Edmundo González, recognized by the United States as Venezuela’s president-elect, urges the Trump administration not to deal with the Maduro regime on immigration.

The message seemed designed to reach Washington as one administration prepares to hand the baton to the next: If the United States keeps messing with Venezuela, then Caracas will retaliate by “liberating” the US territory of Puerto Rico,

In 2022, the White House granted Venezuela a financial lifeline “to support the restoration of democracy” after President Nicolás Maduro promised to work toward an open presidential election, granting U.

During his speech, Maduro talked about the number of alleged mercenaries detained in Venezuela for trying to undermine his government, saying they numbered more than 150, came from 25 countries.

Venezuela Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, an ally of strongman Nicolás Maduro, is accused of ordering the assassination in Santiago, Chile, allegedly carried out by transnational crime gang Tren de Aragua.

Venezuelan NGO Espacio Publico said on X on Thursday that its director, Carlos Correa, has been released from detention.

Chevron Corp. filed tax returns worth about $300 million with the Venezuelan government last year, raising questions about how much President Nicolás Maduro is benefiting from the US company’s oil production in spite of sanctions.

Former president Joe Biden had extended temporary protected status, or TPS, for another 18 months just days before Trump returned to the White House last week pledging to carry out a mass deportation

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday that the Trump administration has revoked a decision that would have protected roughly 600,000 people from Venezuela from deportation, putting some at risk of being removed from the country in about two months.

We’re evaluating and talking about that right now,’ Kristi Noem said on Fox News on Wednesday morning. ‘It’s the president's decision.’

The Trump administration is revoking deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the United States, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

The Biden administration had extended protections for more than 600,000 Venezuelans. The cancellation of the extension could open them up to deportation in the coming months.