s David Uberti breaks down the market ...

Washington pushes a U.S.-directed revival to rewire PDVSA, reshape investment rules, and pull the country out of Russia and China’s orbit. Despite producing under 1 million bpd today versus ~3 million ...

A sculpture of a hand holding an oil drilling rig is pictured outside the state-run oil company Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) in Caracas on February 26, 2025. (Photo by Pedro MATTEY / AFP) ...

Economic instability in Venezuela after the U.S. raid to capture its president is deepening inflation and rattling the currency, sending grocery bills soaring for millions of people. Economic ...

No. But he’s clearly wielding a lot of leverage on its new leader. Since the U.S. ousted Maduro, the former vice-president has been working to meet the Trump administration’s demands — while at times ...

Venezuela and Chevron have perhaps one of the strangest partnerships … ever? Chevron, one of the world's most famous and profitable oil corporations, has for decades, been plugging away in Venezuela, ...

Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States walk upon arrival at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, on January 16, 2026. A new flight carrying 231 Venezuelans ...

Olivia Gazis covers intelligence and international security matters for CBS News. Twice Emmy-nominated, she has traveled worldwide with the secretary of state and contributes reporting on intelligence ...