Venezuela

Former US congressman sentenced to 10 years in prison for secretly lobbying for Venezuela

Prosecutors with the Miami US Attorney's Office said Rivera acted on behalf of a "hostile foreign government" and was paid $20 million by the US subsidiary of Venezuela's state oil company.

Former US Congressman David Rivera waits to enter the James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building as he faces trial on charges of illegally lobbying US officials to prevent economic sanctions against Venezuela, in Miami, Florida, US, March 24, 2026.
The Venezuela International Oil & Gas Summit 2026, the first major international energy summit since Nicolas Maduro's removal from power in January, in Caracas, Venezuela, September 29, 2026.

Qatar's UCC in talks for possible entrance into oil, gas areas in Venezuela, executive says

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds up a Starlink device as he speaks during the 81st United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on September 24, 2026.

Six takeaways from a turbulent week of United Nations diplomacy - analysis

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds a Venezuelan flag as supporters gather in Madrid's Puerta del Sol on April 18, 2026.

Venezuelan opposition leader Machado fails in return attempts as Rodriguez meets Trump


Venezuelans, Cubans among deportees to Liberia under Trump deal, official says

The West African nation announced on Tuesday that it had agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the US in the next 12 months.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents patrol at Washington Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, US, March 24, 2026.

As foreign elections shape Israel’s alliances, Jerusalem seeks to control the diplomatic whiplash

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Latin America and Slovenia are examples of countries’ shifting ties with Israel that reflect how relations have become an ideological marker in domestic politics.

Here, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks alongside Colombia’s then-president, Juan Manuel Santos, in Bogotá, in 2017.

Israel sends 80-person rescue delegation to earthquake-hit Colombia

The delegation, headed by the commander of the Home Front Command's National Rescue and Rescue Unit, Brig.-General (res.) Yossi Pinto, includes both regular duty soldiers and reservists.

Home Front Command sends a delegation to Colombia following a deadly earthquake, August 13, 2026

What Venezuela's renewed ties with Israel could mean for Iran - analysis

Venezuela's decision to renew consular relations with Israel comes after two decades in which Caracas became Iran's principal strategic partner in Latin America.

 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro attend a news conference in Tehran, Iran, June 11, 2022.

After 17 years, Israel and Venezuela begin rebuilding ties through humanitarian aid - comment

The landscape began to shift following the US capture of Nicolás Maduro on January 3 and assumed a human dimension after the disaster.

Israeli and Venezuelen flags stand together; illustrative

ZAKA welcomes renewed Israel-Venezuela ties after earthquake aid mission

ZAKA leadership welcomed the renewal of diplomatic ties between Israel and Venezuela, saying the organization’s recent humanitarian efforts helped pave the way for renewed relations.

ZAKA personnel in Venezuela.

'A new era begins': Israel, Venezuela open up consular relations for first time in 17 years

The move creates an official channel of coordination between Israel and Venezuela, which have not maintained diplomatic relations since 2009.

A supporter of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s Vente Venezuela wears a Venezuelan flag during a rally marking the two-year anniversary of presidential elections, which authorities said Nicolas Maduro won, in Caracas, Venezuela, July 28, 2026.

Seven months after Trump intervention, US senators seek Venezuela elections

"The people of Venezuela deserve free, fair, and transparent elections, and it is vital to the national security interests of the United States that those elections occur expeditiously," Cruz said.

A supporter of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s Vente Venezuela wears a Venezuelan flag during a rally marking the two-year anniversary of presidential elections, which authorities said Nicolas Maduro won, in Caracas, Venezuela, July 28, 2026.

Cuba suffers islandwide power grid collapse as US oil blockade deepens energy crisis

The outage follows three nationwide blackouts in July and comes as a US-imposed oil blockade further strains the island's aging energy infrastructure.

People walk down a street as Cuba's national power grid collapsed, marking the third major outage in nine days, in Havana, Cuba, July 14, 2026.

International Criminal Court faces search for new prosecutor after Karim Khan dismissal

The ICC faces a difficult search for a new prosecutor after Karim Khan’s dismissal, as US pressure and withdrawals by five member states deepen the court’s institutional crisis.

ICC CHIEF Prosecutor Karim Khan in The Hague.