Venezuela, CIA and Trump

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CIA director meets with Venezuela's interim president in Caracas
CIA director John Ratcliffe met with Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodríguez for two hours Thursday in Venezuela's capital, Caracas, to "deliver the message that the United States looks forward to an improved working relationship,

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CIA director met with Venezuela’s leader in Caracas as Trump huddled with Machado
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Trump admin issues ultimatum to Venezuela’s new leadership

Venezuela’s acting leader was once a DEA 'priority target'

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Venezuela’s acting leader was once a DEA 'priority target': report
Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodríguez was reportedly labeled a DEA "priority target" in 2022, appearing in intelligence files since at least 2018.

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AP Obtains Documents Showing Venezuelan Leader Delcy Rodriguez Has Been on DEA's Radar for Years
Leader of Venezuela subject of DEA files

Trump, María Corina Machado and Venezuela

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Machado Insists Trump Will Do What’s Needed to Turn Venezuela Into a Democracy
A day after she gave President Donald Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado insisted that her country was on an irreversible path toward democracy, even as Trump has spoken far more frequently in recent days about securing Venezuelan oil than bringing about free elections.

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Venezuela’s Machado says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump during their meeting
Machado takes a new tack to win Trump’s backing on Venezuela

Venezuela, oil

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Why the US, the world's top oil producer, wants Venezuela's oil too
More recently, Trump wants to apply that mantra to Venezuela and bring that crude to the U.S. But the U.S. already leads the world in oil production, pumping more than it uses. Why do we need Venezuelan crude?

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Delcy Rodriguez says Venezuela’s oil will be used to enrich the country
Trump wants Venezuela’s oil. History says tread carefully.

Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela

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Venezuela: Maduro's enforcer Cabello still central to power
The ousting of Venezuela's president raised hopes of change — but the politician now controlling the streets shows how little has really shifted.

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Voters Narrowly Support Maduro’s Removal But Don’t Want the U.S. to ‘Run’ Venezuela
First U.S. deportations since Maduro’s capture arrive in Venezuela

Venezuela’s Machado gave Trump her Nobel prize. In return she received a swag bag but no promise of support

When Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado walked into the White House on Thursday, she came bearing the gift US ...

The Biggest Challenge in Venezuela? Forget the Oil, It’s Stocking the Fridge.

Economic instability in Venezuela after the U.S. raid to capture its president is deepening inflation and rattling the ...

Venezuela's new leader, facing internal division, moves to tighten her grip on power

Rodriguez consolidates power, appoints loyalists in key positions Interior Minister Cabello seen as biggest threat to ...

Venezuela live updates: Multiple detained Americans released, State Department says

U.S. President Trump on Sunday posted on his social media platform saying Cuba should make a deal with the U.S. "before it is ...

Maduro captured: Students discuss U.S. military strike in Venezuela

In the early morning of Jan. 3, United States military forces arrived in Caracas, Venezuela, and struck numerous military ...

Venezuela's opposition leader gives Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal

Trump accepted the gift from María Corina Machado and thanked her for it in a social media post. It is not clear yet what he ...

Delcy Rodríguez Goes From Pariah to the U.S. Pick to Lead Venezuela

President Trump has established a partnership with Maduro’s former vice president, who scraped her way to the top with a mix ...

How Venezuela went from South America's richest to poorest economy despite massive oil reserves

Decades of nationalization, socialism, crony hiring and money printing turned Venezuela’s oil sector into a hollow shell, ...

Venezuela promised to free political prisoners, but their families are still waiting

Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez has promised to keep releasing political prisoners, but so far only a fraction of ...