Venezuela

Thousands of opposition and pro-government protesters are expected to rally in Venezuela on Wednesday, a day after opposition leader Juan Guaido called for the military to oust President Maduro.  "Across all of Venezuela, we will be in the streets," Guaido t…

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington DC, US. (Source: REUTERS/File) Taking note of the continued crisis in Venezuela, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Wednesday said that the Trump administration is ready to take military action ‘if that’s wh…

HAVANA (Reuters) - Millions of Cubans took to the streets on Wednesday in protest over new sanctions imposed on the Caribbean island by the Trump administration and U.S. efforts to topple the government of socialist ally Venezuela. “We will give a strong, f…

By Luc Cohen and Angus Berwick CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelans were expected to take to the streets on Wednesday for what opposition leader Juan Guaido pledged would be the "largest march" in the country's history, a day after he called for the military to o…

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a television interview on Wednesday that the United States was prepared to take military action to stem the ongoing turmoil in Venezuela. "Military action is possible. If that's what's required, that's what the U…

Mr Guaido had been immediately backed by the United States, where President Donald Trump said in a tweet on Tuesday that Washington was standing behind the Venezuelan people and their "freedom." Thousands of opposition supporters flocked onto a highway near …

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) He called it the moment for Venezuelans to reclaim their democracy once and for all. But as the hours dragged on, opposition leader Juan Guaidó stood alone on a highway overpass with the same small cadre of soldiers with whom he launch…

A journalist reporting on the crisis in Venezuela Tuesday said the efforts to oust President Nicolas Maduro are taking longer than expected in part because not everyone in the country is allowed to own guns. “So if the military have the guns, they have the p…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — He called it the moment for Venezuelans to reclaim their democracy once and for all. But as the hours dragged on, opposition leader Juan Guaidó stood alone on a highway overpass with the same small cadre of soldiers with whom he laun…

By Angus Berwick and Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) - When Felix Garcia woke up on Tuesday he was fired up by surprising news - Venezuelan opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez, under house arrest for the past two years, had appeared in public. Lopez's app…