Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ordered state-run companies to begin oil exploration and mining activity in neighboring Guyana on Tuesday, sparking new fears of outright conflict over the oil- and mineral-rich Essequibo territory.
Turnout appeared light in districts visited by AFP journalists in Caracas and elsewhere, but the exercise has raised fears in Guyana and around the region about Venezuela's ultimate intentions.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro made a public appeal to United States President Joe Biden, inviting Washington to lift all economic sanctions on Venezuela and forge a fresh era of bilateral cooper...
Venezuela sanctions: it would be too simplistic to imagine that the dilemma is between letting Machado run for president and reversing the oil licenses.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Oct. 18, 2023, suspended certain U.S. sanctions under the Venezuela Sanctions Regulations (VSR),...
Venezuelan state-run oil company PDVSA has begun contacting customers with crude supply contracts amid the temporary lifting of U.S. sanctions, two people familiar to the matter said on Thursday, moving to resume cash sales to global refiners.
The United States has eased several sanctions against Venezuela after President Nicolas Maduro and his opposition came to an agreement on guidelines before the country's next presidential election that the U.S. considered "democratic developments."
Venezuela's government and opposition said Monday they will restart talks seeking to end the country's political and economic crisis, after a nearly year-long suspension.