Venezuela

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Venezuela shows signs of easing authoritarian controls after Maduro’s capture

After U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro and removed him to the United States a month earlier, Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, has announced plans to close El Helicoide and proposed a mass amnesty while tests of censorship limits and opposition figures emerging from hiding have prompted cautious hopes

World

Sheinbaum vows humanitarian aid to Cuba despite US moves to curb oil

Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, pledged to send humanitarian aid this week to Cuba and said Mexico was "exploring all diplomatic avenues to be able to send fuel to the Cuban people," despite US efforts to cut off oil to the Caribbean nation, she said at a public

Business

Chevron, Exxon report lowest annual profits as Chevron highlights Venezuela potential

Chevron and Exxon Mobil reported their lowest annual profits in years on Jan. 30, 2026, and Chevron’s finance chief praised Venezuela’s oil assets as the companies prepared conference calls to discuss their 2025 results later that morning. Chevron’s chief financial officer, Eimear Bonner, said in an interview

World

Venezuela congress approves hydrocarbons law to open oil sector to foreign investment

Venezuela’s congress has approved a hydrocarbons bill that opens the country’s oil sector to foreign private investment after pressure from the US, and acting president Delcy Rodríguez is expected to give her final approval to the bill imminently. The new hydrocarbons law promises to give private companies control

Politics

Trump signs order enabling tariffs on countries that supply oil to Cuba

Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday laying the groundwork to impose tariffs on goods from countries that provide oil to Cuba, the White House said. The order declares a national emergency and establishes a process for the US secretaries of state and commerce to assess tariffs, but the

World

Venezuela’s National Assembly approves sweeping overhaul of oil sector

Venezuela’s National Assembly on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, approved a sweeping overhaul of the country’s oil laws that grants foreign oil companies greater operational control and could sharply reduce the royalties and taxes they pay, The New York Times reported. The legislation gives foreign companies clear control over

World

Trump orders immediate reopening of commercial airspace over Venezuela

President Donald Trump ordered the immediate reopening of commercial airspace over Venezuela on Thursday, weeks after US military forces toppled Nicolás Maduro, speaking at the White House during his cabinet’s first meeting of the year after a telephone call with Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez. At the meeting

Politics

Rubio Says Venezuela Will Submit Monthly Budget; Funds Held First in Qatari Account

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, that Venezuela’s interim government has agreed to submit a monthly "budget" to the Trump administration, which will release money from an account funded by the sale of Venezuelan oil and initially

Politics

Delcy Rodríguez hints at Deng‑style economic opening after replacing Maduro

After Nicolás Maduro was toppled and replaced by his Sorbonne‑educated vice‑president, Delcy Rodríguez, she used her first address filling his role to hint at a period of “reform and opening up”, prompting comparisons with Deng Xiaoping’s post‑Mao reforms in China. Rodríguez declared the start of a

Politics

Families sue US over deadly October 14 boat strike off Venezuela

Businessinsider reports families of two Trinidadian nationals have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit accusing the US of unlawfully killing six men in a strike on a vessel off the coast of Venezuela on October 14, 2025. The complaint, filed in US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, identifies the deceased

Politics

U.S. used cyberoperations in Venezuela as Pentagon seeks to integrate computer warfare

According to American officials, the United States used cyberweapons in Venezuela this month to take power offline, turn off radar and disrupt hand-held radios to help U.S. military forces slip into the country unnoticed and seize President Nicolás Maduro. The actions in Venezuela were described as part of a

Politics

European Far Right Distances Itself from Trump Over Greenland and Venezuela

Europe’s nationalist leaders, long aligned with President Trump, are publicly distancing themselves from the U.S. president after his recent actions that some see as challenges to European sovereignty, including threats over Greenland, U.S. military operations in Venezuela and a combative speech in Davos, Switzerland. Key figures have

Politics

Many Trump Supporters Back His Foreign Policy, Interviews in Idaho Show

Interviews in Moscow, Idaho, found many President Trump supporters giving him the benefit of the doubt on recent foreign policy actions, including last summer's bombing of Iran and his proposals involving Greenland and Venezuela. Supporters interviewed said they view Mr. Trump’s departures from conventional diplomacy as effective

