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The lawyer for deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro says the United States is blocking funding for the cost of defending ...

The Justice Department has filed a complaint to legally take ownership of a sanctioned tanker and nearly 2 million barrels of petroleum seized off the coast of Venezuela in December.

By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Venezuela's oil ministry has suspended 19 oil production-sharing contracts ...

The US-backed reforms to Venezuela’s oil industry will “severely affect the sovereignty of the country,” critics said.

Venezuela's acting president has signed into law an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of politicians, activists, ...

New restaurants are popping up in Caracas. Nightclubs are bursting at the seams. The streets are eerily safe — with big exceptions. Could a revival be on the horizon?

Illegal mining has reached an industrial scale in the country’s southern jungles, where the government has no control.

Alfonso Villalobos Pirela sped enroute to his daughter's first birthday party. Now immigration officials might send him back ...

Arraez grew up watching Scutaro, who believes in his fellow countryman: "The Giants will love him and he'll stay here for a ...