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Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The Trump administration continued to tighten its economic stranglehold on Venezuela Tuesday by blacklisting six tankers that President Nicolas Maduro uses to ship oil to Cuba to evade sanctions. The Treasury Department…

Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Venezuela has paid about $5 billion in oil to Cuba and China and made military purchases from Russia worth hundreds of millions of dollars this year amid its ongoing economic crisis, a U.S. Venezuela diplomat said…

Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The Trump administration has sanctioned five top officials of the Venezuelan government as part of its ongoing maximum pressure campaign to force embattled President Nicolas Maduro to step down. The United States has been…

Sept. 27 (UPI) -- The world leaders who will speak at the United Nations General Assembly Friday include China, Venezuela, India, Pakistan and the Bahamas. Delivering their address to the 74th General Debate in the morning session are,…

A Venezuelan rides his bike to work in front of a mural of the late President Hugo Chávez near Teresa Carreno Theatre on May 8th, 2019, in Caracas, Venezuela. As the country goes through a political, economic, and social crisis,…

Last week, Acting Venezuelan President Juan Guaidó instructed his representatives in Washington to “open direct communications” toward possible “coordination” with the U.S. military. But what can the American military do to further his…

In an interview with Kathy Gilsinan and Mike Giglio, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff didn’t deny that the intel is concerning, but he cautioned against responding quickly with an an ill-planned confrontation.“The…

After staging a failed uprising, the Western-backed Venezuelan opposition is seeking a meeting with U.S. military officials to discuss "strategic" and "operation" planning to bolster its leadership challenge against the…

Supporters of the opposition leader Juan Guaido, gather around La Carlota military air base to attend a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, 30 April 2019.Lokman Ilhan | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesA Venezuelan general called on the country's…

May 7 (UPI) -- The United States lifted economic sanctions on a former Venezuelan general who broke ranks with President Nicolas Maduro, Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday. In a speech to the Americas Society at the State Department,…