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April 3, 2020 at 1:50 pm

AP Sources: Shipping tycoon helps Venezuela in quest for gas VIEW

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — With gas lines across Venezuela growing, a controversial shipping magnate has stepped in to prevent the country from running out of...

Nation & World

April 1, 2020 at 11:55 am

Trump: US to deploy anti-drug Navy ships near Venezuela VIEW

MIAMI (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Navy ships are being moved toward Venezuela as his administration beefs up counter-narcotics operations in the...

March 31, 2020 at 4:08 am

US outlines plan for Venezuela transition, sanctions relief

MIAMI (AP) — The Trump administration is prepared to lift crippling sanctions on Venezuela in support of a new proposal to form a transitional government...

Business

March 28, 2020 at 11:18 am

Rosneft hands Venezuelan oil business to Russian state firm

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's Rosneft has transferred its assets in Venezuela to a company fully owned by Vladimir Putin's government, a move apparently intended to...

Business

March 27, 2020 at 3:29 pm

AP Sources: Alleged Maduro co-conspirator is in DEA custody

MIAMI (AP) — A retired Venezuelan army general indicted alongside Nicolás Maduro has surrendered in Colombia and is being taken by Drug Enforcement Administration agents...

March 26, 2020 at 9:06 pm

A defiant Maduro threatens ‘cowboy’ Trump after drug charge VIEW

MIAMI (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro stood defiant in the face of a $15 million bounty by the U.S. to face drug trafficking charges,...

FILE – In this March 12, 2020, file photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks at a press conference at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela. The Trump administration will announce Thursday, March 26, 2020, indictments against Maduro and members of his inner circle for effectively converting Venezuela’s state into a criminal enterprise at the service of drug traffickers and terrorist groups, according to multiple people familiar with the situation. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File) XMD501 XMD501

March 26, 2020 at 7:31 am

US indicts Venezuela’s Maduro on narcoterrorism charges VIEW

MIAMI (AP) — Nicolás Maduro effectively converted Venezuela into a criminal enterprise at the service of drug traffickers and terrorist groups as he and his...

March 23, 2020 at 1:49 pm

Virus fuels calls for sanctions relief on Iran, Venezuela VIEW

MIAMI (AP) — From Caracas to Tehran, officials are calling on the Trump administration to ease crippling economic sanctions they contend are contributing to the...

Business

March 17, 2020 at 9:37 pm

Get out of jail? Inmates fearful of virus argue for release

NEW YORK (AP) — Coronavirus has become a “get out of jail" card for hundreds of low-level inmates across the country, and even hard-timers are...

March 17, 2020 at 9:37 pm

Get out of jail? Inmates fearful of virus argue for release

NEW YORK (AP) — Coronavirus has become a “get out of jail" card for hundreds of low-level inmates across the country, and even hard-timers are...