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Montevideo, January 17th 2026 - 23:30 UTC

Venezuela

  • Friday, December 26th 2025 - 10:17 UTC

    Caracas releases 71 political prisoners

    Sixty-five men were released from the Tocorón prison

    Venezuela's Bolivarian regime released on Thursday 71 political prisoners who had been detained during the wave of protests following the controversial July 2024 presidential elections, which Nicolás Maduro claimed to have won despite producing no supporting evidence.

  • Wednesday, December 24th 2025 - 11:05 UTC

    Oil prices surge amid US-Venezuela standoff

    OPEC+ has more than enough spare capacity to cover a complete Venezuelan outage

    International oil benchmarks posted modest gains on Tuesday as the market entered a holiday-shortened week. Investors remained focused on the escalating geopolitical friction between Washington and Caracas, which has introduced a risk premium into an otherwise oversupplied market.

  • Wednesday, December 24th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Kast and Noboa discuss “humanitarian corridor” for Venezuelan immigrants to return home

    Kast spoke of the “negative effects generated by the dictatorial government of Venezuela”

    Following a high-level summit at the Carondelet Palace in Quito on Tuesday, Chilean President-elect José Antonio Kast and Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa have signaled a unified front on the South American migration crisis. Both leaders discussed Kast's proposal to establish a “humanitarian corridor” to facilitate the return of undocumented Venezuelan migrants to their home country.

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

    Russia evacuates diplomatic families from Venezuela

    Witnesses in Caracas saw a motorcade outside the Russian Embassy

    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

    One tanker was seized on Saturday, and another one was being chased on Sunday by US forces

    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”

    Rutaca is reportedly capitalizing on surging ticket prices, given the restrictions

    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

    Delcy Rodríguez echoed PDVSA's announcement

    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

    Tankers currently in Venezuela risk seizure if departing, potentially causing a total paralysis of the country’s oil industry

    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

    Machado intends to return to Venezuela to keep up her fight against Maduro's regime

    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

    Machado pledged to take her accolade ”to Venezuela at the appropriate time”

    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.