The Latest Breaking News from Venezuela

Maria Corina Machado made a daring escape from Venezuela by boat

‘We've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, large tanker, very large, largest one ever, actually, and other things are happening,’ says US President Donald Trump

The Trump administration has released video of what it says is the seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela following months of US military buildup around the region.

Venezuelan artist Danny Ocean was one of those who provided the music for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honoring María Corina Machado. Here is his moving performance.

January WTI crude oil (CLF26 ) on Wednesday closed up +0.21 (+0.36%), and January RBOB gasoline (RBF26 ) closed down -0.0082 (-0.46%). Crude oil and gasoline prices extended this week's losses on Wednesday, with crude posting a 2-week low and gasoline slumping to a 4.75-year nearest-futures low. However, crude oil...

"I told the idiots to seize ships a while ago instead of killing flunkies."

Footage uploaded to X by US attorney general shows its forces landing on the tanker in major escalation of Trump’s pressure campaign

The president boasted it was the ‘largest’ tanker ever seized after attorney general posted footage to social media

U.S. forces have seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, yet another escalation in the pressure campaign against the Maduro regime, according to a new report.