October 26, 2020 US threatens to destroy Iranian missiles shipped to Venezuela 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 ӣƵ.
October 21, 2020 Trump envoy Richard Grenell met with Venezuelan politician in bid to oust Maduro: report Richard Grenell, the Trump administration's special envoy for Serbia and Kosovo Peace Negotiations, reportedly tried in September to negotiate with a Venezuelan politician close to the country's strongman president, Nicolas Maduro, in order to obtain the controversial leader's peaceful exit from office.
October 21, 2020 Trump's German ambassador tried to secretly negotiate Venezuelan president's exit A Trump administration official secretly met with a representative of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last month in an effort to negotiate the embattled leader's peaceful exit from power amid an economic crisis in the oil-rich nation.
October 18, 2020 Mercedes Schlapp: Biden won't answer on court packing -- but Dems appear to draw inspiration from socialists Joe Biden continues to give ambiguous answers about whether or not he supports court-packing.
October 15, 2020 When court packing goes wrong: Venezuela and other Latin American countries offer sobering reality The concept of adding more seats to the U.S. Supreme Court – or so-called “court packing” – has become a central part of the discussions in the weeks leading up to the presidential election, particularly with Vice President Joe Biden declining to address the issue.
September 24, 2020 Venezuela's Maduro denounces US as “the most serious threat to world peace” in UN address Embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro took aim at the United States during his UN General Assembly address on Wednesday, accusing Washington of "criminal, inhuman aggression" toward his regime in a long, winding pre-recorded speech from Caracas.
September 16, 2020 White House labels Venezuela's Maduro cocaine 'kingpin' over alleged drug trafficking ties President Trump called out several countries including Venezuela as “major drug transits” or “drug producing” countries, in an effort to tackle the ongoing drug trade in the U.S. – an issue Trump has attempted to curtail since he took office.
September 1, 2020 Venezuelan President Maduro pardons more than 100 political opponents Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has issued the largest list of presidential pardons since he came to power seven years ago.
August 21, 2020 Behind Maduro's 'bioterrorism' accusations amid Venezuelan coronavirus crackdown As coronavirus continues to rampage through already embattled Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro has staunchly clamped down on all elements of civic society – going so far as to frame returnees as “bioterrorists” and a steep threat to national security.
August 14, 2020 US seizure of Iran fuel bound for Venezuela was largest confiscation of its kind ever, DOJ confirms The Justice Department (DOJ) on Friday announced the U.S. government’s “largest-ever” seizure of fuel shipments from Iran in a successful disruption of a multimillion-dollar shipment by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a designated foreign terrorist organization, that was bound for Venezuela.