Venezuela

• Friday, April 10th 2026 - 02:18 UTC

  Venezuelan parliament passes law opening mining sector to private capital amid rapprochement with US

  

  Venezuela's National Assembly unanimously approved on Thursday a new 131-article Organic Mining Law that opens the door to private and foreign investment in the mining sector, on a day also marked by police repression of thousands of workers who marched to demand an increase in the minimum wage, frozen since 2022.

• Tuesday, April 7th 2026 - 21:06 UTC

  “Has anyone talked about democracy? No”: OEI secretary criticizes Trump's oil-driven approach to Venezuela

  

  The secretary general of the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI), Mariano Jabonero, said that US President Donald Trump's primary interest in Venezuela is energy-related and has nothing to do with promoting democratic values or civilization.

• Tuesday, April 7th 2026 - 12:28 UTC

  Chavismo and opposition faction seek judicial pause to shield Citgo and PDVSA assets

  

  Lawyers representing Delcy Rodríguez's government and those of the opposition sector that has controlled Venezuelan assets in the United States since 2019 jointly asked a New York court for a 45-day suspension in a case where international creditors are seeking to seize funds linked to Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).

• Friday, April 3rd 2026 - 00:24 UTC

  Uruguayan national admits to scheme to circumvent US sanctions linked to Venezuela

  

  A 60-year-old Uruguayan citizen pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court to conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business in order to circumvent American sanctions linked to Venezuelan government officials, the Department of Justice announced on March 25.

• Thursday, April 2nd 2026 - 03:01 UTC

  US lifts sanctions on Delcy Rodríguez, clearing the way for her visit to Washington

  

  The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday removed Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, from the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list, the country's main financial sanctions registry managed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The move allows her to access blocked assets, conduct transactions with U.S. entities, and travel to American territory.

• Wednesday, April 1st 2026 - 02:07 UTC

  Machado meets Rubio in Washington, says her return to Venezuela is near

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado met Tuesday with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the State Department in Washington. It was the second meeting between the two since the U.S. military operation that captured Nicolás Maduro in Caracas on January 3.

• Monday, March 30th 2026 - 00:53 UTC

  Maduro calls from prison for “reconciliation, forgiveness, and reunion” in Venezuela

  

  Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, issued their first public statement since being captured in Caracas on January 3 in a U.S. military operation, calling for national reconciliation and endorsing acting President Delcy Rodríguez's leadership.

• Thursday, March 26th 2026 - 18:47 UTC

  Judge refuses to dismiss Maduro case but questions blocking of funds for his defense

  

  Federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected on Thursday the defense's motion to dismiss the charges against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in a second hearing at the Southern District Court of New York that ran unusually long due to the debate over funding their legal representation.

• Thursday, March 26th 2026 - 10:59 UTC

  Maduro faces New York court in key hearing over legal defense

  

  Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, appear on Thursday, March 26, before the Southern District Court of New York in a second hearing in the criminal case they face in the United States following their capture in January during a U.S. military operation.

• Thursday, March 26th 2026 - 01:57 UTC

  Rodríguez promises “legal certainty” to investors while Machado competes for attention from Texas

  

  Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, participated via videoconference on Wednesday at the FII Priority investment forum in Miami, where she assured American, Saudi, and Latin American investors that her government is advancing reforms to guarantee “legal certainty” for investments in the country.