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Trump’s pick of Rubio as America’s top diplomat could reshape US policy in Latin America

MIAMI — Growing up in Miami among Cuban exiles who fled Fidel Castro’s revolution, Sen. Marco Rubio developed a deep hatred of communism. But Rubio’s reputation as a national security hawk, embrace of Trump’s plan for mass deportation of migrants and knack for polarizing rhetoric is likely to alienate even some U.S. allies in the region unwilling to fall in …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: What President Biden can do to free Venezuela of Nicolás Maduro’s illegitimate regime

LA Times

With flags and voting receipts in hand, thousands of Venezuelans have taken to the streets in Caracas and worldwide to protest Nicolás Maduro’s refusal to recognize his overwhelming defeat in the presidential election a month ago. After talks with the United States in Qatar last year, Maduro’s government promised to allow free and fair elections. “Maduro spreads them between his …

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4 months, 1 week ago

White House Walks Back Biden Comment on Venezuela Election

Live Mint

The White House on Thursday walked back President Joe Biden’s apparent suggestion that Venezuela hold a new election after the comment prompted questions about the US position on a July vote that it has consistently said Nicolas Maduro’s regime rigged. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} A spokesperson for the White House’s National Security Council said Biden intended to speak to the absurdity of …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Opposition leader joins rally calling for Venezuela presidential election results to be overturned

The Hindu

Thousands of people rallied in the streets of Venezuela's capital on August 3, waving the national flag and singing the national anthem in support of an opposition candidate they believe won the presidential election by a landslide. Ms. Machado and Mr. González, a 74-year-old former diplomat, said tally sheets they obtained from polling centers nationwide show Mr. Maduro lost his …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Masked assailants ransack Venezuela opposition leader's headquarters as post-election tensions mount

New Indian Express

CARACAS: A half dozen masked assailants ransacked the headquarters of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in the latest escalation of violence against opponents of Nicolás Maduro following the country’s disputed presidential election. The arrest comes as top officials, including Maduro himself, have threatened to arrest the opposition leader, who has gone into hiding as she seeks to rally Venezuelans …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Venezuela election: protests erupt as questions grow over strongman Maduro’s victory

CNN

Caracas, Venezuela CNN — Protests broke out in several Venezuelan cities on Monday after authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro was formally declared a winner by the county’s electoral authority in a presidential race marred by accusations of electoral fraud. Earlier that day, Maduro was formally declared winner at a ceremony by the National Electoral Council, which is stacked with Maduro allies, …

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5 months, 1 week ago

US sanctions a Venezuela gang for spreading criminal activity across Latin America

Associated Press

MIAMI — The Biden administration on Thursday sanctioned a Venezuelan gang allegedly behind a spree of kidnappings, extortion and other violent crimes tied to migrants that have spread across Latin America and the United States. The U.S. also offered a $12 million reward for the arrest of three leaders of Tren de Aragua, which now joins the MS-13 gang from …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Venezuela’s opposition coalition welcomes President Maduro’s plan to jumpstart dialogue with the US

Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s main opposition coalition on Tuesday welcomed President Nicolas Maduro’s announcement the day before about his intentions to jumpstart negotiations with the United States this week. Maduro has held parallel talks with the Biden administration and the opposition coalition for about two years, seeking to rid Venezuela of economic sanctions that cut off the oil-dependent country from …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Billionaire Texas oilman inks deal with Venezuela’s state-run oil giant as US sanctions loom

Associated Press

MIAMI — A company started by a Texas billionaire oilman announced a deal Wednesday with Venezuela’s state-owned oil company to rehabilitate five aging oil fields, days after the Biden administration put a brake on sanctions relief over concerns about the fairness of the country’s upcoming presidential election. It was created last year as a result of a merger with a …

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8 months ago

Venezuela’s main opposition bloc agrees on candidate to challenge Maduro in presidential election

Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s main opposition coalition agreed Friday to unite behind former diplomat Edmundo González as its challenger to President Nicolás Maduro in this summer’s election, acting one day before the deadline to formalize its candidate. Maduro’s administration has cracked down on the opposition before the July 28 presidential election despite promises to pave the way to fair elections …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump vs. Biden election and immigration: The president needs a "border emergency" policy to win in November.

