Venezuelans head to the polls this weekend to participate in what has been described as "mega-elections."

A businessman accused of siphoning off millions in state contracts from Venezuela has pleaded not guilty in a high profile case that’s strained relations between Washington and Caracas.

Six American oil executives jailed in Venezuela more than three years ago on corruption charges have been granted house arrest in a gesture of goodwill toward the Biden administration as it reviews its policy toward the politically turbulent South American country.

En un acto televisado, Maduro indicó que los “grupos irregulares armados” que “se visten de guerrilleros para servir a las rutas del narcotráfico”, han intentado imponerse en el estado sureño de Apure, fronterizo con Colombia

Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. “Facebook de manera totalitaria y de manera abusiva me censuró", dijo Maduro en un acto de gobierno televisado sobre el balance semanal de la lucha contra el COVID-19, justo un día después de que Facebook bloqueó por 30 días la actualización de la página del gobernante. Es posible acceder a todo el contenido que Maduro ha publicado, con excepción de un video que fue borrado por la red social en el que recomendaba el uso de un antiviral contra el COVID-19 que no cuenta con la evidencia científica necesaria, según los protocolos internacionales. Además, el mandatario ya no puede publicar nada más. All rights reserved)If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.

January 2016: Maduro declares a state of "economic emergency." The country's economic woes are rooted in falling oil prices, plummeting currency rates, power struggles within the government and ongoing food shortages.

January 2016: Maduro declares a state of "economic emergency." The country's economic woes are rooted in falling oil prices, plummeting currency rates, power struggles within the government and ongoing food shortages.

Maduro fights with U.S. to get Alex Saab out of Cape Verde

Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. Horas después en un acto de gobierno televisado, Maduro afirmó que “la Unión Europea es bienvenida en Venezuela, pero si respeta” y si los europeos “rectifican ” su postura con Venezuela. Mientras eso no ocurra, “con ustedes no hay más nunca ningún trato”, ni “ningún tipo de diálogo, señores de la Unión Europea”, agregó, sin dar detalles. All rights reservedIf you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.

Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. “Yo no soy juez ni fiscal, y no debo meterme en este tema”, dijo Maduro, pero luego acusó a la CIA de infiltrarse en Citgo. “¿Hay espacio para el diálogo?”, manifestó Maduro en respuesta a una pregunta de The Associated Press sobre si ha entablado conversaciones con el gobierno del presidente estadounidense Joe Biden. “Siempre hay espacio para el diálogo”, añadió. (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press.

Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. “Esto es, al igual que con otras cosas, como la gente que intenta vender, ya sabes, algunos frijoles mágicos como solución a un problema complejo”, dijo Boulware a The Associated Press el martes. (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.

Todos los derechos reservados. Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. Intentos pasados de establecer un diálogo entre el gobierno y la oposición no han logrado destrabar el estancamiento político en el país, y Maduro ha reafirmado su control del poder. Mientras tanto, no se avizora en el horizonte un fin a una crisis económica que ha obligado a millones a emigrar, y que ha hecho que los que aún viven en Venezuela sufran la carestía de bienes básicos, incluida la gasolina, a pesar de que el país cuenta con las mayores reservas petroleras del mundo. All rights reserved)If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.

Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. Todos los derechos reservados. Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. Los partidarios de Maduro obtuvieron 256 de las 277 bancas en los comicios legislativos del 6 de diciembre que fueron boicoteados por la oposición al considerar que no existían condiciones para elecciones libres y democráticas. All rights reserved)If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.

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Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. Abrams dijo que también espera que el amplio apoyo internacional a la oposición venezolana se mantenga firme a pesar de los esfuerzos del gobierno de Maduro por socavar la democracia. “Han hecho todo lo posible para asegurarse de que ésta no sea una elección libre”, dijo. “En cambio, estamos obteniendo una elección que no merece ser llamada elección”. La consulta, impulsada por organizaciones civiles, no contará con ninguna auditoría ni observación independiente y no tendrá validez legal.

MIAMI – President Donald Trump’s administration has deported Venezuelan migrants to Trinidad and Tobago, according to Sen. Robert Menendez. law forbids the forcible return of refugees to a place where their lives or freedom would be threatened," Menendez wrote. Trump recognized Juan Guaidó as the president of Venezuela, and he has imposed sanctions. Syracuse University’s Transactional Access Records Clearinghouse reports about 30 to 40% of asylum cases for Venezuelan refugees are being denied. The National Assembly elections are in December, but since Maduro excluded three of the four opposition political parties there is little hope for change.

did not seek confirmation or clarification—when the DEA informants dropped their various oblique hints,” according to the petition, which was prepared by New York-based attorneys with the firm Sidley. Campo and Flores were arrested in Haiti in a DEA sting in 2015 and immediately removed to New York to face trial. Lawyers for Campo and Flores argued at their two-week trial that no drugs traded hands and the men never intended to deliver any. But in the lower court trial, his legal bill was flipped by Wilmer Ruperti, a Venezuelan shipping magnate close to Maduro's government. The two have made almost no mention of their loved ones' conviction in the U.S.—Follow Goodman on Twitter: @APJoshGoodman

MIAMI As U.S. sanctions scare away the world's largest shippers from Venezuela's oil industry, new players are willing to brave the heightened risks and help keep socialist leader Nicols Maduro afloat, according to a new report. Collectively, those ships accounted for 33% of all maritime traffic since the U.S. banned Americans from doing business with Venezuela's oil sector on Jan. 28, 2019. As the Trump administration has sought to deprive Maduro of easy cash from Venezuelas vast oil reserves, it has sanctioned more than 50 vessels found to have violated sanctions. The 103 tankers visiting Venezuela for the first time appear to be owned by just 41 companies, according to the report. Three companies with the largest fleets belong to TMS Tankers Limited, Eastern Mediterranean Maritime Limited and Delta Tankers Limited, C4ADS and IBI said.

BOGOTA, Colombia - The Venezuelan opposition's next hope is on the Organization of American States' Inter-American Reciprocal Assistance Treaty, better known as the Rio Treaty. The treaty allows supporters of Juan Guaid to use coordinated economic sanctions, military force and communications disruptions to push Nicols Maduro out of the presidency. Maduro has the support of the Venezuelan military elite, which has the backing of two global super powers: Russia and China. "There is a branch of the opposition that disagreed with Guaid, and it is still in negotiations with Maduro, but it represents less than one-tenth of the National Assembly seats. Venezuelan Communications Minister Jorge Rodrguez recently told reporters that members of the ruling socialist party were going to return to the opposition-controlled National Assembly.