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Florida GOP lawmakers ask Biden to keep sanctions against Venezuela’s Maduro

Florida Republican lawmakers asked President Joe Biden and two of his Cabinet secretaries in a letter Thursday to commit to maintaining current sanctions against Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and his associates following the administration’s recent outreach to Venezuela.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Pressure builds on Biden to repay Venezuela's goodwill moves

Pressure is building on the Biden administration to begin unwinding sanctions on Venezuela after President Nicolas Maduro freed two American prisoners and promised to resume negotiations with his opponents

The Independent UK

Ukraine war: US turns to old foe Maduro to help shut off Russia’s oil revenues

Venezuela released two jailed US citizens on Tuesday in an apparent goodwill gesture toward the Biden administration, which has reached out to the regime of Nicolas Maduro as it looks for help in shutting off Russia’s oil revenues amid the war in Ukraine.

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Venezuela frees two Americans after talks with U.S

Venezuela released two jailed U.S. citizens on Tuesday in an apparent goodwill gesture toward the Biden administration following a visit to Caracas by a high-level U.S. delegation.

Reuters

Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, US confirm talks amid Russia crisis

A US delegation met with the Venezuelan government for talks that included a discussion of ‘energy security’.

Al Jazeera

Venezuela's Maduro says work agenda agreed with U.S. delegation

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on Monday said he agreed an agenda for future talks with a U.S. delegation that he met on Saturday, the first high-level meeting between the two countries in years.

Reuters

Colombia's president says any solution for Venezuela must come through elections

Colombian President Ivan Duque on Monday said any solution for Venezuela's future, whose humanitarian crisis under President Nicolas Maduro has hit neighboring nations with an influx of migrants, must come through genuine, transparent presidential elections.

Reuters

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Possible Russia oil embargo drives US outreach to Venezuela

Senior U.S. officials secretly traveled to Venezuela over the weekend in a risky bid to unfreeze hostile relations with Vladimir Putin’s top ally in Latin America, a top oil exporter whose re-entry into U.S. energy markets could mitigate the fallout at the pump from a possible oil embargo on Russia

The Independent UK

U.S. officials travel to Venezuela, a Russian ally, for talks - source

Senior U.S. officials traveled to Venezuela on Saturday for talks with President Nicolas Maduro's government, seeking to determine whether Caracas is prepared to distance itself from close ally Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Reuters

Venezuela's Maduro Slams Sanctions against Russia as 'Madness'

President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela criticized Wednesday the barrage of Western sanctions slapped on Russia, bucking the global chorus of condemnation of its invasion of Ukraine. "What they are doing against the Russian people is a crime, an economic war," Maduro said as he reiterated support for President Vladimir Putin…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Receives Venezuela's 'Strong Support'

In rare backing for Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday assured Vladimir Putin of his "strong support" in a telephone call, according to a Kremlin statement. In the call initiated by Caracas, the Venezuelan leader also condemned "destabilizing actions of the United States and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin and Maduro discussed increasing partnership between Russia, Venezuela -IFX

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro discussed increasing a strategic partnership between Russia and Venezuela in a phone call on Tuesday, the Interfax news agency reported, citing the Kremlin.

Reuters

Venezuela re-opens border with Brazil after two years

Venezuela re-opened its land border with Brazil on Thursday, nearly two years after the government of President Nicolas Maduro shuttered crossings over COVID-19 concerns, local Venezuelan authorities said on Friday.

Reuters

Venezuela a key Russian ally in Latin America - Borisov

Venezuela is a key ally for Russia in Latin America, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said while visiting the South American country on Wednesday, adding that the two countries will look to deepen bilateral ties.

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The Independent UK

Businessman close to Maduro was DEA informant, records show

Newly unsealed court records show that a Colombian businessman linked to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was secretly signed up by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a cooperating source in 2018 and gave agents information about bribes he paid to Venezuelan officials

Reuters

Venezuela's Maduro ally Saab served as confidential DEA source: court filing

Alex Saab, an ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, for nearly a year served as a confidential source for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and forfeited funds as part of a deal to "self-surrender" to face charges in the United States, according to a court document unsealed on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Venezuela's Guaidó, opposition seek to unite under big tent

The Venezuelan opposition was re-energized recently by an unexpected gubernatorial victory in the home state of the late President Hugo Chavez

Miami Herald

Former US Marine describes a night of horrors under custody of the Venezuelan regime

Within hours of being stopped on a rural road in Venezuela, former U.S. Marine Matthew Heath told a court Monday, he found himself naked and strapped to a wire mesh connected to a car battery that would shock him between questions from officers of the country’s military counterintelligence.

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Venezuela opposition proposing sanction relief to woo Maduro

Venezuela’s opposition has suggested the U.S. ease economic sanctions on the country and some of its individuals, a potential policy shift aimed at bringing President Nicolas Maduro back to the negotiating table, according to National Assembly head Juan Guaido.

Tribune News Service

Push to oust Maduro fails as few Venezuelans support recall

A push to call a referendum aimed at ousting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro failed to reach a threshold to move forward, securing the socialist leader’s job until at least elections in 2024.

Reuters

Venezuela electoral commission says Maduro recall cannot move ahead

Venezuela's national electoral council said on Thursday opponents of President Nicolas Maduro had not collected enough signatures for a recall vote against him to proceed.

Reuters

Venezuelan opposition's Guaido calls for February protest

Opposition leader Juan Guaido on Sunday called for Venezuelans to take to the streets on Feb. 12 in peaceful marches against President Nicolas Maduro, as the country's divided opposition looks ahead to presidential elections.

Reuters

Backers of Venezuela referendum ask court to intervene with electoral commission

Some supporters of an effort to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from office through a referendum said on Saturday they would ask the country's top tribunal to review signature collection conditions set by the electoral commission.

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