Venezuela and the United States are restoring diplomatic ties, the two countries announced Thursday, in a new sign of thawing relations after Washington ousted former president Nicolas Maduro.The

Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on Wednesday a reform of the country's ⁠main ⁠mining law will be submitted in coming days to ⁠the country's legislature, after a meeting in Caracas with U.

Donald Trump vowed he would not start a war. But he has unleashed U.S. military power on seven nations in his first year back in the White House.

“We cut off all oil, all money, or we cut off everything coming in from Venezuela, which was the sole source. And they want to make a deal,” Trump told Politico in a wide-ranging interview published Thursday in which the president also labeled his Iranian strikes a success despite the military operation being unpopular with the American people.

And, to no surprise, Venezuela’s team is a top attraction for the games in Latin-centric South Florida. Sporting events having geopolitical ties is nothing new, but the situation the Venezuelan team — managed by López — faces in this tournament is unusual.

The Trump administration is quietly building a legal case against Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez including readying a draft criminal indictment.

Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello issued a thinly veiled threat against opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado, warning that authorities have a “surprise”

Venezuela state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. announced signing new contracts to supply crude oil and refined products for the U.S. market.