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Rubio's Warning to Machado: Don't Interfere
Rubio Issues a
Warning to Machado
Oct 27, 2026 8:35 AM CDT

Rubio Issues a Warning to Machado

Secretary of state urges Venezuelan opposition leader not to interfere in US-negotiated reforms

(Newser) - Marco Rubio has a message for Venezuela's returning opposition star : don't interfere with what the US has planned. "You're not going to street-protest your way into a democracy," the secretary of state said Monday, in a pointed but indirect swipe at María Corina Machado,...

'With You All': Machado Goes Home to Venezuela
Machado Returns to Venezuela
Oct 25, 2026 7:01 PM CDT

Machado Returns to Venezuela

Opposition leader's arrival challenges Rodriguez government, US strategy

(Newser) - Maria Corina Machado is back in Venezuela after nearly a year abroad, shaking up a political scene already dominated by an uneasy partnership between Caracas and Washington. "I am here. With you all," the opposition leader posted Sunday on X, as her party shared images of supporters greeting...

For Some, Anesthesia Seems to Pose a Hidden Danger

The Atlantic explores research into a rare DNA mutation

(Newser) - The operating room may be one of medicine's most controlled environments, but the Atlantic reports on a group of families discovering just how little doctors understand about one of its core tools: anesthesia. Sarah Zhang traces the deaths and catastrophic brain injuries of otherwise healthy children and teens after...

Maduro to Judge: 'I Reject This Document Entirely'

Not-guilty plea entered on new torture charges

(Newser) - Nicolas Maduro had sharp words in a New York courtroom on Thursday. Venezuela's ousted leader and his wife, Cilia Flores, appeared in federal court to face newly added US charges accusing them of conspiring to commit torture, the BBC reports. "I reject this document entirely," Maduro said,...

Maduro, Wife Now Face Torture Charges

'System of repression' included 'electric shock, asphyxiation, rape,' indictment says

(Newser) - Nicolas Maduro's legal troubles in the US just escalated. The ousted Venezuelan leader and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been hit with a new federal charge in New York: conspiracy to commit torture, on top of existing narcotics trafficking counts. A superseding indictment accuses Maduro of ordering the 2013...

Ex-Rubio Ally Sentenced to 10 Years for Secret Lobbying

David Rivera was part of a $50M influence campaign

(Newser) - A former Florida congressman who helped launch Secretary of State Marco Rubio's political career is headed to prison for a decade. David Rivera, a Republican who served one term in the House, was sentenced Friday in Miami after a jury found he secretly took part in a $50 million...

Lawyer: Man Shot by ICE Being Treated for Paralysis

Attorney seeks emergency release for Wilber Garces Perez in Austin

(Newser) - A Venezuelan delivery driver shot by an ICE officer in Austin is now hospitalized with paralysis on his left side, his attorney says. The attorney, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, has filed an emergency lawsuit seeking the immediate release of 30-year-old Wilber Garces Perez from immigration custody and a halt to his deportation...

Maduro Ally Faces New Set of Charges in US

Alex Saab to cooperate with prosecutors, forfeit $195M as part of deal in money laundering case

(Newser) - A onetime aide for Venezuela's leadership has flipped in a US courtroom. Alex Saab, a former Colombian businessman and close ally of Nicolas Maduro, pleaded guilty in Miami to money laundering tied to an alleged scheme that siphoned funds from a Venezuelan food program and routed some of the...

US Oil Giant Chevron Confirms It's All Systems Go in Venezuela

It will expand operations in the Orinoco Belt, to the tune of $7B over 5 years, hopefully doubling production

(Newser) - Oil giant Chevron is confirming that it will expand its operations in Venezuela, just days after President Trump announced an ambitious deal to develop the nation's oil reserves and give the Pentagon a stake in the profits. Chevron said Wednesday that it has been assigned additional acreage in the...

'Polarizing' Oil Producer at Center of US-Venezuela Deal

Alejandro Betancourt has big role in American oil venture, despite eyebrow-raising past

(Newser) - A businessman who once drew interest from US prosecutors is now central to what President Trump is touting as "the biggest oil deal in the world." Venezuelan tycoon Alejandro Betancourt—long scrutinized in US and European probes tied to alleged embezzlement and money laundering involving Venezuela's state...

