Nayib Bukele offered to exchange 252 Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador for 252 prisoners in Venezuela

Move could sharply increase levies on China and India as major purchasers of Caracas’s crude

The planes full of migrants were in the air just hours after the president invoked wartime authority. Families say innocent people were swept up in the rush.

US president Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was "reversing the concessions" given to oil and gas multinational Chevron to operate in Venezuela by his predecessor Joe Biden, accusing President Nicolas Maduro of not making progress on electoral reforms and migrant returns.

The increased reward was announced on the day Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term as president.

US announces $65m bounty for arrest of president, who has led country since 2013 and failed to prove he won recent vote

Paraguay’s president backed the opposition in Caracas following President Nicolas Maduro’s election victory

The Venezuelan leader should step down before his current term ends or things will get “worse,” the US envoy has said

The US officially recognised opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as Venezuela's president-elect Tuesday, four months after disputed elections. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s statement rejecting Nicolas Maduro's claimed victory drew sharp criticism from Caracas, which dismissed the move as "ridiculous".

Founded in a prison, Tren de Aragua involvement is suspected in 100 U.S. cases, bringing its violent brand of robbery and drug trafficking north.

The Trudeau government — quick to recognize Juan Guaido in 2019 — has reacted differently this time

Venezuela’s Edmundo Gonzalez has been accused of several crimes, including incitement to disobey the law

Move is apparent escalation of pressure on Venezuelan leader over heavily contested claim of victory in July poll

Protesters describe hiding phones, deleting online activity after government claims 2,400 arrests

Venezuela's attorney general, Tarek Saab, announced a new criminal probe against opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez and leader Maria Corina Machado after they posted a letter urging the country's security forces to "stand by the people" protesting President Nicolás Maduro's contested victory at July 28's presidential election.  

Maduro told troops he is ‘willing to do anything’ to protect his ‘revolution’ amid growing criticism of crackdown on opposition

Building on widespread sentiment and the incumbent Nicolás Maduro's refusal to provide transparent voting data, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said it "is clear" that opposition candidate Edmundo González won Sunday's Venezuelan presidential election, despite Maduro claiming he had secured 90% of the votes.

Historic allies and enemies alike refuse to take victory claims in Venezuela at face value