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Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro protest the day before his inauguration for a third term in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuela’s opposition calls for protests against a third term for President Maduro

By Regina Garcia Cano - Associated Press

Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro protest the day before his inauguration for a third term in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Heavyweight bout: Milei, Maduro trade ideological jabs as contested inauguration proceeds

By Frederic Puglie - Special to The Washington Times

Venezuela’s criminal state illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Venezuela’s narco-military state threatens regional, global stability

By Miguel Angel Martin, Ignacio De Leon and Esteban Gerbasi

Edmundo Gonzalez, who represented Venezuela's main opposition coalition in the July presidential election, addresses a gathering of supporters outside of the Organization of American States, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Venezuelan opposition leader says his son-in-law has been kidnapped in Caracas

By Regina Garcia Cano - Associated Press

Venezuela's opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia holds an Uruguayan and a Venezuelan flag outside the government residence in Montevideo, Uruguay, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. Gonzalez, who claims he won the 2024 presidential election and is recognized by some countries as the legitimate president-elect, traveled from exile in Madrid to Argentina and Uruguay. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Venezuelan opposition leader who claims to have defeated Maduro to meet Biden at White House

By Zeke Miller and Regina Garcia Cano - Associated Press

Venezuela's opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia holds hands with a supporters outside the government residence in Montevideo, Uruguay, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. Gonzalez, who claims he won the 2024 presidential election and is recognized by some countries as the legitimate president-elect, traveled from exile in Madrid to Argentina and Uruguay. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Venezuela doubles down on intention to arrest opposition leader who claims he defeated Maduro

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FILE - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro waits to receive attendees at the start of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) Summit in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Jesus Vargas, File)

Venezuela matters

By Miguel Angel Martin and Ignacio De Leon and Esteban Gerbasi

Chairman of the Special Commission for the Defense of Guyana Essequibo Hermann Escarra, stands next to Venezuela's new map that includes the Essequibo territory, a swath of land that is administered and controlled by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela, during an unveiling ceremony in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Tensions over Essequibo region resurface as Venezuela completes a bridge to a disputed border base

By Bert Wilkinson - Associated Press

FILE - People detained during a government crackdown following anti-government protests against the results of the presidential election walk out of the Yare 3 prison upon their release, in San Francisco de Yare, Venezuela, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez, File)

Venezuela says about a fourth of people detained in post-election crackdown granted prison release

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Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González waves to supporters at Puerta del Sol in downtown Madrid, Spain, on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

U.S. recognizes Venezuela’s opposition candidate as president-elect months after disputed election

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Alexandra Hurtado, center, waits for the release of her son Oscar Escalona, outside the Yare 3 prison in San Francisco de Yare, Venezuela, Saturday, Nov 16, 2024. Attorney General Tarek William Saab announced the release of some of those who were detained during a government crackdown following anti-government protests against the results of the presidential election. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)

Venezuela releases some of the thousands detained after presidential election from prison

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Alisson Ramírez, right, listens to her social studies teacher during class Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

They came to America looking for better lives — and better schools. The results were mixed

By Bianca Vázquez Toness - Associated Press

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, right, and Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello gesture during an event marking the United Socialist Party Youth's 16th anniversary in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Argentina court orders arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his right-hand man

By Debora Rey - Associated Press

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro addresses government loyalists gathered at the presidential palace in support of his reelection one month after the presidential vote, in Caracas, Venezuela, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Fourth U.S. citizen detained in alleged plot to kill Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s government says

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Protesters clash with police during demonstrations against the official election results declaring President Nicolas Maduro's reelection, the day after the vote in Caracas, Venezuela, July 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

U.N. rights experts decry worsening repression in Venezuela in wake of contested election result

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Spanish government in Madrid, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, left greets exiled Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Thursday Sept. 12, 2024. (Fernando Calvo, Spanish Government via AP)

Spanish prime minister meets with exiled Venezuelan opposition leader Gonzalez

By Teresa Medrano - Associated Press

Ivanni Herrera looks on during an interview in a park Friday, May 18, 2024, in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

‘I’m living a lie’: On the streets of a Colorado city, pregnant migrants struggle to survive

By Bianca Vázquez Toness - Associated Press

Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez waves to supporters during a political event at a square in the Hatillo municipality of Caracas, Venezuela, June 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez flees Venezuela for asylum in Spain

By Jorge Rueda, Joshua Goodman and Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

FILE - Protesters demonstrate against the official election results declaring President Nicolas Maduro won reelection in the Catia neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, July 29, 2024, the day after the vote. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez, File)

Meta oversight panel says political content cuts could limit dissent in crises including Venezuela’s

By Regina Garcia Cano - Associated Press

A boy guides his bicycle past apartment buildings as a rally staged by the East Colfax Community Collective is held in the courtyard to address chronic problems in the apartment buildings occupied by people displaced from their home countries in central and South America Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Aurora, Colorado, police deny Venezuela street gang has taken over rundown apartment complex

By Colleen Slevin and Amy Beth Hanson - Associated Press