Venezuela

Venezuela and China announced the elevation of the two countries’ relationship to an all-weather strategic partnership, following Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping. Eugene Puryear and Rania Khalek discuss what the deepening relationship means for the emerging multipolar world. 

New relationships are growing and strengthening among countries in the Global South. Leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting, while Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro traveled to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. What do these big geopolitical shifts mean for the...

In his first interview with a U.S. media outlet, Venezuela’s new Foreign Minister Carlos Faria sat down with BT’s Rania Khalek during the UN General Assembly. They discussed his personal background in the Venezuelan left, how the Russia-Ukraine conflict has affected his country and how the U.S. effort to isolate...

The United Socialist Party of Venezuela won a super majority in the parliamentary election. Juan Guaidó’s coup is effectively dead. Will the US finally recognize the Venezuelan elections or continue to push fantasies?

BT News correspondent Kei Pritsker reported on the elections live in Venezuela on our social media pages. Here are some of the highlights. The Day Before the Election What’s at stake in Venezuela’s National Assembly elections tomorrow? 107 parties on the ballot. The US government is doubling down in support...

It’s not just the U.S. that’s entering election season. In Bolivia, the race has become a struggle over the legitimacy of the coup government, while in Venezuela Juan Guaidó has been abandoned by broad sections of the opposition that has chosen to participate. Eugene and Manolo de los Santos discuss...

While the coronavirus pandemic ravages the United States, the Trump administration is still making time to amp up its regime change efforts around the world. With sanctions tightening and military threats escalating, the Justice Department put a bounty on the head of Venezuelan President Maduro. But this move quickly backfired....