The first thing greeting me as I disembarked from my flight in Caracas was a wanted poster for one Edmundo González Urrutia. The reward was $100,000. Not

President Nicolas Maduro looks on during a press conference after testifying before the electoral chamber at main headquarters of the Supreme Court of Justice on Aug. 2, 2024, at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela.

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,

The opposition leader of Venezuela, María Corina Machado, reappeared this Thursday at a protest in Caracas surrounded by hundreds of supporters after being in hiding since August 28, when she went out to demonstrate to claim the victory of the anti-Chávez candidate Edmundo González Urrutia in the presidential elections,

France ordered the Venezuelan embassy to downsize its diplomatic staff in Paris after Caracas demanded the same from French diplomats. This tit-for-tat move stems from Venezuela's restrictions on European diplomats following President Maduro's controversial inauguration,

Venezuelan police on Wednesday shot dead one of the country's most notorious gang leaders, who imposed a reign of terror on one of Latin America's biggest shantytowns, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello announced Wednesday.

"This summons follows the Venezuelan regime's decision to reduce the diplomatic presence of the French embassy in Venezuela," France's foreign ministry spokesman Christophe Lemoine said, referring to the summons on Wednesday of the charge d'affaires.

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.

The partner of an Argentine security service officer, jailed in Venezuela more than a month ago for "terrorism," demanded his immediately release on Tuesday.

Qatar Airways becomes the second Middle Eastern carrier to serve Colombia, following Emirates’ one-stop daily service to Bogotá via Miami, launched in June 2024. The airline will also be the first from the Middle East to serve Venezuela.

Qatar Airways will expand further into the Americas with two weekly routes beginning in the summer of 2025. The post Qatar Airways grows network with these South American destinations appeared first on The Manual.

This new service makes QR “the first and only airline to offer non-stop flights from the Middle East to Colombia and the only Middle Eastern carrier operating in Venezuela,” increasing its Americas network to 16 destinations, with BOG and CCS joining Dallas, Miami, New York City, São Paulo, and Toronto.