Venezuela, Trump and Maduro
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to a man in Caracas about life in the city following the U.S. removing former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Multiple explosions rocked Venezuela's capital Caracas early on Saturday and columns of black smoke and aircraft could be seen, according to Reuters witnesses and images circulating on social media. A power outage affected the southern area of the city,
Venezuela’s oil decline began years before sanctions, but sanctions still hold the key to how much production could return and how quickly.
It was not immediately clear what caused the blasts. The United States has been building pressure on Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s authoritarian president, for months.
A day before, lines wound through stores and outside gas stations as uncertain Venezuelans stocked up on goods in case turmoil broke out.
Venezuela’s economy had seen some modest economic recovery after years of hyperinflation and food shortages. But President Trump’s economic pressure campaign has snuffed out that progress.
Venezuela's government declared a state of emergency and denounced what it called "extremely serious military aggression" by the U.S.
CARACAS (AP) — Un apagón dejó el viernes sin electricidad a la capital venezolana y a varios municipios de los estados vecinos de Miranda y La Guaira producto de las tormentas de lluvia y viento que azotan a la región central del país. El ministro de ...
CNBC's "Power Lunch" team breaks down oil markets amid Venezuela unrest after U.S. military action and the capture of leader Nicolas Maduro with Helima Croft, head of commodity strategy at RBC Capital Markets.