Venezuelan Political Crisis

Two years ago, the Trump administration government took a bold stance when it declared that it was no longer recognizing Nicolas Maduro as the legitimate president of Venezuela.

Nicolás Maduro was set to extend his grip on power Tuesday as the ruling socialist party prepared to assume the leadership of Venezuela’s congress, the last institution in the country it didn’t already control.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s political alliance claimed a sweeping victory Monday in congressional elections boycotted by the most influential opposition politicians and widely criticized internationally as being fraudulent.

Polling places in Venezuela open Sunday to elect members of the National Assembly in a vote championed by President Nicolás Maduro but rejected as a fraud by the nation's most influential opposition politicians.

It has been a grueling three years for the families of American oil executives – dubbed the "Citgo 6" – who were finally found guilty on corruption charges in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas last week.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday condemned what he called the “wrongful” convictions of six Citgo employees in Venezuela, describing the South American nation's justice system as a “kangaroo court.”

A Venezuelan judge found six American oil executives, who have been held in the country for three years, guilty on corruption charges Thursday night – confirming the disheartening news that blocked any hope of a quick release back to their families in the United States.

In the face of the dizzying depreciation of the Venezuelan bolívar, the U.S. government is skirting the censorship imposed by the Nicolas Maduro regime with an unprecedented public-private partnership known as the "stablecoin solution."

The international Organization of American States (OAS) has called on its 35-member nations to reject the parliamentary elections planned by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro next month on Dec. 6.

The United States is warning it will destroy potential Iranian long-range missile shipment delivered to the Maduro Regime in Venezuela, a senior administration official tells Fox News.