The Latest Breaking News from Venezuela

Venezuela's political crisis escalates as opposition leader challenges President Maduro's presidency, sparking tensions and international scrutiny.

Venezuelan President Maduro's third term marked by arrests of Americans and human rights concerns amidst political turmoil.

Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, will be sworn in as president for a record third term on January 10, four months after being declared the winner of the country’s highly contentious election. Maduro will receive the standard obeisance from his cronies and will hug the limelight, but plenty of Venezuelans will…

The group includes former presidents Andrés Pastrana of Colombia, Felipe Calderón of Mexico and Jorge Quiroga of Bolivia

Venezuela's "colectivos," groups of armed civilian volunteers accused of committing violence on behalf of Nicolas Maduro's pariah regime, are poised to pounce on opposition protests called for the eve of the president's swearing-in ceremony.

Venezuela is on tenterhooks as it braces for pro- and anti-government protests Thursday -- the eve of President Nicolas Maduro's swearing-in for a third term rejected by the opposition and much of the international community as illegitimate.

President Maduro said the group included mercenaries and ‘hit men’, describing two US detainees as ‘very high level’.

Venezuela's Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who the opposition says won a July presidential election over incumbent Nicolas Maduro, said Tuesday his son-in-law was detained by "hooded men."

Joe Biden called the exiled Venezuelan leader "the true winner" of the country's presidential election last July