The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it is indicting Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and 14 of his government officials for narco-terrorism and drug trafficking.
LIMA (Reuters) - U.S. national security adviser John Bolton on Tuesday said Washington was ready to impose sanctions on any international company doing business with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a sharp escalation of U.S. pressure on the leftist leader. 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will outline Washington's plans to help rebuild Venezuela in the event President Nicolas Maduro leaves - at a conference in Lima next week, a senior U.S. administration official said on Friday. 
Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday gave Max Blumenthal, an anti-Israel activist and son of longtime Hillary Clinton adviser, and other activists a replica of Bolivar's sword. 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on 10 people and 13 groups in a food subsidy scheme that lined the pockets of leader Nicolas Maduro, his stepsons and others while ordinary Venezuelans suffer food shortages, the U.S. Treasury said. 
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the former chair of the Democratic National Committee, is urging 2020 presidential candidates to support Israel and condemn the authoritarian socialist government in Venezuela if they want to win Florida. 
Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) hit back Thursday at a Washington Post article reporting that President Donald Trump had lost interest in Venezuela, saying some of the claims were exaggerated or even fabricated. 
Socialism gets a bad wrap for the havoc it has wreaked across the globe. Maybe that's due to the fact that we only hear about the failures of socialism, and turn a blind eye to evidence of its success. 
The Trump administration announced Tuesday it had removed sanctions on Venezuelan general Manuel Ricardo Cristopher Figuera after he publicly broke ranks with dictator Nicolas Maduro. 
The Trump administration is readying a new salvo of sanctions on Cuba and Russia for their destabilizing activities in Venezuela that have helped prop up Nicolás Maduro, according to the U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela. 