Acting President Delcy Rodríguez has the early advantage, but democratic María Corina Machado offers better long-term prospects.

US has moved to assert strict control over production and sale of Venezuelan oil since attacking the country this month.

The U.S. has seized seven Venezuelan-linked oil tankers since Dec. 10​, 2025.

U.S. forces seized a seventh Venezuela-linked oil tanker in the Caribbean as the Trump admin ramps up sanctions enforcement.

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military forces boarded and took control of a seventh oil tanker connected wi...

Venezuela is moving to formalize oil-sector reforms that would expand partnership-style contracts and loosen PDVSA’s control over new invest...

Juan Barreto A man takes a picture of portraits of political prisoners during a demonstration by relatives at the Central University of Ve...

Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez will play for the Venezuelan national team at the 2026 World Baseball Classic, according to V...

To many on the ground, civilian fatalities were simply the cost of ousting Nicolás Maduro.

The last tankers that loaded sanctioned Venezuelan oil before the U.S. blockade and the ousting of Nicolas Maduro are set to arrive in China...

Donald Trump shared an edited image of a meeting with European leaders with the U.S. flag over Canada, Greenland and Venezuela.

Vatican Media Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin. Pope Leo XIV has referred to the Venezuelan crisis on several o...

Venezuela has entered the most consequential reset of its modern history. The removal of Nicolás Maduro on 3 January has abruptly reopened a...

As a progressive, Starmer has shown there is a limit to how far he can compromise with the US, and he has drawn a line on Greenland

Capitalist vultures aren’t just circling, they are pouncing – drawn to the smell of decay evident in Washington’s militant tactics...