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MIAMI (AP) — A close ally of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was charged Monday with bribing top officials to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from lucrative contracts to import food at a time of widespread hardship in the South American country. Alex Saab made his initial court appearance…

MIAMI (AP) — Venezuela’s government said Saturday it deported a close ally of Nicolás Maduro facing several criminal investigations in the U.S. less than three years after the businessman was pardoned by President Joe Biden as part of a prisoner swap. The decision marks a stark reversal for Alex Saab,…

By: Joshua Goodman, The Associated Press Posted: 5:48 PM CDT Saturday, May. 16, 2026 Last Modified: 7:46 PM CDT Saturday, May. 16, 2026 Print Email Read Later MIAMI (AP) — Venezuela’s government said Saturday it deported a close ally of Nicolás Maduro facing several criminal investigations in the U.S. less…

Reuters FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and Colombian businessman Alex Saab attend an event, in Caracas, Venezuela January 23, 2024. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo May 16 (Reuters) - Venezuelan official Alex ⁠Saab, ⁠a Colombian-Venezuelan businessman and ⁠ally of former President Nicolas Maduro, was deported ​to the United States, Venezuela's…

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is heading to Beijing with President Donald Trump despite active Chinese sanctions, after a reported name change workaround cleared the way for his historic visit Secretary of State Marco Rubio is officially en route to Beijing alongside President Donald Trump, despite being under active…

Four months have passed since US forces captured Venezuela’s sitting president, Nicolás Maduro, and ousted him from power. Maduro’s vice-president, Delcy Rodríguez, quickly moved into the top job and has, under US tutelage, begun a process of reversing her country’s experiment with socialism. Venezuela’s pivot towards socialism began under the…

It’s been four months since the US captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and brought him to the US to stand trial. His vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, is now in charge, but the Trump administration has been largely silent on what comes next for the country. In the meantime, Missy Ryan,…

Active Citizens, Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Democracy, Featured, Headlines, Human Rights, Labour, Latin America & the Caribbean, TerraViva United Nations May 6 2026 (IPS) -   CIVICUS discusses the status of political prisoners in Venezuela with Manuel Virgüez, director of Movimiento Vinotinto, a Venezuelan human rights organisation that works…

U.S. Army Master Sergeant Gannon Ken Van Dyke pleaded not guilty Tuesday to five federal charges over a series of Polymarket bets that turned $33,000 into more than $404,000, in what prosecutors describe as the first insider-trading case ever filed against a prediction-markets trader. Key Takeaways: Van Dyke pleads not…

A U.S. special forces soldier accused of using classified information about the operation to remove Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro from office to make prediction market bets pleaded not guilty to federal charges Tuesday. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, was charged Friday with unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain,…