Half a century ago, Venezuela was one of the world's richest nations. Today, decades of economic collapse have driven nearly a quarter of its population to flee the country. On January 3, the US ...

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said in an interview late Wednesday that the collapse of the governments in Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba within the next six months is "entirely possible," arguing the United ...

The rapid collapse and poor maintenance of Venezuela's oil industry, aggravated by U.S. sanctions, have caused a massive and widespread environmental catastrophe with immense volumes of petroleum ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The middle-of-the-night kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro shocked the ...

Venezuela transitioned from a close U.S. ally after the 1958 dictatorship collapse and through the anti-Communist Betancourt presidency, becoming a key source of oil and a counterweight to Cuba during ...