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US involvement in María Corina Machado's exit from Venezuela
Oil-for-loans — long-term Chinese and regional credit extended in exchange for Venezuelan crude — became the principal mechanism that kept Caracas liquid and politically solvent when normal access to ...
Reporting compiled from the provided sources indicates that the Trump administration did not confine itself to sanctions and diplomacy: by late 2025–early 2026 it carried out kinetic operations agains...
’s decision to order a military operation into combined declared law‑enforcement goals — countering and designated “narco‑terrorist” groups — with strategic and economic objectives tied to , producing...
A U.S. governance presence or prolonged occupation in Venezuela would produce a complex cascade of human-rights and humanitarian consequences: it could create openings for accountability and relief ac...
Open-source reporting and government documents since 2015 consistently identify two geographic hubs—the Tri‑Border Area (TBA) of Argentina/Brazil/Paraguay and Venezuela—where Hezbollah-linked networks...
No U.S. law‑enforcement indictments or congressional reports cited in the supplied reporting officially name American politicians as targets in corruption probes tied to Venezuela; the unsealed U.S. c...
The narrative of Venezuela’s 2007 and related nationalizations has been a persistent lever in U.S. policy and media: framed alternately as evidence of expropriation of American property, proof of anti...
If the United States were to "claim" or exercise control over Venezuela, it would not automatically have a lawful or simple legal path to deport all Venezuelans from Venezuelan territory; internationa...
Public, verifiable documentation tying the Venezuelan government to direct payments to named U.S. politicians or elected officials does not exist in the sources reviewed; the strongest public allegati...
Available reporting in the provided set does not identify any foreign company that has formally signed a lithium exploration or production agreement with Venezuela since 2023; the sources instead docu...
U.S. forces did seize the vessel formerly known as Bella 1, now sailing as Marinera, in the North Atlantic after a weeks‑long pursuit, and multiple U.S. and international outlets report that American ...
The headline reflects a direct claim made publicly by President Donald Trump that “interim authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 and 50 million barrels of oil to the United States,”...
Venezuelan assets abroad that have been targeted to satisfy investor‑state awards include foreign subsidiaries of state oil companies (most notably Citgo), frozen state funds held in foreign accounts,...
U.S. and international investigations have repeatedly tied documented seizures of drugs and illicit cargoes originating in or transiting Venezuela to senior Venezuelan officials through indictments, r...
A fresh wave of impeachment activity has been launched against President Donald J. Trump in early January 2026, with multiple resolutions filed and at least one set of articles advanced in the House, ...
U.S. indictments unsealed against Nicolás Maduro and other Venezuelan officials allege extensive bribery and drug-money payments flowing from traffickers and corrupt companies to Venezuelan government...
Reporting on the U.S. operation in Venezuela identifies individual U.S. senators involved in public statements and briefings — notably Lindsey Graham on Air Force One with President Trump and Marco Ru...
Marco Rubio has publicly framed the U.S. operation that removed Nicolás Maduro as a targeted effort to protect U.S. national interests, stressing that Washington will use leverage — especially control...
There are no documents among the provided sources that record leaders’ reactions to a specific “January 2018” remark by Donald Trump, so a direct cataloguing of country leaders’ responses to that date...
A post‑regime settlement that lets U.S. oil companies recover seized assets or reinvest in Venezuela would be governed by a tangle of domestic U.S. policy tools, international arbitration and investme...