At least 133 people have been killed in US attacks on vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean since September.
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As Venezuela enters a new political phase, we look at how the government keeps functioning.
The bill would provide clemency for opposition members and protesters who have been charged with crimes under Maduro.
US President Donald Trump’s plan to sell Venezuelan oil to India is neat, but may be operationally messy, analysts say.
Pro-Maduro protesters hold banners calling on US to release ‘kidnapped’ President and First Lady Cilia Flores.
In January, the US removed Nicolas Maduro from power. But Venezuelans in exile say it is still too dangerous to return.
We visualise the scale of the world’s largest oil reserves, worth trillions of dollars and now controlled by the US.
Yamandu Orsi is the first Latin American leader to visit China since the US abducted Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro.
Venezuelan human rights activist Javier Tarazona has been freed after more than four years.
Tarazona freed after four years in prison on ‘terrorism’ and conspiracy charges.
