The Trump Administration is ordering Chevron Corp. to “wind down” operations in Venezuela by Dec. 1.
The U.S. Department of Justice it has indicted Venezuela's socialist leader Nicolás Maduro and several key aides on charges of narco-terrorism.
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó is getting his long-sought meeting with President Trump. The White House says the leaders will meet Wednesday in the Oval Office.
A senior Russian lawmaker has denounced the U.S. freeze of all Venezuelan government assets as a crude interference in the country's internal affairs.
The Trump administration has frozen all Venezuelan government assets in a significant escalation of tensions with socialist leader Nicolás Maduro. The ban on Americans doing business with Venezuela's government takes effect immediately. An executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Monday cited Maduro's continued "usurpation" of power and human rights abuses by those loyal to him. The order falls short of an outright trade embargo but represents the most cr...
A senior Russian diplomat is confirming that Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meet next week in Finland at a time of simmering tensions between the two countries over the crisis in Venezuela.
Venezuelans heeded opposition leader Juan Guaidó's call to fill streets around the nation Wednesday but security forces showed no sign of answering his cry for a widespread military uprising, instead dispersing crowds with tear gas as the political crisis threatened to deepen.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States is withdrawing the last of its staff from its embassy in Venezuela.
Two Florida congresswomen met with the president of Colombia and saw where blockades were preventing humanitarian aid from getting to Venezuela during a visit to the Columbian-Venezuelan border.
The United States is planning new ways to pressure Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to give up power and other means to provide assistance to the people of the economically devastated South American nation.