More than 100 political prisoners were freed Sunday in Venezuela, where detainees are slowly being released under pressure from the United States, the non-governmental organization Foro Penal said. "At Foro Penal, we have verified 104 releases of political prisoners in Venezuela today," the NGO wro»»»

CARACAS, Jan 26, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - More than 100 political prisoners were freed Sunday in Venezuela, where detainees are slowly being released under pressure from the United States, the non-governmental organization Foro Penal said. "At Foro Penal we have verified 104 releases of political prisoners»»»

Washington Examiner Search Washington Examiner Machado prioritizes democracy, prisoner release over presidential ambitions, ‘This is not about me’ January 16, 2026 2:15 pm Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said Friday that her primary focus remains the restoration of democracy and t»»»

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who received the 2025 Nobel Peace Price, departs the U.S. Capitol surrounded by security, media and supporters after meeting with members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Photo by Bonnie »»»

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump met Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Thursday afternoon, in a high-stakes encounter that could affect how the US leader seeks to shape the South American country’s political future. Machado, who fled Venezuela in a daring seaborne escape last m»»»

Jan 15 - Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on Thursday that she was submitting a proposal to reform the country's hydrocarbon law, as investors in the U.S. push for easier access to the South American country's oil industry. Rodriguez said the reforms would "allow these investment »»»

Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez on Thursday used her first state of the union address to call for oil industry reforms that would open the door to more foreign investment, an objective pressed by the Trump administration since it ousted of the country's longtime leader less than two we»»»

Agence France-PressePublished: 3:20am, 16 Jan 2026The United States has finalised a sale of Venezuelan oil – the first since Washington took control of the sector following the toppling of Nicolas Maduro, a US official told Agence France-Presse on Thursday. According to the official, who did not id»»»

Washington DC [US], January 10 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) met with top oil and gas executives at the White House to promote major investments in Venezuela's energy sector, and said that "a lot of money is going to be made". Addressing reporters earlier, he said, "We jus»»»

Close to 200 US military personnel entered the Venezuelan capital Caracas as part of the operation to seize leftist leader Nicolas Maduro, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said on Monday. US forces captured Maduro and his wife over the weekend, bringing to an end 12 years of increasingly authoritarian r»»»

In light of the recent abduction of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, the warnings of these former leaders take on a new, urgent meaning. While Washington historically cites democracy or security as its motive, these leaders argued that the true objective by the US is political domination and resource c»»»

Supporters gathered on the streets of Caracas alongside pro-Maduro paramilitary groups and bikers. Many carried Venezuelan flags in red, blue and yellow. Nearly 2,000 supporters of ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro protested on Sunday in the country’s capital, Caracas, demanding that the c»»»

Supporters participate in a ‘Chavista’ march to protest the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas. (EPA Images pic) CARACAS: Around 2,000 supporters of ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro demonstrated Sunday in Caracas to demand that he and his wife, who were nabbed by US»»»

. Venezuela’s entered a new and uncertain phase on Saturday after President Nicolas Maduro was captured during a US military operation. With no immediate political transition announced, the country’s Supreme Court stepped in, ordering Vice President Delcy Rodriguez to assume the role of interim pre»»»

President Nicolas Maduro said on Oct. 6 that Venezuela foiled a false flag operation by what he called local terrorists to plant explosives at the U.S. embassy in Caracas and exacerbate a dispute between the two countries over drug trafficking. Speaking on his weekly TV program, Maduro said two sou»»»