Crypto

Financial neutrality in 2026 turns crypto into core infrastructure for resilience

Beincrypto reports that in early 2026 the global financial landscape is defined less by cooperation and more by leverage, as the second Trump administration’s “America First” policy has turned the U.S. dollar and the SWIFT network into instruments of geopolitical control. The column argues this has pushed states,

World

Delcy Rodríguez opens Venezuela’s economy while retaining tight political control

Three weeks after U.S. forces whisked President Nicolás Maduro away from Caracas, his vice president and replacement, Delcy Rodríguez, has moved quickly to liberalize Venezuela’s economy while keeping the country’s repressive apparatus intact. Ms. Rodríguez has redirected oil exports from China toward the United States and funneled

Politics

Trump vows 100% tariff on Canadian imports if Canada strikes deal with China

Donald Trump said he would impose a 100% tariff on all Canadian imports if Canada makes a trade deal with China, the US president said on Saturday. He also announced that the US had taken oil from recently seized Venezuelan tankers. The president wrote on his Truth Social platform that

Business

Trump seeks U.S. private investment in Venezuela amid extensive sanctions

President Trump is pressing to restart U.S. private investment in Venezuela while the administration retains tight control over which companies may operate there, but extensive U.S. sanctions remain in place and complicate that effort. According to an analysis of Treasury Department data, Venezuela is subject to more than

World

Water-balloon fight in Barcelona, Venezuela, led to treason charges for 25 youths

Authorities in Barcelona, a coastal city in eastern Venezuela, detained 25 boys and young men — aged roughly 13 to 25 — after a water balloon fight days after President Nicolás Maduro was captured, and state prosecutors filed treason charges against them, according to court documents and interviews. The gatherings were an

Politics

House rejects resolution to bar Trump from deploying troops to Venezuela

The US House rejected a Democratic-backed war powers resolution that would have stopped President Donald Trump from sending US military forces to Venezuela after a tied vote fell short of the majority needed for passage. Republican leaders held the vote open for more than 20 minutes while Republican congressman Wesley

World

Venezuela’s interim government accepts more U.S. deportation flights after Maduro’s capture

Venezuela’s interim government has agreed to accept an increased number of deportation flights from the United States, with three flights arriving this week at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Caracas, U.S. officials said. U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the increase follows the

Politics

Joint Chiefs chair to host 34 Western Hemisphere military leaders in Washington

Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is convening a meeting on Feb. 11 in Washington of military chiefs from 34 countries to discuss improving regional efforts to fight drug trafficking and transnational criminal organizations. Invited nations include countries such as Denmark, Britain and France that

Politics

House leaders rush Rep. Wesley Hunt to Capitol to cast decisive vote on Venezuela measure

House leaders rushed Representative Wesley Hunt, Republican of Texas, to the Capitol with a Capitol Police escort on Thursday evening so he could cast the decisive vote on a resolution that would have barred President Trump from taking military action in Venezuela without congressional approval. Speaker Mike Johnson held the

Business

Travel in 2026: uncertainty, microvacations, biometrics and shifting prices

Travel in 2026 is being shaped by broad uncertainty that is altering plans from the Caribbean to the United States and beyond, as military risks, immigration restrictions and even concerns about American annexation of places like Greenland affect prospective visitors. Members of the United States Tour Operators Association ranked economic

Business

Uncertainty Shapes Travel Plans in 2026 as Politics and Climate Bite

Travel in 2026 is being defined by uncertainty as politics, military action and climate change force vacationers to rethink itineraries in places that once seemed predictable. The Caribbean faces the added risk of possible U.S. military action in Venezuela or Cuba, some prospective visitors are reconsidering trips to the

Politics

Venezuelan Exile’s TikTok Celebrating Maduro’s Ouster Tops Millions of Views

In exile in Argentina, Venezuelan music producer Miguel Alejandro Herrera, known online as Kilómetro, posted an AI-made TikTok on Jan. 8 celebrating Nicolás Maduro’s ouster that has drawn more than 11 million views on TikTok and 5 million on Instagram. Herrera’s video, which he said celebrates Maduro’s