Venezuela
April 2026
- The Latin and Caribbean oil rush‘Ready to be exploited’: amid rust, weeds and power cuts, Venezuelans hope for a new oil boom
US lifts sanctions on Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez
March 2026
US reopens embassy in Venezuela in significant thawing of relations
Venezuelans deported by US detail fresh claims of torture and abuse at El Salvador mega-prison
A smile and a handshake as Maduro case drags Venezuela crisis to New York court
Flatterers out in force to fill Trump’s head with Venezuelan statue dreams
Nicolás Maduro appears again in New York court on ‘narco-terrorism’ charges
US traveller recounts brutal detention in Venezuela’s feared prisons: ‘They beat me, chained me up’
Gabbard testimony on Puerto Rico voting machines raises questions about role of Venezuela conspiracy theory
Delcy Rodríguez replaces Venezuela’s top military commanders
Caracas celebrates after Venezuela topple USA to win first World Baseball Classic – in pictures
Venezuela 3-2 United States: World Baseball Classic final – as it happened
Venezuela win first World Baseball Classic title after taming USA in politically fraught final
‘That’s why we wear USA’: US players embrace military ties before WBC final against Venezuela
Naima review – triumphant note of hope fuels engrossing insight into the immigrant experience
The ‘Jolene doctrine’: retired US army general likens Trump foreign policy to Dolly Parton song
Trump convenes ‘Shield of Americas’ summit with 12 Latin American leaders
Iran is not Venezuela, despite Trump’s hopes of repeating ‘regime capture’ strategy
US and Venezuela move to restore diplomatic ties two months after Maduro’s capture
Dismay as Hegseth urges Latin American allies to join ‘offense’ against cartels