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Detained US ex-soldiers said they were tasked with securing an airfield in Venezuela in order to put President Nicolas Maduro on a plane after toppling him. The men were charged with plotting a coup against the government.

The video showed Luke Denman claiming the goal of the thwarted attempt was to capture and bring Maduro to the US.

The Venezuelan president has accused Silvercorp CEO Jordan Goudreau of masterminding the incident. 

Officials killed eight of the attackers and arrested two others

The US has offered to lift crippling sanctions against Venezuela if its leaders agree to a power-sharing deal.

In a vote on Friday, the United Nations Human Rights Council voted to investigate Venezuela for human right violations under President Nicolás Maduro's rule.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said his country was “prepared for battle” if the US imposes a quarantine, and said his envoy to the UN would denounce the “illegal” threat before the Security Council.

Elections and dialogue should be used to solve the crisis in Venezuela, Russia’s president has said, bringing up how opposition leader Juan Guaido proclaimed himself a president ‘before God,” but has yet to receive a response.

Venezuelan intelligence says it has foiled an assassination attempt against President Nicolas Maduro, which envisioned a group of rogue officers storming the presidential palace and installing an imprisoned general in his stead.

Thousands of Venezuelans have rushed to cross into Peru in a bid to beat the introduction of tougher migration laws.

VENEZUELAN President Nicolas Maduro allegedly spent thousands of state funds on religious rituals in Cuba, according to a former intelligence official.

Talks between Venezuela’s government and opposition on ending months of crisis were under way in Norway, sources said on Tuesday. But Washington insisted that the only item for discussion should be President Nicolas Maduro’s removal.

The feared street gangster El Negrito sleeps with a pistol under his pillow and says he's lost track of his murder count. But despite his hardened demeanor, he's quick to gripe about how Venezuela's failing economy is cutting into his profits

Well before Venezuela’s violent uprising, the embattled nation made one massive mistake that’s only worsened the mess it’s currently in.

Venezuelans woke up to a show of military strength broadcast on national TV after two days of opposition protests.

Horrifying video shows Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro’s armoured cars ploughing into protesters. Warning: Disturbing

US National Security Advisor John Bolton called on Venezuela’s military to side with Washington protégé Juan Guaido, after the opposition leader declared a military coup in Caracas on Tuesday.

A draft resolution recognizing Guaido is certain to be vetoed by Russia.

Tensions over Venezuela won’t escalate into a new Caribbean Crisis or turn the country into “a second Syria,” Russia’s FM Sergey Lavrov has assured, bashing the US for treating the Western Hemisphere as its backyard.

Beijing has dismissed reports that it sent a cohort of soldiers to Venezuela along with a shipment of humanitarian aid.