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Montevideo, March 4th 2026 - 03:38 UTC

Venezuela

  • Tuesday, January 13th 2026 - 10:19 UTC

    No human corridor through Peru for Venezuelans exiting Chile

    Peru’s internal security takes precedence over regional transit, Jerí insisted

    Peru's President José Jerí told Chile's President-elect José Antonio Kast that the human corridor through his country so that Venezuelan migrants could return home was not a feasible option.

  • Tuesday, January 13th 2026 - 10:07 UTC

    Venezuela's interim administration releases 24 potitical prisoners

    Foro Penal confirmed early Tuesday that 24 individuals — including two Italian nationals — were freed from the La Crisálida and El Rodeo I prisons

    Hundreds of relatives of the Venezuelan Bolivarian regime's political prisoners remained outside the various detention facilities into the early hours of Tuesday. Still, only 24 of them were released in the end, whereas human rights groups such as Foro Penal insist some 800 of them remain incarcerated.

  • Tuesday, January 13th 2026 - 10:00 UTC

    IMF coming to Venezuela's rescue?

    Unfolding political events in Caracas will play a key role in determining whether that option is available

    US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent announced on Monday a plan to stabilize Venezuela’s collapsing currency by re-engaging with global financial institutions. The strategy consists of unfreezing approximately US$4.9 billion in International Monetary Fund (IMF) Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to provide much-needed liquidity to Caracas' Central Bank.

  • Tuesday, January 13th 2026 - 03:17 UTC

    Venezuelan serviceman recounts U.S. strike that disabled air defenses before Maduro capture

    Venezuela had long boasted of possessing one of Latin America’s strongest air-defense networks. Yet, those assets were quickly neutralized during the first minutes of the U.S. offensive

    A Venezuelan serviceman stationed at the Meseta de Mamo military academy in La Guaira described the Jan. 3 U.S. bombardment as a rapid, overwhelming assault that “blinded” radar and electronic systems, preventing any organized defense. “There was no time to counterattack. They were very fast,” he said anonymously in an account published by La Hora de Venezuela and echoed by other Venezuelan outlets.

  • Monday, January 12th 2026 - 10:55 UTC

    More than 800 political prisoners remain jailed as Venezuela signals partial openness

    Vigil by the families of political prisoners at Rodeo I.

    The Venezuelan interim government of caretaker President Delcy Rodríguez has allowed some relatives to visit political prisoners still held by Caracas at the Rodeo I detention facility. Among them is Argentine Border Guard (Gendarmería Nacional) NCO Nahuel Gallo, about whom nothing concrete has been heard.

  • Monday, January 12th 2026 - 10:44 UTC

    Delcy Rodríguez vows to rescue Nicolás Maduro through diplomacy

    Rodríguez does not want to go through a second wave, Trump noted

    Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, has vowed to secure Nicolás Maduro's return while simultaneously opening a fragile diplomatic “exploratory process” with the United States.

  • Saturday, January 10th 2026 - 09:55 UTC

    Delcy Rodríguez wants to travel to Washington

    María Corina Machado is also due in the US capital shortly

    Venezuela's caretaker President Delcy Rodríguez is reportedly interested in traveling to the United States for talks with the Donald Trump administration regarding the following steps of her transition government. She intends to travel on Tuesday, presumably coinciding with Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado's presence, as analysts juggle with the idea of a historic three-way encounter.

  • Saturday, January 10th 2026 - 00:28 UTC

    Venezuela stocks surge 124% a week after Maduro’s removal

    Venezuela’s market is hindered by currency convertibility limits, bureaucratic registration requirements for foreign investors, and a widening black-market exchange rate gap

    Venezuelan assets have surged in a dramatic fashion this week, with the Caracas Stock Exchange’s main index up about 124% in U.S. dollar terms, Bloomberg data shows, as global investors react to political upheaval after the removal of President Nicolás Maduro last Saturday by United States forces.

  • Friday, January 9th 2026 - 10:46 UTC

    Copa announces resumption of Caracas route

    The first flight is scheduled for January 13

    Panamanian carrier Copa Airlines announced on Thursday its resumption of the Caracas route following a long suspension amid US warnings that Venezuela's airspace was unsafe.

  • Thursday, January 8th 2026 - 23:31 UTC

    Venezuela releases political prisoners in first major gesture since Maduro’s capture

    The Helicoide, located in Caracas, is also known as one of the largest torture centers in the Americas, according to various human rights organizations.

    Venezuela has begun releasing a “significant number” of political prisoners, including Venezuelan citizens and foreign nationals, in what authorities described as a unilateral gesture to help consolidate peace and peaceful coexistence in the country. The announcement comes less than a week after former president Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces and transported to New York to face federal charges.