Venezuela

• Tuesday, December 23rd 2025 - 11:01 UTC

  Russia evacuates diplomatic families from Venezuela

  

  Russia has reportedly begun evacuating the families of its diplomats from Venezuela as tensions with the United States reach a volatile peak. According to the Associated Press (AP), citing a European intelligence source, the operation began on Friday and involves women and children.

• Monday, December 22nd 2025 - 10:34 UTC

  Venezuela: Chevron tanker departs for Texas

  

  The Canopus Voyager, a tanker operated by US energy giant Chevron, departed Venezuelan waters on Sunday carrying 500,000 barrels of crude oil destined for Texas. The shipment proceeds despite an aggressive campaign by the President Donald Trump administration to intercept Venezuelan oil exports in international waters.

• Monday, December 22nd 2025 - 10:27 UTC

  Venezuela reactivates Panama flight despite US “airspace closure”

  

  In a move to preserve international connectivity amid escalating regional tensions, Venezuelan carrier Rutaca Airlines officially resumed commercial service between the city of Barquisimeto and Panama City on Sunday.

• Wednesday, December 17th 2025 - 21:23 UTC

  Venezuela's PDVSA vows to continue global oil exports

  

  Venezuela’s state-owned oil company PDVSA declared Wednesday that its export operations remain fully functional, signaling a defiant stance against a newly announced naval blockade by US President Donald Trump.

• Wednesday, December 17th 2025 - 11:18 UTC

  Trump orders total blockade of Venezuela's tankers

  

  US President Donald Trump ordered on Tuesday a “total and complete” naval blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers traveling to and from Venezuela, marking the most aggressive move against Caracas' energy sector to date. The announcement came after the recent seizure of a sanctioned vessel.

• Tuesday, December 16th 2025 - 10:31 UTC

  Machado has fractured vertebra en route to Oslo, Norwegian media

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado has been diagnosed with a fractured vertebra following her high-stakes escape to Oslo, according to the Norwegian daily Aftenposten.

• Thursday, December 11th 2025 - 22:48 UTC

  US helped Machado escape Venezuela

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado confirmed on Thursday that she received assistance from the United States in her secret departure from the South American country after more than a year in hiding.

• Thursday, December 11th 2025 - 10:21 UTC

  Machado finally makes it to Oslo

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado finally made it to Oslo, albeit not in time to attend the ceremony where she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, her daughter Ana Corina Sosa Machado taking her place.

• Thursday, December 11th 2025 - 10:14 UTC

  Petro suggests Maduro moves on to “transitional government”

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro has intensified diplomatic pressure on his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro, calling for a “general amnesty” and the formation of a “transitional government with the inclusion of all” to resolve Venezuela’s protracted political crisis.

• Thursday, December 11th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

  US seizes oil tanker off Venezuelan shores

  

  The United States seized a large oil tanker in international waters off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday in a high-stakes maritime operation, marking a significant escalation in the pressure campaign against the Bolivarian regime of Nicolás Maduro.