Chief warns country could be vulnerable to Chinese, Russian influence if it is forced to abandon operations there

President Nicolas Maduro looks on during a press conference after testifying before the electoral chamber at main headquarters of the Supreme Court of Justice on Aug. 2, 2024, at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela.

The White House claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the U.S. on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs on imports and other sanctions on the longtime U.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel condemned President Donald Trump's announcement that 30,000 deported migrants would be housed at the Guantanamo Bay Naval base. Díaz-Canel called the move an "act of brutality" and said the base is "illegally occupied" in Cuba in a post to X on Wednesday.

Maduro's promised election was neither fair nor free, and the longtime president was sworn in this month for a third six-year term despite credible evidence that his opponent got more votes. Yet, the sanctions reprieve the U.S. offered “to support the restoration of democracy” is still helping fill state coffers.

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Things seemed to be looking ... had agreed to work toward a democratic presidential election. The White House, in return, granted him a financial lifeline: a permit for ...

The message seemed designed to reach Washington as one administration prepares to hand the baton to the next: If the United States keeps messing with Venezuela, then Caracas will retaliate by “liberating” the US territory of Puerto Rico,

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro labeled them as terrorists on national television. They were plucked from pharmacies, apartment buildings and other locations, and thrown in prison for months.

Nicaragua’s Congress has approved a constitutional reform that would make President Daniel Ortega and his wife “copresidents” of the Central American nation.

The White House said that a ceasefire involving Israel and Lebanon had been extended in a Sunday statement. The ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, announced by former President Biden in Novem ...

The White House unveiled its official portrait of first lady Melania Trump on Monday. Mrs. Trump is pictured in a suit, standing in front of a window with the Washington Monument in the rearview ...

WASHINGTON — The White House is seeking to send a message to reticent Senate Republicans to get on board with all of President Donald Trump’s nominees, warning of political consequences for ...