Venezuela’s government plans to release 300 detainees this week, some held for political reasons. National Assembly president Jorge Rodríguez announced the releases Tuesday in Caracas.

May 19 (Reuters) - The head of Venezuela's National Assembly, Jorge Rodriguez, on Tuesday said that 300 prisoners will be released from jail between Monday and Friday. The group is set to include ...

CNN finds Venezuelans talking of a “fragile” society even as they use the limited freedoms they have months after the US ...

CARACAS, 22nd April, 2026 (WAM) -- At least five inmates were killed in a riot at a high-security prison in Venezuela. The Ministry of Penitentiary Services said in a statement that the inmates were ...

Former South Florida Congressman David Rivera speaks to the media outside the James Lawrence King Federal Justice building on March 24, 2026, in Miami. Joe Raedle Getty Images As the son of Cuban ...

The US has agreed to allow the Venezuelan government to fund the defense of ousted President Nicolás Maduro, ending a legal standoff that has clouded the case for weeks. Federal prosecutors and ...

The issue had been hanging over the former Venezuelan leader’s federal criminal case for weeks. Last month, a judge indicated that he was skeptical of the U.S. government’s rationale for blocking the ...

When U.S. forces swooped into Caracas in January to seize President Nicolás Maduro, many Venezuelans inside and outside the country rejoiced. Maduro’s ouster seemed to signal the imminent end of a ...

WASHINGTON, April 20(Reuters) - Venezuela, a country subject to Western sanctions and saddled with billions in debt, was the biggest cause for optimism at last week's otherwise sombre IMF-World Bank ...