An effective U.S. oil blockade has worsened the island’s energy crisis. The U.S. Embassy in Havana, too, is feeling the effects.

Residents in many cities bang pots, and in one town they sacked the office of the Communist Party in an outburst of violence

.Special forces hunted down Jalisco cartel leader Nemesio ‘Mencho’ Oseguera after he met with a girlfriend in a secluded forest cabin.

Death of Jalisco New Generation Cartel boss ‘El Mencho’ follows US calls for action against traffickers

Currently Chevron is the only U.S. oil firm operating in Venezuela.

“Cooperation is off to a tremendous start,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright told NBC News as the two countries hammered out details of how Venezuela’s vast oil reserves are to be distributed.

Rightwing populist elected in landslide after promising to crack down on rising violence linked to cocaine trade

Russia opposes unilateral sanctions, including Washington’s “maximum pressure” strategy, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said

Delcy Rodriguez would be the first sitting Venezuelan president to visit the US in more than 25 years. She said that her country was 'in the process of dialogue' with the US to 'confront our differences and difficulties.'

US president criticised for accepting medal awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado

Havana (AFP) – Cuba's leader on Monday reacted defiantly to President Donald Trump's threats to "make a deal" or pay the price in the aftermath of key ally Nicolas Maduro's ouster in a US military raid.

The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted the sanctioned tanker Olina in waters near Venezuela.

The US president has said Washington and Caracas are working well together, but he will keep American ships in the region

In a wide-ranging interview with The Times, President Trump said “only time will tell” when it comes to how long the U.S. aims to control the country.

Brasília (AFP) – Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro was taken to a hospital Wednesday, AFP journalists observed, after hitting his head in a fall in prison, where he is serving 27 years for leading a failed coup d'etat.

U.S. will sell blockaded Venezuelan production ‘indefinitely,’ says Energy Secretary Chris Wright

Cuba says 32 officers assigned to protect Venezuela’s deposed strongman were killed by U.S. forces, signaling trouble for Havana’s own rulers

Thousands of people marched through Caracas in support of Maduro as his former deputy, Delcy Rodriguez, was sworn in on Monday as interim president. Donald Trump has said he wants to work with Rodriguez and the rest of Maduro's former team, provided that they submit to US demands on oil.