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CARACAS, Venezuela — For Vanessa Farina, hope had become dangerous. For more than a year, she had measured out her life by the number of days her husband, the human rights activist and politician Luis Tarbay, spent in Venezuela’s most notorious prison. Now, with President Nicolás Maduro in U.S. custody…

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Since the U.S. ousted Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, earlier this year, officials in Caracas have been looking for ways to increase oil production, including by attracting foreign private investment. In February, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright visited facilities operated by Chevron and met with interim government officials...Read More

RNS) — Some evangelicals’ cooling relationship with Chavismo stems from a 2024 meeting where Maduro favored the pastors of the largest megachurches...Read More

The American flag was raised Saturday over the US Embassy in Venezuela for the first time since 2019, a move that highlighted the recent shift in relations between the two countries since then-President Nicolas Maduro was captured by American troops in January. Though the flag is now waving, the building…

Listen to this article with a free account The Trump administration on Friday opposed a request by former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, to dismiss their U.S. criminal case. Maduro and Flores asked the court last month to dismiss the case, arguing the government improperly prevented…

Oil shipments from Venezuela to Cuba were halted after the United States attacked Venezuela and arrested President Nicolás Maduro, deepening Cuba’s energy crisis. Screen grab from footage broadcast by Cuban official TV on March 13, 2026, showing Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel speaking during a meeting with the communist-governed island's top…

Active Citizens, Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Democracy, Economy & Trade, Energy, Featured, Headlines, Human Rights, Latin America & the Caribbean, Migration & Refugees, TerraViva United Nations Mar 11 2026 (IPS) -   CIVICUS discusses the situation in Venezuela following US intervention and the ousting of President Nicolás Maduro with…

We’re not even three months into 2026, and already it’s shaping up to be President Donald Trump’s year of regime change. He successfully removed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in January, he took the US to war with Iran late last month, and now he may be eying a new target:…