Venezuela

In the face of the dizzying depreciation of the Venezuelan bolívar, the U.S. government is skirting the censorship imposed by the Nicolas Maduro regime with an unprecedented public-private partnership known as the "stablecoin solution."

COVID-19 has made a dire situation worse for hospital patients in Venezuela, where healthcare infrastructure has been crumbling for years.

Six American oil executives held for three years in Venezuela were found guilty of corruption charges by a judge Thursday and immediately sentenced to prison, defence lawyers said, dashing hopes of a quick release that would send them home to their families in the United States.

A U.S. Treasury Department spokesperson said on Wednesday that those engaged in activity in the Venezuelan oil sector risk exposure to sanctions

Global Fintech Circle partners Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Airtm to provide aid to nation's residents with USDC stablecoin.

James Story's nomination as ambassador to Venezuela was confirmed on Wednesday by a US Senate voice vote.

Washington has its first ambassador to Venezuela in a decade despite the US having no diplomats at its Caracas embassy amid a breakdown in relations

Since the United States imposed sanctions on Venezuela in 2019, the state firm and some shipping agencies have been ignoring protocols for checking tanker identity, sources close to PDVSA said

Tensions between Iran and the United States increased last year following a series of incidents involving shipping in and near the Middle East Gulf

Officials in Tehran maintained no Iranian ship or gasoline cargo has been seized

A member of the Venezuelan Olympic equestrian team at the Olympic Games in 1956, she was a pioneer in the promotion of gender equality in sport as one of the first two women elected as IOC Member in 1981 - serving the organisation in this position for 20 years - and the first female member of the IOC Executive Board (EB), from 1990 to 1994. IOC President Thomas Bach said: "Ms Flor Isava Fonseca was a great lady of Olympic sport. As one of the first female Members of the IOC and the fi...

Washington has exempted some Venezuelan oil trade from sanctions, when transactions are in exchange for fuel and food or to repay debts rather than for cash

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The High Court ruling means President Maduro will not gain access to gold stored at the Bank of England.

For two months, the Malta-flagged oil tanker Alkimos has been quietly floating off the Gulf Coast of Texas, undisturbed by the high-stakes legal fight playing out in a federal courtroom as a result of American sanctions on Venezuela.

European Union announced financial sanctions against several officials loyal to the socialist president

Venezuelan children and women are suffering from a spike in physical, sexual or emotional violence at home, according to new data from Save the Children, as Latin America has become the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. Insightsi from Save the Children's programs supporting families inside Venezuela and migrants in neighboring countries paint a harrowing picture: , , , , , , • In Colombia, staff working near the Venezuelan border have seen a 33 percent uptick in demand for suppor...

THE UNITED STATES has blacklisted Mexico's Libre Abordo and a related company, accusing them of helping Venezuela evade sanctions against them.

Venezuela's oil exports have fallen nearly 28% in the first half of June, on course for the lowest level in over 70 years as tanker owners and operators suspend contracts for transporting crude oil, according to documents and data on Tuesday.