Experts disagreed on whether the seizure of land and assets, on the other hand, was legal, as an international tribunal determined Venezuela had not paid proper compensation to at least one affected ...

The United States under President Donald Trump appears to be readying for war in Venezuela or at least is seeking to depose leader Nicolás Maduro. But it remains unclear why, exactly, the White House ...

The United States is pursuing an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, according to multiple reports, just a day after the Coast Guard seized a different tanker in the same waters amid a rapid U.S.

President Donald Trump built his "America first" brand of populist politics largely on criticism of efforts at regime change in other countries, with a special focus on the war in Iraq. Fundamental to ...

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is leaving the possibility of a war with Venezuela on the table. "I don’t rule it out, no," he told NBC News in a phone interview. Trump on Tuesday ordered ...

Russia's Foreign Ministry issued a new warning to the Trump administration on Thursday amid escalating tensions between the United States and Venezuela. "We note continuous and deliberate attempts to ...

China made no public commitment to aid or other material support for longtime partner Venezuela after a recent call between their respective foreign ministers, expressing only verbal support for ...

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Wednesday that his US counterpart Donald Trump had revealed his true motives toward the South American country with his claim that that it had stolen US “oil, ...

An oil refinery in Cabimas, Venezuela in 2019. Its infrastructure is collapsing under mismanagement and sanctions. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post) A Russian oil tanker en route to ...

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 02: U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (2nd-R) speaks alongside (L-R) U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. President Donald Trump ...

Trump seemed to refer to the Venezuelan government's decision in 2007 to seize the assets of U.S. oil companies, as well as those of Norwegian and French companies. Venezuela has the world's largest ...

Venezuela’s supply of Russian naphtha is at risk of crumbling, threatening the South American country’s crude exports, after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a blockade of sanctioned tankers ...