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22 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: September 15, 2026.
The Colombian businessman admitted skimming at least $195 million from six Venezuelan food-import contracts with 'the approval, participation and protection' of top officials. Maduro himself is awaiting trial in Manhattan after his capture in January.
The former Venezuelan president and his wife, Cilia Flores, are asking Judge Alvin Hellerstein to throw out their drug trafficking indictment on sovereign immunity grounds. Oral arguments are set for November 17.
WatchThe president called it 'THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY' in a social media post, seven months after U.S. forces seized Nicolás Maduro. The announcement named no operator, no fields and no price.
Foreign ministers Gideon Saar and Felix Plasencia agreed Tuesday to a coordination channel that restores consular services between the two countries for the first time since Hugo Chavez severed ties.
WatchA Manhattan federal judge scheduled the ousted Venezuelan president and his wife to stand trial on U.S. narco-terrorism charges beginning June 1, 2027, as Maduro's lawyers vowed to fight the case on sovereign-immunity grounds.
Months after U.S. forces seized Nicolás Maduro, the secretary of state is said to control Venezuela's finances, oil and cabinet appointments — directing its acting president by text message.
WatchTwo weeks after twin quakes flattened swaths of the country, acting President Delcy Rodríguez has declared national mourning while rescuers still pull survivors from the rubble.
Two weeks after twin magnitude-7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes struck near Caracas, rescuers are still pulling survivors from the rubble — and officials warn the final toll could climb far higher.
WatchEleven days after two powerful earthquakes flattened swaths of Venezuela's coast, rescuers are still pulling survivors and bodies from the rubble — and a forensic pathologist says the official toll may be barely a third of the real number.
WatchA magnitude 7.2 quake struck the country's coast Wednesday evening, followed 39 seconds later by a 7.5 — Venezuela's most powerful in more than a century — flattening buildings across Caracas, La Guaira and Valencia.
The elimination of "Niño Guerrero," a wanted transnational crime boss, marks unprecedented cooperation between the two countries in fighting organized crime.
WatchPresident Trump said a “swift and lethal” military strike killed Héctor Guerrero Flores, the gang boss known as “Niño Guerrero,” in an operation coordinated with Venezuela.
Dr. Diablo and his theatrical team pressure debtors to pay up in Venezuela's struggling capital city.
Christian Castro was taken into custody Friday morning after being charged with assault in the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the immigration crackdown.
The federal officer is the second to face felony charges stemming from Trump administration's Operation Metro Surge immigration crackdown.
WatchThe strategy, written by White House counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka, reroutes intelligence and special-operations resources toward Western Hemisphere narco-terror networks.
Despite U.S. officials' promises to 'unleash prosperity' by controlling oil industry, life in Caracas remains largely unchanged after Maduro's ousting.
The new Venezuelan leadership is systematically removing allies who helped keep Nicolás Maduro in power, signaling a major shift in the country's political landscape.
In a ceremony at Miraflores Palace, Chevron secured new Orinoco Belt drilling rights and a higher stake in PDVSA joint ventures, aiming to reach 300,000 barrels per day as the Trump administration leverages eased sanctions.
Three months after the US military captured Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela's acting president has exceeded her constitutionally set term without a vote to extend it — while ordinary Venezuelans wait in vain for economic improvement.
Since the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro in January, Venezuela has freed 659 political prisoners and restored ties with Washington — but the same repressive institutions that defined his rule remain in place.
The State Department dropped Venezuela from its most severe 'Do Not Travel' designation as the Trump administration pursues a transactional rapprochement with Maduro, driven by the urgent need to replace Iranian oil cut off by the Strait of Hormuz closure.