Tag: Venezuela

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro shows a folder containing a proposed law to promote non-oil exports at a press conference.

Venezuela orders drilling in Guyanese territory, raising prospects of conflict

Breanne Deppisch · December 6, 2023 3:47 pm

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during his annual state-of-the-nation address to the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuela exploits Biden’s weakness

Washington Examiner · December 5, 2023 12:03 pm

Members of the Presidential Guard line up in Caracas ahead of referendum on the future of a disputed territory with Guyana. The country voted to clam Guyana as sovereign territory, sparking fears of annexation. (AP/Matias Delacroix)

Energy and Environment

Venezuela votes to claim region in oil-rich Guyana, raising fears of conflict

Breanne Deppisch · December 4, 2023 3:21 pm

A man walks through a small tent community, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, near a Northside police station in Chicago.

Venezuelan immigrants wreak havoc on Chicago retailers

Luke Gentile · November 28, 2023 4:42 pm

Energy and Environment

Venezuela looks to boost oil output following let-up in US sanctions

Breanne Deppisch · November 6, 2023 2:27 pm

Iran’s Khamenei calls for oil embargo on Israel — in Spanish

Joel Gehrke · November 1, 2023 9:49 pm

Nicolas Maduro announced that he is increasing Venezuela's minimum wage by 40%. But seeing as Venezuela's inflation rate already increased by at least 1,000% last year, Maduro's gambit is only likely to increase the already-catastrophic suffering of his people.

Beltway Confidential

Biden’s foolish reward for Venezuela

John Bolton · October 31, 2023 6:00 am

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) speaks with reporters outside the newly renovated Amtrak train station in Charleston, West Virginia, on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.

Energy and Environment

Manchin blasts Biden for turning to Venezuela for energy production

Misty Severi · October 19, 2023 4:58 pm

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with Saint Lucia's Prime Minister Philip Joseph Pierre at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023.

US softens sanctions on Venezuela after ‘democratic developments’

Conrad Hoyt · October 19, 2023 5:02 am

Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico are lined up for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Sept. 23, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas.

Biden’s border flip-flops are getting migrants killed

Conn Carroll · October 6, 2023 5:01 pm

President Joe Biden listens as he holds a meeting to receive a briefing on Ukraine in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, in Washington.

Biden to deport Venezuelan illegal immigrants from the border immediately

Anna Giaritelli · October 5, 2023 8:14 pm

First Venezuelan American Miss Utah wins Miss USA pageant

Jenny Goldsberry · October 2, 2023 12:07 am