The U.S. government increased the rewards Friday for the capture of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro and his number two, Diosdado Cabello, to $25 million each, minutes after it said the dictator was “fraudulently” sworn in for a third presidential term.

Since his loss in Venezuela's election last year, governing for Maduro has largely become an exercise in repression and controlling the narrative. The post For Maduro, Silencing Venezuela's Opposition Has Become Job One appeared first on World Politics Review.

The United States will also extend temporary protections for roughly 600,000 Venezuelan migrants in the United States.

Venezuelans once again watched as Nicolás Maduro was sworn into office on Friday, donning the executive sash and declaring himself president despite irregularities and questions around his election.

Maduro’s inauguration seals an election outcome that opposition politicians and the US government say was stolen.

Edmundo González Urrutia, the Venezuelan opposition leader who claimed to have beaten current President Nicolás Maduro in an election in July, met with President Biden on Monday.

President-elect Donald Trump says Venezuela's embattled opposition leader must be protected as President Nicolas Maduro takes the oath of office for a third six-year term.

Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro was sworn in for a third presidential term on Friday, despite overwhelming evidence that he lost July’s presidential election to opposition leader Edmundo González,

She’s risking her life by fighting the Venezuelan regime and was briefly held by armed goons.

Puerto Rican Gov. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon published a letter to social media in which she expressed concern about Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's agenda.

Yesterday, opposition leader María Corina Machado posted a video on social media saying the moment was not right for his return. Recorded in hiding, she promised: “Edmundo will come to Venezuela to be sworn in as constitutional president of Venezuela at the right time.”

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term on Friday, following an election that many in the international community and the opposition considered rigged.