The Latest Breaking News from Venezuela

US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, but the money isn’t going where you’d think

It's Trump, what else did Americans expect?

We Got This Covered · Jan 17

Principles jettisoned, is former Trump foe Marco Rubio playing the long game?

The secretary of state – a neoconservative foreign policy hawk turned America First cheerleader – has defied expectations that he would not last in Trump’s cabinet

The Guardian - US · Jan 17

Americans disapprove of Trump’s foreign policy. His escapades are likely to cost him

History tells us what happens when American presidents focus on foreign policy and neglect domestic economic policy

The Guardian - US · Jan 17

CIA chief visits Maduro successor as Machado vows to become Venezuela’s president

John Ratcliffe meets Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas less than two weeks after his agents helped to oust her precedessor

The Guardian - UK · Jan 16

Trump Keeps Nobel Peace Prize Medal After Machado Presents Award in White House Meeting

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gave Trump her Nobel Prize medal. The Nobel Committee says the honour cannot be transferred.

International Business Times UK · Jan 16

Cuban Soldiers Killed In Operation To Capture Maduro Returned To Havana In Boxes Smaller Than Caskets

The remains of the 32 Cuban soldiers killed by the U.S. in Venezuela during the operation that captured authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro were returned to their country in boxes smaller than coffins.

Latin Times · Jan 16

Trump has pulled back from the brink on Iran – for now

When he returned to power last year, Trump was eager to negotiate a new deal with Tehran, but a diplomatic breakthrough has been elusive

The Guardian - US · Jan 16

Families Of Venezuela's Political Prisoners Continue Demanding Their Release As Uncertainty Lingers

What began as a promise that gave hope to thousands of families of political prisoners in Venezuela has turned into at least five days of uncertainty.

Latin Times · Jan 16

Currying Favor

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Reason · Jan 16

First Venezuelan Oil Sale Under Trump Plan Went to Major Campaign Donor's Firm

The first U.S.-brokered sale of Venezuelan crude under President Donald Trump's new energy plan went to Vitol, a global oil trading firm whose senior U.S.-based trader has been a major donor to Trump's re-election campaign.

International Business Times · Jan 16