Brazil criticizes Venezuela for escalating tensions and personal attacks

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's government broke its silence Friday over growing tensions with neighboring Venezuela, with the Foreign Ministry saying it was surprised by “the offensive tone” adopted by Venezuelan authorities toward Brazil. In recent days, Venezuela’s government...

Mexican fuel flows to Cuba as the island faces blackouts and the loss of Russian and Venezuelan oil

MEXICO CITY (AP) — As Cuba grapples with blackouts and a deepening economic crisis, Mexico has sent nearly half a million barrels of crude oil and diesel in just a span of days, oil shipment data provided to The Associated Press showed Thursday. It comes at a time when shipments of...

Venezuela's rejection from developing economies alliance heightens tensions with member Brazil

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government on Wednesday doubled down on its attacks against Brazilian foreign relations officials, accusing them of jeopardizing diplomatic relations between the neighboring South American countries by acting on behalf of the interests of the United States....

Venezuelan opposition leaders win the EU’s top human rights prize

BRUSSELS (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia have won the European Union’s top human rights honor, the Sakharov Prize, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola announced Thursday. Machado was set to run as the democratic...

Venezuelan opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia win the EU’s top human rights prize

A Venezuelan media tycoon is charged in a bribery conspiracy in Florida

MIAMI (AP) — A Venezuelan media tycoon was charged Wednesday in federal court in Florida for what authorities say was his money laundering role in a conspiracy to siphon more than $1 billion from the oil company owned by the South American country’s government. A federal grand...

Venezuelan opposition leader urges Colombia's president to recognize her faction's electoral victory

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Tuesday urged Colombia’s president to be decisive and recognize her faction’s victory in her country’s contested July presidential election. Machado’s message to President Gustavo Petro, an ally of...

Venezuela arrests a former oil czar and accuses him of working with the US to undermine the industry

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's top prosecutor on Monday announced the arrest of a former oil minister and accused him of working with the U.S. government to undermine the industry that drives the country's economy. Attorney General Tarek William Saab announced on Instagram...

Venezuela's Maduro appoints to his Cabinet a close ally pardoned by the US in a prisoner swap

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Friday appointed to his Cabinet a close ally who was pardoned by U.S. President Joe Biden last year as part of a prisoner swap and following assurances that Venezuela would hold a fair presidential election in 2024. ...

Three Americans among latest to be detained in Venezuela over alleged anti-government plot

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela detained five more foreigners, including three U.S. citizens, for their alleged connection to a plot to destabilize the country, the interior minister announced Thursday, marking the latest round of arrests for what authorities have characterized as...