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The meeting aims to revive the country's battered energy industry with the involvement of American companies. US President Donald Trump will meet Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez in New York on Tuesday, a senior US official said on Friday. This would mark the first in-person meeting between the two leaders…

MIAMI -- A close ally of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single count of money laundering tied to an alleged bribery conspiracy to win lucrative government contracts in the South American country. As part of the plea deal, Alex Saab agreed to cooperate in continuing…

Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s wife, Cilia Flores, asked a federal judge late Wednesday to release her from jail pending trial, citing a “serious” heart condition. In the filing, Flores’ attorney Mark Donnelly said she “deserves the opportunity to await her trial while on home confinement” in order to recover…

The Pentagon has received a big ownership stake in an obscure private oil company that will control crude reserves larger than ExxonMobil 's global portfolio if President Donald Trump's Venezuela deal is successful. The deal comes eight months after Washington ousted former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a military raid…

U.S.-investigated Venezuelan billionaire Alejandro Betancourt now partners with Washington in a Pentagon-backed oil deal granting access to Venezuela’s crude reserves amid ongoing scrutiny over past money-laundering probes CARACAS/MIAMI: The billionaire who helped broker the Trump administration’s sweeping long-term oil deal with Venezuela was until recently a ‌target of U.S. money-laundering…

Democracy Dies in Darkness The deposed Venezuelan president was seized by the U.S. military last January in Caracas. He is scheduled to stand trial on drug conspiracy charges next year. September 2, 2026 at 8:36 p.m. EDT Today at 8:36 p.m. EDT Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro's bid to derail…

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: Nine months after the U.S. military abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the first lady in a raid on Caracas, President Trump has announced a deal for the U.S. to take majority control of more…

President Trump's historic Venezuelan oil deal revolves around a colorful and controversial man from Caracas with a long history of supporting U.S. interests — including the operation to remove former strongman Nicolas Maduro.Why it matters: Alejandro Betancourt, 46, runs the oil company that's entering into an unprecedented partnership with the…

Updated on: August 30, 2026 / 10:23 PM EDT / CBS/AFP Add CBS News on Google Venezuela's deposed leader Nicolás Maduro said on social media Sunday that he was "standing firm," while sharing photographs from the New York prison where he has been held since his capture by U.S. forces…

As Nicolás Maduro’s vice president in Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez once accused her political rival of planning to hand over the country’s riches — its vast oil reserves — to the United States. “They are her owners,” Rodriguez said in 2024 of María Corina Machado, then the U.S.-backed opposition leader. “Her…