Venezuela

Venezuela signs oil, gas deals with US companies

The possibility of increased Venezuelan oil output comes as global markets face disruptions to Middle East oil supplies from the conflict in Iran.

First direct US-Venezuela flight in years arrives in Caracas

American Airlines Flight 3599 symbolises the end of Venezuela’s years-long isolation by the US.

US-Venezuela flights to resume in new sign of thaw

An American Airlines plane taxis at Los Angeles International Airport on April 23. The first direct flight between the US and Venezuela in seven years was set to take off on April 30.

US to let Venezuela pay Maduro’s lawyer in drug trafficking case

Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with his lawyer, Barry Pollack, attend a hearing in a narco-terrorism case accusing him of running a cartel of Venezuelan officials that flooded the U.S. with cocaine, at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Court House in New York City, U.S., March 26, 2026 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg

No-show from Lionel Messi and Argentina for exhibition matches in Singapore and India

Lionel Messi and his Argentina football team have failed to appear in exhibition matches in India and Singapore that were agreed as part of a deal with global bank HSBC.

Leaders of Colombia, Venezuela agree intelligence-sharing, talk electricity at Caracas meeting

Colombian President Gustavo Petro (left) and Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodriguez posing for a picture after a bilateral meeting at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela on April 24, 2026.

US soldier charged over making more than $511k on Maduro removal bets

Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is escorted, as he heads towards the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan for an initial appearance to face U.S. federal charges including narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking, money laundering and others, at Downtown Manhattan Heliport, in New York City, U.S., January 5, 2026.

Venezuela’s melting 'permafrost' draws debt investors' optimism

FILE PHOTO: Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva takes part in \"Debate on the Global Economy\" during the 2026 annual IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16, 2026. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo

Venezuela’s Machado plans to return home by end of 2026, urges swift elections

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado poses for a photograph during an interview with Reuters in Madrid, Spain, April 19, 2026. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes

Venezuela’s Machado says in close talks with US over her return

Ms Maria Corina Machado said “free and fair” elections are key to secure stability and peace for an “orderly transition” in the country.

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