(Reuters) Feb 8 – On the outskirts of Venezuela’s main oil city, Maracaibo, members of a local branch of the ruling socialist party went door-to-door in the weeks after U.S. forces captured President Nicolas Maduro, asking residents if they still support the party that has ruled the country for nearly 20 years. The result: About … Read more
By Marianna Parraga and Shariq Khan HOUSTON/NEW YORK, Feb 3 (Reuters) – U.S. Gulf Coast refiners are struggling to absorb a rapid increase in Venezuelan crude shipments since last month’s landmark $2 billion supply deal between Caracas and Washington, pressuring prices and leaving some volumes unsold, according to traders and shipping data. Weak U.S. demand … Read more
Lockheed Martin has unusually confirmed that its top-secret RQ-170 Sentinel unmanned aerial vehicle played a role in a recent US military operation in Venezuela. This confirmation represents the most concrete public acknowledgment of the aircraft’s real-world employment since its introduction nearly two decades ago. In a quarterly earnings call, Lockheed CEO Jim Taiclet outlined how … Read more
By Dave Sherwood HAVANA, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Cubans of all walks of life are going into survival mode, navigating blackouts and soaring food, fuel and transportation prices as the U.S. threatens a takeover of the communist-run nation. Reuters interviewed more than three dozen residents of the towns and neighborhoods around the capital Havana – … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to warn Wednesday that the Trump administration is ready to take further military action against Venezuela if the country’s interim leadership deviates from U.S. expectations. In prepared testimony for a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio says the US is not at war with … Read more
By Erin Banco, Jonathan. NEW YORK, Jan 27 (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence reports have raised doubts that Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez will cooperate with the Trump administration by formally cutting ties with U.S. adversaries, four people familiar with the reports said in recent days. US officials have publicly said they want the interim president … Read more
By Erin Banco, Sarah Kinosian and Matt Spetalnick NEW YORK/MIAMI/WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Trump administration officials held talks with Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello months before the U.S. operation to arrest President Nicolas Maduro and have been in communication with him since then, according to several people familiar with the matter. Officials have warned … Read more
As the harsh reality sets in that Venezuela’s authoritarian regime remains essentially unchanged even without Nicolás Maduro, activists who have spent years fighting for the country’s return to democracy are unsure what the next steps should be. They agree that the country should hold new elections very soon or install retired diplomat Edmundo González — … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump announced the audacious capture of Nicolás Maduro to face drug-trafficking charges in the U.S., he cast the vice president and longtime adviser to the strongman as America’s preferred partner in stabilizing Venezuela amid a scourge of drugs, corruption and economic chaos. Unsaid is the cloud of suspicion that … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a year before a U.S. military operation ousted Nicolás Maduro, a top adviser to President Donald Trump has alleged that the Venezuelan leader sent gang members to the United States. “If you are the dictator of a poor country with a high crime rate, wouldn’t you send your criminals to … Read more