Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has ordered more than 5,600 military personnel to participate in a ‘defensive’ exercise near the border with Guyana.

Venezuela on Sunday held a referendum to decide whether to pursue century-old claims to land in neighboring Guyana. Nicolas Maduro said 95 percent voted yes, and has changed the maps.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday said it would be “impossible” to delay parliamentary elections planned for Dec. 6, after the European Union suggested pushing back the vote to meet conditions for the bloc to send an observer mission. The EU last week said there was not enough time left for it to send observers, […]

The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has committed systematic human rights violations including killings and torture amounting to crimes against humanity, U.N. investigators said on Wednesday. Reasonable grounds existed to believe that Maduro and his interior and defence ministers ordered or contributed to the crimes documented in the report in order to silence opposition, […]

The marine working for the CIA had weapons and large amounts of cash, the Venezuelan president says.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday proposed administering a Russian coronavirus vaccine to nearly 15,000 candidates in upcoming legislative elections so that they can campaign safely. Russia in August licensed a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing, a move celebrated by Moscow but questioned by some experts who note that only […]

The U.S. has offered private direct and indirect flights to evacuate Americans. Maduro wants to use Venezuela’s sanctioned airline.