The Xs appeared in Pablo’s neighborhood days after Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro claimed victory at the polls on July 28 – a result disputed by the opposition and questioned by ...

Yet Venezuela, with as many as 2,000 admirals and generals, now boasts as much as twice the top brass as the U.S. military – more than 10 times as many flag officers as existed when Chávez ...

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Juan Guaido has declared himself the president of Venezuela, challenging incumbent Nicolas Maduro as illegitimate and winning the backing of the United States. CNN spoke to his mother, wife and ...

As speaker of the National Assembly, Guiadó was appointed acting president in January in front of thousands of supporters. Juan Guaidó on March 27, 2019, in Caracas, Venezuela. Getty ...

Venezuela's electoral authorities made it official: Socialist President Nicolás Maduro will be in office for another six years. Opposition leaders are crying foul as protests break out.

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MIAMI (AP) — A former Venezuelan spymaster who was close to the country’s late President Hugo Chávez pleaded guilty Wednesday to drug trafficking charges a week before his trial was set to ...

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The president began to refer to Guaidó as the “Beto O’Rourke of Venezuela.” In early March of that year, according to the memoir, Trump told Bolton, “He doesn’t have what it takes.” ...

By 1998, Venezuela's oil production had recovered to 3.5 million BPD, nearly reaching its former high. In 1999, Hugo Chávez began serving as President of Venezuela.

Venezuelan President Maduro speaks as he stands next to Alex Saab, behind second microphone, at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on Dec. 20, 2023.