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
Venezuela sits on the planet’s largest oil reserves, about 303 billion barrels, yet executives from major oil companies are debating whether the billions of dollars needed to modernize the country’s oil infrastructure are worth it. The debate: Until 100 billion dollars it will be necessary to get Venezuela’s oil industry where it needs to be. … Read more
By Libby George and Trevor Hunnicutt LONDON/WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – U.S. controls on Venezuela’s oil exports have seized barrels that had serviced debt to China, lining up another potential showdown between the two superpowers that could further complicate the South American country’s path out of default. About a tenth of Venezuela’s $150 billion foreign … 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
Jan 17 (Reuters) – In the 12 days since the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, interim President Delcy Rodriguez has worked to consolidate his own power, installing loyalists in key positions to protect himself from domestic threats while meeting U.S. demands to increase oil production. Rodriguez, 56, a quiet but stern technocrat who has … Read more
HAVANA (AP) — Trumpets and drums sounded solemnly at Havana’s airport Thursday as white-gloved Cuban soldiers disembarked from a plane carrying urns carrying the remains of the 32 Cuban officers killed in a stunning U.S. attack on Venezuela. Nearby, thousands of Cubans lined one of Havana’s most iconic streets to await the bodies as the … Read more
Isfahan Refinery, one of the largest refineries in Iran. – Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu/Getty Images The United States is weighing whether to strike Iran as turmoil intensifies for the country’s authoritarian regime. Iran’s government is at its weakest point in years, destabilizing yet another OPEC nation less than two weeks after the United States toppled Venezuela’s government. … 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