Topic: Nicolas Maduro

In his final hours in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order protecting tens of thousands of Venezuelan refugees in the United States from deportation.

The United States on Tuesday sanctioned a network of oil entities that officials say have helped the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro escape existing penalties.

The Trump administration has imposed sanctions against a Venezuelan judge and prosecutor for their rules in last month's sentencing of six U.S. oil executives known as the Citgo 6.

The Trump administration has separately leveled sanctions against Nicaraguan government officials and businesses controlled by the Cuban military.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has claimed a landslide victory in National Assembly elections viewed as illegitimate by much of the Western world, dealing a blow to U.S.-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido.

Venezuela conducts an elections for its National Assembly on Sunday, which opposition leader Juan Guaido -- who currently heads the legislative body -- is protesting.

The Trump administration on Monday targeted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by sanctioning a Chinese technology company it accuses of supporting the embattled regime's efforts to undermine democracy.

North Korea state media delivered a veiled criticism of the United States in an article on the "situation in Venezuela," days after the United States threatened to destroy any Iranian missiles shipped there.

The Trump administration on Monday released a new round of sanctions against the Iranian oil industry, in a campaign to further tighten the economic screws on Iran.

A British appeals court in London overturned a lower ruling Monday to clear the way for the Venezuelan government to receive a stash of gold worth nearly $2 billion it had stored in the Bank of England.