February 15, 2019 Photos emerge showing Venezuela's 'Death Squad' with lifeless bodies, victims described as anti-government protesters Since January, more than 40 deaths – many of which occurred during the mass protests against President Nicolas Maduro -- have been linked to a special police force, which uses military weapons and is known as the “Death Squad.”
February 15, 2019 US military aircraft to deliver 200 tons of aid to Venezuela border The Trump administration is sending more than 200 tons of humanitarian aid to the Venezuelan border in Colombia as early as Saturday as it increases pressure on embattled President Nicolas Maduro to give up power, according to a State Department email sent to Congress
February 14, 2019 Venezuela unveils anti-US coalition at United Nations It was almost a who’s who of America's foes Thursday as Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, surrounded by a posse of some of the world’s most notorious human rights violators, announced the formation of a group of countries that he said would defend the United Nations Charter.
February 14, 2019 Ocasio-Cortez says Ilhan Omar's grilling of Trump Venezuela envoy 'feels like justice' Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has thrown her support behind Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., after her fellow freshman Democrat’s controversial questioning of a US diplomat.
February 13, 2019 Trump's Venezuela envoy clashes with Ilhan Omar at hearing: 'That is a ridiculous question' The Trump administration's new special envoy for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, clashed Wednesday with freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., during a House hearing on the Caracas crisis after the congresswoman tried to turn focus to Abrams' history in Latin America while asking him point-blank whether he'd support "genocide" if it served American interests.
February 12, 2019 Luxury NYC pads worth $40 million tied to Venezuelan ‘boligarchs’ currency scam: report As the Venezuela crisis grows, U.S. prosecutors have tied seven New York City apartments to a billion-dollar currency exchange scheme involving the country’s “boligarchs” and corrupt government officials, the New York Post reports.
February 12, 2019 Venezuela’s Maduro calls Trump administration a ‘gang of extremists’ Embattled President Nicolas Maduro once again blamed the United States for the political and economic meltdown in Venezuela, saying the Trump administration was a “gang of extremists.”
February 8, 2019 US revokes visas held by Maduro allies The United States will revoke visas held by government officials serving under Venezuela's disputed president Nicolas Maduro, officials said Thursday
February 6, 2019 Venezuela military sets up blockade on bridge to stop aid from Colombia Two blue shipping containers, an orange fuel tanker, and a makeshift fence are barricading a Venezuelan bridge at a key border crossing with Colombia in an attempt to block humanitarian aid from entering the country.