CNN’s Nic Robertson explains a brief history of Venezuela’s political landscape after the US captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and President Donald Trump said the US will “run” the country. Mike Johnson gives update on Jan. 6 plaque ...

The Trump administration’s exercise in armed regime change in Venezuela should have come as no surprise. The U.S. naval buildup in the Caribbean and the

History suggests that the price of oil and a wider distribution of wealth are as important as foreign investment. By Noam Scheiber Venezuela appeared to be entering a capitalist golden age in the mid-1990s. The country was opening up its nationalized ...

Coaxing US oil companies back to investing in Venezuela won’t be as easy as it seems to Donald Trump. President Donald Trump’s remarks following the seizure of Nicolás Maduro made it clear that oil was key to the decision-making process that led to ...

A view of an illustration depicting Nicolas Maduro in downtown Caracas, Venezuela on January 12, 2026. Americans must understand the historic context of the Venezuela invasion. Carlos Becerra Getty Images On Jan. 3, the U.S. deployed military force on ...

The United States’ incursion has split Latin America, with leaders aligned with President Donald Trump, mostly from the right, applauding the ouster, and nonaligned leaders condemning it on sovereignty grounds. Here’s a look at Venezuela and other ...

Interim leader Delcy Rodríguez is liberalizing the economy without dismantling her predecessor’s repressive apparatus, raising questions about her aims.

Venezuela wants to be known as a country with one of the highest oil production levels and not just one with the highest oil reserves, the country's top economic adviser Calixto Ortega said on Wednesday.