The family of an oil executive convicted and ordered to prison in Venezuela alongside five others is appealing directly to President Nicolás Maduro for mercy

The 6 oil executives have been detained for 3 years.

Judge found them guilty of corruption charges and sentenced them to prison.

Activist Leopoldo López has abandoned Spain’s embassy in Caracas.

The secretary of state has wrapped up a tour of four South American countries.

Independent experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body have issued a scathing, in-depth report finding the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro responsible for crimes against humanity

Venezuelans are desperate to feed their families amid the coronavirus pandemic.

It won’t participate in elections called by officials loyal to President Maduro.

U.S. federal marshals are getting ready to auction off Wednesday a cargo of 100,000 barrels of gasoline that have been floating in a tanker off the Gulf Coast of Texas for two months amid a high-stakes legal fight over American sanctions on Venezuela

Shipment will launch the first Iranian supermarket in the South American nation.

President Nicolás Maduro says that starting Monday Venezuelans will be able to buy gasoline at international market prices

ABC News’ Martha Raddatz speaks to the family of two ex-special forces soldiers captured after a failed raid against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

The families of Americans detained by Venezuela in a failed raid plead for help from the U.S. government.

President Donald Trump says the United States had nothing to do with a suspected incursion into Venezuela that landed two U.S. citizens behind bars in the crisis-stricken South American nation

U.S. officials say the Trump administration is prepared to lift sanctions on Venezuela in support of a new proposal to form a transitional government representing allies of both Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaido

Venezuelan opposition leader calls a "national emergency government."

Venezuela’s only telecommunications satellite has veered off its orbit and stopped working, creating a logistical headache for the cash-strapped South American nation

U.S. officials say the Trump administration is prepared to lift sanctions on Venezuela in support of a new proposal to form a transitional government representing allies of both Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaido

The State Dept. has also offered a $15M reward for info leading to his arrest.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro wants women to have many children as a way to boost the country, which has seen millions of people flee in recent years to escape its economic crisis

The nation's severe economic contraction and political upheaval persist,

Armed forces, militias took the streets in cities, beaches and border regions.

Morales has picked ex-economy minister to be his party's presidential candidate.

The Trump administration granted Chevron a special license to keep drilling ban.

There are calls for the U.S. to do more in Venezuela, especially to stop Russia's support.

Venezuelan security forces have blocked  opposition leader Juan Guaidó from attending a special session of congress where rivals tried to install a substitute leader

The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on both the former and the current director of Venezuela's office of identification, accusing them of receiving kickbacks involving the sale of passports

The European Union is extending sanctions against Venezuela for a year due to the political and economic crisis blamed on the government of President Nicolás Maduro

Flea markets are popping up across Venezuela's capital as a steady flow of migrants sells off personal items before following the path of an estimated 4.5 million countrymen who have already left

More than 50 countries call opposition leader Guaidó Venezuela's rightful leader

In socialist Venezuela, where residents have long enjoyed the world's cheapest gasoline, drivers have started paying to fill up their tank with small gifts as inflation soars

Those sanctioned face travel bans and asset freezes.

President Donald Trump has shown his support for the Venezuelan opposition by meeting with its delegation to the U.N. General Assembly instead of the official government delegation

The United States and more than a dozen Latin American countries meet to consider multilateral sanctions against Venezuela

President compares Nicolás Maduro to Serbian war criminal Slobodan Milosevic.

Venezuela's opposition declared talks with Nicolás Maduro dead, a decision meant to bring renewed international pressure, but that appeared to crack its united front.

Claims there are paramilitary training camps in Colombia to plot violent attacks

AP Exclusive: Administration official says U.S. opened up secret communications.

Deep in a major economic crisis, a Venezuelan psychiatric hospital operates with almost no funding.

The city of Miami and members of Venezuela's opposition are announcing a 5K race to raise funds for medical supplies and medicines destined for the South American nation that is grappling with food and medical shortages

Citizens on the streets of Venezuela's capital city scrambled to find transportation home as a new blackout surprised the country Tuesday.

Venezuelan cities can be among the most violent in the world.

A Venezuelan Su-30 fighter "aggressively shadowed" a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft operating over the Caribbean Sea on Friday, SOUTHCOM said.

They're accused of trying to sell weapons belonging to the state.

They will meet in Barbados to seek a "constitutional" solution to the crisis.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaido both rallied support.

The report chronicled torture, sexual abuse and extrajudicial killings.

The negotiations are aimed at breaking Venezuela's political standoff.

The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort is beginning a five-month humanitarian mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Financial, travel restrictions are being mulled by a core group of five nations.