Economic instability in Venezuela after the U.S. raid to capture its president is deepening inflation and rattling the currency, sending grocery bills soaring for millions of people. Source link
The trip, a whirlwind of meetings with Chinese industry and top government officials, conveyed how the prime minister is viewing the wider world. Source link
President Trump stopped Venezuelan oil shipments to Cuba, and experts say disaster looms. Oil fuels its electric grid and without alternative supplies the country will plunge into extended darkness. Source link
President Trump has María Corina Machado’s medal, but he is not recognized as the prize laureate. Ms. Machado did not win Mr. Trump’s endorsement to become Venezuela’s president. Source link
A federal prosecutor apologized this week, saying an ICE officer made a “mistake” in deporting Any Lucia López Belloza, a college freshman in Massachusetts, to Honduras. Source link
President Gustavo Petro is taking a harder line against the National Liberation Army, or ELN, a leftist revolutionary group that experts call a powerful drug trafficker in Colombia and Venezuela. Source link
Two conversations this week confirmed that President Trump backs the remnants of Nicolás Maduro’s regime over the Venezuelan opposition seeking to hold elections. Source link
The Nobel Committee has said the prize cannot be transferred, but it has been sold in a few auctions over the award’s history. Source link
The Cubans had served as part of the security detail of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s ousted president. Source link
Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s interior minister, is accused by U.S. prosecutors of drug trafficking and is linked to repression at home, yet remains a powerful figure. Source link