By Nicole Jao, Shariq Khan, Marianna Parraga and Arathy Somasekhar NEW YORK, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Valero Energy is set to buy up to 6.5 million barrels of Venezuelan crude in March for its Gulf Coast refineries, making it the OPEC country’s top foreign oil refiner since the U.S. impeached President Nicolas Maduro in January, … Read more
MOSCOW, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Russia said on Monday the fuel situation in Cuba was critical and US attempts to “focus” the island’s economy were causing many difficulties, vowing to act against any kind of military intervention and expressing Moscow’s solidarity with Cuba and Venezuela. Cuba detailed its plans to navigate the growing crisis on … Read more
Feb 8 (Reuters) – A prominent Venezuelan opposition politician was kidnapped in Caracas on Sunday night just hours after his release from prison, according to his son and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado, casting doubt on government promises to free political prisoners. Juan Pablo Guanipa, a close ally of opposition leader Machado, was … Read more
By Marianna Parraga Feb 2 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s oil exports rose to about 800,000 barrels per day (bpd) in January, from 498,000 bpd in December, following the U.S. capture of Nicolas Maduro and the end of an oil embargo that left traders carrying most exports, shipping data showed. Washington imposed an oil embargo on the … Read more
A federal appeals court ruled late Wednesday that the Trump administration acted illegally when it ended legal protections that allowed hundreds of thousands of people from Venezuela to live and work in the United States. A three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that found Homeland Security … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans on Wednesday to warn that the Trump administration is ready to take new military action against Venezuela if the country’s interim leadership deviates from US expectations. In testimony prepared for a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio says that the United States is not … Read more
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
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Family members of two men killed in a U.S. missile attack on a suspected drug boat near Venezuela filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on Tuesday, alleging the pair were killed in a “manifestly illegal” military campaign targeting civilian vessels. Civil rights lawyers filed the lawsuit in federal court … Read more
Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said Sunday that she had “enough” of Washington’s orders, as she works to unite the country after the US capture of its former leader Nicolás Maduro. Rodríguez has been walking a tightrope since he was backed by the United States to lead the country in the interim; balancing keeping Maduro … Read more
By Erin Banco, Sarah Kinosian and Matt Spetalnick NEW YORK/MIAMI/WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Trump administration officials were in discussions with Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello months before the US operation to capture President Nicolas Maduro, and have been in communication with him since then, according to several people familiar with the matter. Officials warned … Read more