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.