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Biden urged to designate violent Venezuelan gang as criminal organization
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar on Thursday urged President Joe Biden to formally designate Tren de Aragua, a violent Venezuelan street gang that has expanded to the United States, as a transnational criminal organization.
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Utah man, imprisoned in Venezuela for 2 years, sues Nicolas Maduro over alleged trauma
A Utah man imprisoned for nearly two years in Venezuela has sued President Nicolás Maduro, accusing the leftist leader of heading a “criminal enterprise” that kidnaps, tortures and unjustly imprisons American citizens.
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US takes possession in South Florida of Boeing 747 that Iran illegally sold to Venezuelan firm
The U.S. government has seized a Boeing 747 cargo plane that officials say was previously sold by a sanctioned Iranian airline to a state-owned Venezuelan firm in violation of American export control laws.
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Secret US spying program targeted top Venezuelan officials, flouting international law
A secret memo obtained by The Associated Press details a covert operation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration that sent undercover operatives into Venezuela to surreptitiously record and build drug-trafficking cases against the country’s leadership.
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Venezuela to hold military exercises and a British warship is headed to Guyana amid territory dispute
Venezuela and Guyana are currently involved in a border dispute over the Essequibo, a sparsely populated region the size of Florida with vast oil deposits off its shores.
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US, Venezuela swap prisoners: Maduro ally for 10 Americans, plus fugitive contractor ‘Fat Leonard'
The United States has freed a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in exchange for the release of 10 Americans imprisoned in the South American country and the extradition of fugitive defense contractor “Fat Leonard.”
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Guyana and Venezuela leaders to meet face-to-face as region pushes to defuse territorial dispute
The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela are scheduled to meet face-to-face as regional partners urgently seek to defuse a long-standing territorial dispute that has escalated after Venezuelans voted in a referendum to claim two-thirds of their small neighbor.
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Venezuelans approve a referendum to claim sovereignty over a swath of neighboring Guyana
Venezuela’s election authority says voters approved a referendum called by the government of President Nicolás Maduro to claim sovereignty over an oil- and mineral-rich piece of neighboring Guyana.
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US resumes deportation flights to Venezuela
The first plane, a Boeing 737 jet, took off from the Texas border city of Harlingen and touched down in Miami before arriving hours later outside Caracas, Venezuela’s capital.
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Biden Administration grants protected status for Venezuelan migrants
The Biden administration says it’s granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans already in the country.
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US grants temporary legal status to thousands of Venezuelans, permitting them to work
Venezuelans who arrive in the U.S. after July 31 of this year will not be eligible for the protection.
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Mom watches Dodgers' Brusdar Graterol pitch in MLB for first time
Tuesday night’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers may have seemed on the surface like just an ordinary baseball game in a string of 162 of them. But for one player and his family, it was the emotional apex of a journey that began decades ago in another country, on another continent, far far away. Dodgers’ pitcher…
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Aircraft arrives from Venezuela with multiple bales of cocaine found inside
CBP officials worked with their Caribbean teammates to intercept the plane before it could reach the shores of the United States.
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Venezuelan Opposition Leader Guaidó Lands in Miami After Being Told to Leave Colombia
Venezuelan Opposition Leader Juan Guaidó landed in Miami after he said he was told he had to leave Colombia Monday.
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Venezuelan Opposition Leader Juan Guaidó Lands in Miami
Venezuelan Opposition Leader Juan Guaidó landed in Miami after he said he was told he had to leave Colombia Monday.
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Federal Judge in Miami Sends Hugo Chavez's Ex-Nurse to Prison for 15 Years
A federal judge in Miami handed down a 15-year prison sentence Wednesday to the former nurse of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez for taking bribes from a billionaire media mogul to green-light lucrative currency transactions when she served as Venezuela’s national treasurer.
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US Court Gives $153 Million to Miami Man Jailed in Venezuela
A federal judge in Miami has awarded $153 million in damages to the family of an exiled Venezuelan lawyer lured back home by his father’s kidnapping only to end up imprisoned for two years on trumped up charges, Carlos Marrón is the second victim of President Nicolas Maduro’s government to leverage a little used federal law that allows American victims...
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Venezuelans Expelled From US Sleep Outside Embassy in Mexico City
Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants sleep outside the Venezuelan embassy in Mexico City as they wait to be repatriated after last week’s mass deportations.
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PolitiFact: Illegal Immigration Dropped After New Venezuela Program, But Public Health Policy Also Contributed
President Joe Biden announced the expansion of an immigration program that will give 30,000 migrants a month from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela the chance to enter the U.S. legally. He touted the parole program’s success with Venezuelans, who have been eligible for it since October 2022.
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All-Female Team of Exiled Lawmakers Picked to Lead Fight Against Venezuela's Maduro
The women represent three different parties that had been pushing for Guaidó’s removal as a way to reconnect with disillusioned voters ahead of next year’s presidential elections.