Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez tells UN elections will be held, no date
Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodríguez told the UN General Assembly her country will hold elections, without setting a date, and thanked President Donald Trump.
Delcy Rodríguez meets Trump in New York and calls talks ‘historic’
Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodríguez met Donald Trump in Manhattan and called it historic, while Nicolás Maduro remains jailed in Brooklyn.
Trump tells UN assembly he could deal with Iran or ‘annihilate’ it
US President Donald Trump told the UN General Assembly he could deal with Iran or "annihilate" it, and warned Cuba's communist government would fall.
ICE agent shoots, wounds Venezuelan driver in Austin, Texas
A US ICE agent shot and wounded Wilber Rafael Garcés Perez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan DoorDash driver, in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, according to his lawyer.
UN report: US boat strikes may be crimes against humanity
UN Special Rapporteur Ben Saul concluded that 68 US strikes on alleged drug vessels killed 223 people and may amount to crimes against humanity of murder.
US-led firm wins 100-year rights to 17 Venezuelan oilfields
A US-led company gets 100-year concessions over 17 Venezuelan oilfields holding 65 billion barrels, under a deal Trump calls the biggest in oil history.
Who is Alejandro Betancourt, the oil baron in the US-Venezuela deal?
A Barbados-registered company headed by the Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt López will run 17 Venezuelan oil fields containing about 65bn barrels of crude.
Cuba’s grid collapses again, leaving millions without power
Cuba's grid suffered a total disconnection on 18 September, the sixth major blackout this year, amid chronic fuel shortages and a US oil blockade.
US drops Venezuela and Bolivia from drug non-compliance list
Washington removed Venezuela and Bolivia from its list of countries failing to demonstrably combat drug trafficking, while Colombia remains decertified.
Maduro ally Alex Saab pleads guilty in US money laundering case
Alex Saab, a former Venezuelan official and aide to Nicolás Maduro, pleaded guilty in Miami to US money laundering charges and must forfeit $195m.