Venezuela

• Friday, September 5th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Venezuelan warplanes overfly US Navy ship in the Caribbean Sea

  

  US authorities have confirmed that two armed Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets flew over the USS Jason Dunham, a US Navy guided missile destroyer, while it was operating in international waters in the Caribbean.

• Wednesday, September 3rd 2025 - 11:30 UTC

  US sinks alleged drug-trafficking boat in Caribbean, killing 11

  

  US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a “kinetic strike” on a vessel from Venezuela that was allegedly transporting illegal narcotics. The attack, the first of its kind since the US deployed warships to the southern Caribbean, resulted in the deaths of 11 people.

• Wednesday, September 3rd 2025 - 11:09 UTC

  Caracas claims video of exploding boat was AI-created

  

  Venezuela's Communication and Information Minister Freddy Ñáñez on Tuesday accused US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of using a video generated by artificial intelligence (AI) to fabricate a war narrative. “While I cannot confirm with certainty the exact tools used, several elements suggest that it was generated by AI,” he stressed.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2025 - 18:47 UTC

  Guyanese forces on election day alert after gunfire from Venezuelan bank of Essequibo

  

  Guyanese President Irfaan Ali confirmed Monday that the country's security forces were on high alert following recent incidents near the Venezuela border while his country went to the polls.

• Monday, September 1st 2025 - 10:06 UTC

  Maduro praises Venezuelans who enlist

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro praised the “magnificent and moving” participation in the Great Bolivarian Militia Enlistment Day, a nationwide event held over the weekend.

• Monday, September 1st 2025 - 09:52 UTC

  Ecuador announces new transit visa requirements

  

  The Ecuadorian Government of President Daniel Noboa announced that, starting Monday, the South American country would require transit visas for holders of passports from 45 nationalities that already require consular approval for longer stays.

• Tuesday, August 26th 2025 - 10:19 UTC

  Voluntary enlistment for Venezuelans extended

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has extended his “Call to Arms” initiative, giving citizens the chance to enlist on Aug. 29 and 30 in the Bolivarian militia to defend the country's sovereignty and peace. The initiative, which began over the past weekend under the slogan “#YoMeAlisto,” is described as the “first step to activate the National Defense System, as mandated by our history of liberty and the laws of the Republic.”

• Monday, August 25th 2025 - 20:57 UTC

  Paraguayan Govt advises against traveling to Venezuela

  

  The Paraguayan Government, under President Santiago Peña, has issued a travel advisory for its nationals, advising them to stay away from Venezuela or leave the country at the earliest, considering that Asunción does not have an embassy or consulate in that territory and therefore its ability to assist people in distress is limited.

• Monday, August 25th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

  Maduro promotes Ambassador in Colombia to Major General

  

  Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro promoted his country's Ambassador to Colombia Carlos Martínez to the rank of major general in active reserve.

• Saturday, August 23rd 2025 - 11:52 UTC

  Maduro says Venezuela is an impregnable homeland

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Friday insisted before the National Assembly (Parliament) that his country was an “impregnable homeland,” which “nothing and no one will touch.” He also underlined that true wealth lay in “moral, spiritual, and ethical” values.