By Erin Banco, Jonathan. NEW YORK, Jan 27 (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence reports have raised doubts about whether Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez will cooperate with the Trump administration by formally cutting ties with U.S. adversaries, four people familiar with the reports said in recent days. US officials have said publicly that they want the … Read more
Jan 17 (Reuters) – In the 12th day since the United States kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, interim President Delcy Rodriguez has been working to consolidate her own power, installing loyalists in key positions to protect herself from internal threats while meeting U.S. demands to boost oil production. Rodriguez, 56, a quiet but rigorous technocrat … Read more
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado traveled to Washington, DC, to meet with US President Donald Trump at the White House, following the kidnapping of her political opponent, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Thursday’s meeting was the first time the two leaders met face to face. But the visit was an unusually subdued one for Trump, … Read more
Prediction markets let people bet on anything from a basketball game to the outcome of a presidential election — and recently, the fall of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The latter is drawing renewed scrutiny in this murky world of speculative transactions, 24/7. Last week, an anonymous trader pocketed more than $400,000 after betting that … Read more
By Siyi Liu and Florence Tan SINGAPORE, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Independent Chinese refiners are expected to switch to heavy crude oil from sources including Iran in the coming months to replace Venezuelan shipments that have been halted since the United States ousted the country’s president, traders and analysts said. Caracas and Washington have agreed … Read more
On November 2, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles told Vanity Fair that ground strikes in Venezuela would require congressional approval. She said that if Trump “had to authorize any activity on the ground, then it’s a war, so (we need) Congress.” Days later, Trump administration officials privately told members of Congress the same … Read more
The expressions of unbridled power do not come more clearly than the abduction of a sitting president from his capital in the dead of night. President Donald Trump demonstrated in a 74-word post on social media that he can act decisively, suddenly and perhaps recklessly, in pursuit of his varied and varied foreign policy goals, … Read more
The United States hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” early Saturday and said President Nicolás Maduro and his wife had been captured and driven out of the country after months of increased pressure from Washington — an extraordinary nighttime operation announced by President Donald Trump on social media hours after the attack. Multiple explosions went … Read more
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — English phrases once annoyed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro so much that he urged his State of the Union address audience to phase out words like skatepark and fashion. But as the White House now ponders whether the US military should strike Venezuela, Maduro is embracing English, singing John Lennon’s Imagine, advocating … Read more
(Reuters) – Venezuela’s government on Monday rejected what it called a “ridiculous” U.S. plan to designate the “nonexistent” de los Soles Cartel as a terrorist organization, ahead of Washington’s expected designation later in the day. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said earlier this month that his country will designate the Cartel de los Soles … Read more