Slate

On March 9, 2021, in a move that was little noted outside of those who study immigration professionally, the still-new Biden administration granted something called Temporary Protected Status to as many as 320,000 Venezuelan nationals in the United States. To be sure, the Biden administration’s decision to grant indefinite protection to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants was well-intentioned and …

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10 months ago

Utah man sues Maduro over trauma caused by nearly two years of imprisonment in Venezuela

Associated Press

MIAMI — A Utah man imprisoned for nearly two years in Venezuela has sued President Nicolás Maduro, accusing the leftist leader of heading a “criminal enterprise” that kidnaps, tortures and unjustly imprisons American citizens. As in the earlier cases, Holt in his lawsuit accused Maduro of controlling the “Cartel of the Suns,” a purported drug-smuggling ring involving top Venezuelan officials …

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

GOP pressures Biden to release evidence against Maduro ally pardoned as part of prisoner swap

Associated Press

MIAMI — A group of Senate Republicans on Thursday urged the Justice Department to release its investigative file on a key fixer for Venezuela’s socialist government pardoned by President Joe Biden ahead of trial on money laundering charges. Alex Saab, 52, was released from federal prison in Miami last month as part of a prisoner swap and was immediately welcomed …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Odisea de familia venezolana en EEUU pone de relieve el desafío migratorio que enfrenta Biden

LA Times

En esta fotografía del 2023 proporcionada por María Elena Machado, el teniente Pedro Naranjo junto a su padre, el general retirado Pedro Naranjo, en Colombia. Su vínculo era tan profundo que cuando el mayor de los Naranjo temió que lo encarcelaran por conspirar contra el gobierno socialista de Nicolás Maduro, padre e hijo huyeron juntos a Estados Unidos. Su leal …

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1 year ago

U.S.-Venezuela Prisoner Swap Brings 10 Americans Back To U.S. Soil

Huff Post

MIAMI — The United States freed a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in exchange for the release of 10 Americans imprisoned in the South American country and the return of a fugitive defense contractor known as “Fat Leonard” who is at the center of a massive Pentagon bribery scandal, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. “President Biden, we won’t …

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1 year ago

US, Venezuela swap prisoners: Maduro ally for 10 Americans, plus fugitive contractor ‘Fat Leonard’

Associated Press

MIAMI — The United States freed a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in exchange for the release of 10 Americans imprisoned in the South American country and the return of a fugitive defense contractor known as “Fat Leonard” who is at the center of a massive Pentagon bribery scandal, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. “President Biden, we won’t …

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1 year ago

Venezuela, US reach prisoner swap deal as tensions ease

Al Jazeera

Ten prisoners arrive back in the US and Maduro ally Alex Saab returns to Venezuela after US President Joe Biden grants him clemency. Under the prisoner swap announced earlier on Wednesday by the White House, US President Joe Biden granted clemency to Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman and Maduro ally who was being held in a Miami jail awaiting trial …

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1 year ago

U.S. strikes prisoner swap deal with Venezuela, plus extradition of 'Fat Leonard'

NPR

U.S. strikes prisoner swap deal with Venezuela, plus extradition of 'Fat Leonard' Enlarge this image toggle caption Ariana Cubillos/AP Ariana Cubillos/AP The Biden administration has reached an agreement with officials representing Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro securing the release of a group of Americans and Venezuelans being held in the country — as well as the extradition of a notorious fugitive …

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1 year, 2 months ago

US resumes deportation flights to Venezuela with more than 100 migrants on board

Associated Press

MAIQUETIA, Venezuela — Deportation flights of Venezuelans from the U.S. resumed Wednesday with a first plane of more than a hundred migrants landing back in their economically troubled country under the Biden administration’s latest attempts to deal with swelling numbers of asylum-seekers. This is the first time in years that U.S. immigration authorities are deporting people to the South American …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Iran’s president begins Latin America tour with stop in Venezuela

Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela — In his first visit to Latin America, Iran’s hardline president on Monday met with his Venezuelan counterpart and declared that both countries have “a common enemy,” alluding to the United States, before signing a series of cooperation agreements. President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to Venezuela came a year and a day after President Nicolás Maduro visited him in …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Colombian President Petro meets Biden in Washington, DC

Al Jazeera

The two leaders discussed issues such as climate change, migration and drug trafficking in a White House meeting. Colombian President Gustavo Petro has met US President Joe Biden on Thursday, as the two countries seek to confront issues such as climate change, migration and drug policy. Biden, meanwhile, echoed Petro’s call for greater cooperation between their two countries, particularly as …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Venezuela opposition envoy urges Biden to ease oil sanctions

Al Jazeera

Fernando Blasi’s call reflects a sharp break from the opposition’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign of the past four years. The new representative of Venezuela’s opposition in the United States is urging the Biden administration to relax crippling oil sanctions on Nicolas Maduro’s government or risk seeing the socialist-run country turn into another Cuba with Washington scapegoated for increasing authoritarianism and economic …

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2 years ago

Venezuela’s gov, opponents resume talks; US eases sanction

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Venezuela’s government and its opposition on Saturday agreed to create a U.N.-managed fund to finance health, food and education programs for the poor, while the Biden administration eased some oil sanctions on the country in an effort to boost the newly restarted talks between the sides. Venezuelan resources held in the international financial system will be directed …

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2 years ago

Biden eases Venezuela sanctions as opposition talks resume

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Saturday eased some oil sanctions on Venezuela in an effort to support newly restarted negotiations between President Nicolás Maduro’s government and its opposition. The Treasury Department is allowing Chevron to resume “limited” energy production in Venezuela after years of sanctions that have dramatically curtailed oil and gas profits that have flowed to Maduro’s government. …

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Trump’s pick of Rubio as America’s top diplomat could reshape US policy in Latin America

Opinion: What President Biden can do to free Venezuela of Nicolás Maduro’s illegitimate regime

White House Walks Back Biden Comment on Venezuela Election

Opposition leader joins rally calling for Venezuela presidential election results to be overturned

Masked assailants ransack Venezuela opposition leader's headquarters as post-election tensions mount

Venezuela election: protests erupt as questions grow over strongman Maduro’s victory

US sanctions a Venezuela gang for spreading criminal activity across Latin America

Venezuela’s opposition coalition welcomes President Maduro’s plan to jumpstart dialogue with the US

Billionaire Texas oilman inks deal with Venezuela’s state-run oil giant as US sanctions loom

Venezuela’s main opposition bloc agrees on candidate to challenge Maduro in presidential election

Trump vs. Biden election and immigration: The president needs a "border emergency" policy to win in November.

Utah man sues Maduro over trauma caused by nearly two years of imprisonment in Venezuela

GOP pressures Biden to release evidence against Maduro ally pardoned as part of prisoner swap

Odisea de familia venezolana en EEUU pone de relieve el desafío migratorio que enfrenta Biden

U.S.-Venezuela Prisoner Swap Brings 10 Americans Back To U.S. Soil

US, Venezuela swap prisoners: Maduro ally for 10 Americans, plus fugitive contractor ‘Fat Leonard’

Venezuela, US reach prisoner swap deal as tensions ease

U.S. strikes prisoner swap deal with Venezuela, plus extradition of 'Fat Leonard'

US resumes deportation flights to Venezuela with more than 100 migrants on board

Iran’s president begins Latin America tour with stop in Venezuela

Colombian President Petro meets Biden in Washington, DC

Venezuela opposition envoy urges Biden to ease oil sanctions

Venezuela’s gov, opponents resume talks; US eases sanction

Biden eases Venezuela sanctions as opposition talks resume