The Latest Breaking News from Venezuela

Caracas (AFP) - Jose, an army captain, deserted after years of pressure.Rafael, a lieutenant, was prosecuted and expelled.

Electricity cuts are worsening in the Venezuelan border state of Tachira, residents said, complicating daily life and hitting attempts to revive the economy amid loosened currency controls.

The number of migrants crossing the treacherous Darien Gap linking Colombia and Panama more than doubled in the first quarter of 2022 compared with the year-earlier period, led by Venezuelans, Panamanian officials said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON — Divisions within the Biden administration over whether to continue talks with President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela have deepened since a senior U.S. delegation met with him in Caracas last month, U.S. and Venezuelan opposition sources familiar with the discussions told McClatchy and the Miami Herald this week.

Mexican drug cartels appear to be shipping high-powered weapons to Colombia to purchase shipments of cocaine, a trade Colombian authorities say is fueling the deadly struggle between rival traffickers for control of the nation's drug routes.

Maybel Sequera and Juan González recently shared for lunch a plate of noodles and beans at their home in a low-income neighborhood west of Venezuela’s capital

An attorney for a businessman enriched by Venezuela’s government has argued in federal court that his continued detention on corruption charges could endanger the free movement of U.S. diplomats around the world

When the pandemic hit, Rosana — originally from Venezuela — found herself unemployed and on the brink of homelessness. Just a couple of years later, she has turned her life around and is running a Gold Coast charity helping struggling people in her homeland.

The Biden Administration is facing increasing opposition to its strategy for containing the oil and energy crisis caused by developments in Ukraine. Criticism against Biden’s approach increased after a visit by administration officials to Venezuela early last month. The officials were accused of seeking to approach the Maduro regime in…