Venezuela

• Saturday, July 26th 2025 - 11:27 UTC

  Venezuela reinstates tariffs on Brazilian products

  

  Venezuela has unilaterally reimposed import tariffs ranging from 15% to 77% on Brazilian products, a move that violates the Economic Complementation Agreement (ACE 69) signed between the two countries in 2014. The decision was made without prior notice.

• Saturday, July 26th 2025 - 10:53 UTC

  US insists Maduro heads the Cartel de los Soles terrorist organization

  

  The United States Government of President Donald Trump insisted Friday that Venezuela's leader Nicolás Maduro was the head of the “Cartel de los Soles,” which was designated a terrorist organization. In Washington's view, Maduro uses drug trafficking to “destabilize” the region.

• Friday, July 25th 2025 - 10:03 UTC

  Chevron cleared to resume Venezuelan operations

  

  President Nicolás Maduro confirmed on Thursday that US oil company Chevron has been authorized to fully resume its operations in Venezuela after months of suspension due to Washington's sanctions.

• Friday, July 25th 2025 - 09:24 UTC

  Bolsonaro convicted for remarks about Venezuelan women

  

  A court of appeals in Brasilia on Thursday reversed former President Jair Bolsonaro's lower court acquittal in the case regarding his remarks about Venezuelan teenagers, and ordered him to pay R$150,000 (US$27,165) in collective moral damages for hinting that the girls were prostitutes.

• Monday, July 21st 2025 - 10:16 UTC

  The Netherlands issue code red travel advisory on Venezuela

  

  The Netherlands has issued a “code red” travel advisory for Venezuela, strongly recommending that its citizens avoid traveling to that country due to high risks of arbitrary detention, political instability, widespread crime, and a lack of judicial guarantees, particularly since the 2024 presidential elections.

• Friday, July 18th 2025 - 10:07 UTC

  Venezuela records GDP growth above 6% in 2Q of 2025

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced that his country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by over 6% in the second quarter of 2025, marking the 17th consecutive quarter of economic expansion, following a 9% increase in the first quarter of 2025. Maduro also highlighted previous growth figures of 9% in 2024, 5.5% in 2023, and a significant 15% in 2022.

• Thursday, July 17th 2025 - 10:10 UTC

  Cabello foresees Machado leaving Venezuela shortly

  

  Venezuela's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello warned on Wednesday in his TV show that María Corina Machado, also known as La Sayo (or La Sayona), would be departing for the United States shortly, citing fears for her life, particularly given the impending deadline granted to her to avoid causing unrest and destabilization before the July 27 elections.

• Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 - 10:20 UTC

  Cabello outlines scope of antiterrorist operations

  

  Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello on Tuesday reported on new alleged terrorist plots by the “far right” in collusion with drug traffickers and foreign agents. He asserted that this was a single, coordinated conspiracy, which had been thwarted through arrests across several states, including judges, mayors, and police officers.

• Tuesday, July 1st 2025 - 09:59 UTC

  Maduro says far right's “terrorism” plans thwarted

  

  Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro said Monday during his weekly broadcast show that, with Colombia's help, his country had dismantled far-right terrorist plans. While highlighting the capture of international terrorists, he also announced the activation of a nationwide military, police, and civilian patrol system to ensure security.

• Thursday, June 19th 2025 - 10:02 UTC

  Lula and Maduro stand behind the home-incarcerated CFK

  

  Presidents Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil Wednesday expressed their solidarity with former Argentine head of State Cristina Fernández de Kirchner after her sentence to six years under house arrest for corruption in the so-called Vialidad scandal was upheld earlier this week.