The Latest Breaking News from Venezuela

Venezuelans in Spain are reacting to the news of Nicolas Maduro's capture by U.S. forces with mixed emotions

Jan. 9-15, 2026

Less than two weeks after a U.S. military operation captured former President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, and as his successor, acting President Delcy Rodriguez, announced plans to reform Venezuela’s energy sector, the country’s largest oil refining hub dominates the northwestern coast. Across the Paraguana Peninsula, fishing boats share the…

U.S. military planners timed a cyberattack that cut power across large parts of Caracas in the early hours of Jan. 3 to support a pre-dawn raid to capture Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro while limiting risks to civilians, according to a new report.

Trump heaped praise on the Venezuelan opposition leader for presenting him with ‘her Nobel peace prize for the work I have done’

The composite of energy commodities moved lower in Q4 2025 and in the year that ended on December 31, 2025. While crude oil, oil products, crack spreads, and Chicago ethanol swaps declined, Rotterdam coal and U.S. natural gas futures prices increased in the fourth quarter.

Editorial: The US president delights in his inconsistency. But his short-term victories have profound long-term costs for his country and the world

Russia said that any judicial decisions by U.S. authorities concerning Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro would be illegal and lack legitimacy under international law following his capture by U.S. forces earlier this month.

House Democrats say they will press ahead with additional war powers resolutions aimed at blocking military strikes.