WSJ Editorial Likens Venezuela Oil Deal to Godfather Scene

New US arrangement feels a little shady to the conservative editors

(Newser) - President Trump's long-stated idea of "taking the oil" during overseas interventions now has a test case in Venezuela, and the conservative editorial board of the Wall Street Journal is not impressed. In a Friday deal with Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodriguez, Trump announced US rights to some 65 billion...

Maduro Shares First Photos of Himself From Prison

Social media posts show Venezuela's deposed leader thinner as he awaits 2027 trial

(Newser) - Nicolas Maduro has surfaced from US custody—virtually, via two photos he says were taken inside the Brooklyn detention center where he's been held since January. The images, posted Sunday on X and Telegram , show the former Venezuelan leader in a gray tracksuit flashing peace signs and appearing noticeably thinner....

Negotiations Could Give US Stake in Venezuelan Oil Fields
US Strikes Major Oil Deal
With Venezuela
UPDATED
Aug 29, 2026 6:10 AM CDT

US Strikes Major Oil Deal With Venezuela

President says arrangement has been made for US control of 65B barrels of nation's oil reserves

(Newser) - A deal with Venezuela over its oil has been struck. CNBC reports that on Friday evening, President Trump posted on social media that the "BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY" had "secured majority U.S. control of more than 65 BILLION BARRELS of proven Oil Reserves" in the...

Powerful 7.4 Earthquake Hits Colombia, Ecuador

Reports of 'injuries and serious damage' as people evacuate homes and buildings

(Newser) - A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, shaking the South American nation and neighboring Ecuador and prompting people to evacuate homes and buildings. The epicenter was in San Jose Del Palmar, a municipality in the Choco region about 250 miles west of Colombia's capital, Bogota, the...

CIA Forms Secret Cuba Task Force: Sources

New intelligence surge targets Cuban elite to force political change

(Newser) - The Cold War is getting a quiet sequel in the Caribbean, reports the New York Times . The CIA has formed a classified Cuba task force aimed at stepping up pressure on Havana to make economic, political, and leadership changes sought by US President Trump, according to officials briefed on the...

Maduro Gets a Trial Date
Maduro Gets a Trial Date
Jul 22, 2026 12:45 PM CDT

Maduro Gets a Trial Date

Lawyer says he'll contest legality of Venezuelan leader's 'military abduction'

(Newser) - A June 1 trial date was set Wednesday for Nicolás Maduro to face drug trafficking charges along with his wife as his lawyers continue to object to the US military action that snatched the Venezuelan president from power. Maduro, 63, and his wife, Cilia Flores, 69, have been held...

Rubio's Unofficial Title: 'Viceroy' of Venezuela
Venezuela Has a 'Viceroy,'
and His Name Is Rubio
longform
Jul 13, 2026 7:06 AM CDT

Venezuela Has a 'Viceroy,' and His Name Is Rubio

New York Times reveals how the US secretary of state is running the nation from afar

(Newser) - Marco Rubio may sit in Washington, but a New York Times investigation argues that he is effectively governing Venezuela from afar. Reporters Tyler Pager and Anatoly Kurmanaev make the case that Rubio "has become the de facto viceroy of Venezuela, holding sway over a sovereign nation in a way...

Earthquake Victims Seek Help for Illnesses, Not Just Injuries

People flock to nongovernmental organizations Venezuelan government has opposed

(Newser) - Victims of the powerful twin earthquakes that jolted Venezuela last month as well as people spared by the destruction on Thursday flooded relief services offered by nongovernmental organizations in the hardest-hit areas. The United Nations has launched an appeal for roughly $300 million to assist 1.3 million people in...

Venezuelan Girl Recounts How She Survived Under Rubble

'A strange calm came over me,' says 12-year-old Fabiana

(Newser) - Twelve-year-old Fabiana ran into her family's kitchen, feeling the floor tremble beneath her—and suddenly, she was on her back, with the ceiling just above her face. Fabiana would spend the next 32 hours trapped beneath the ruins of her family's 10-story apartment in Caraballeda, Venezuela, eating ketchup...

Catcher Debuts for Dodgers With a 'Heavy Heart'

Eliezer Alfonzo Jr. makes first start amid news his stepmom, sister perished in Venezuela quakes

(Newser) - Eliezer Alfonzo Jr. stepped into his first major-league start on Sunday against the San Diego Padres carrying news no player wants to hear. The Los Angeles Dodgers catcher learned that his stepmother and younger sister, missing for nine days after powerful earthquakes struck northern Venezuela on June 24, had been...

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