Venezuela

After nearly a year in exile, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returned to Caracas amid the nation’s U.S.-led regime transition. The Nobel laureate announced her return on X, writing, "I am here. With you." ¡Este día lo vamos a recordar siempre! Juntos alcanzaremos la Libertad. 🇻🇪 https://t.co/WTpT1LChYl — María Corina Machado (@MariaCorinaYA) October 26, […]

Reps. Carlos A. Gimenez (R) and María Elvira Salazar (R), two Florida Cuban American lawmakers, commended the state of Florida’s recently secured arrest warrant against former Cuban leader Raúl Castro. The lawmakers' reactions follow Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier's announcement that the state obtained the warrant on Castro for conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in […]

Secretary Marco Rubio announced progress in Venezuela’s regime transition following talks with Dinorah Figuera, Venezuela’s 2015 National Assembly President. ‘Following Operation Absolute Resolve, tangible progress has been achieved during the first two rounds of talks with the interim authorities,” Secretary Rubio wrote on X. “Looking ahead to the next round of talks beginning October 14, […]

Delcy Rodriguez, the interim president of Venezuela, announced reforms to its controversial statute aimed at suppressing political dissidents. In a statement published on X, Rodriguez shared an official document requesting a partial reform to Venezuela’s 2017 Constitutional Law Against Hate, for Peaceful Coexistence and Tolerance. “We continue to take steps toward a new stage of […]

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) called out the Trump administration for keeping the Maduro Regime in power in Venezuela following the capture of its former dictator Nicolás Maduro. The Congresswoman’s comments come nearly a week after President Trump met with Delcy Rodriguez, Venezuela's current interim president, in New York City amid the 81st United Nations […]

Alex Saab, the long-described “bag man” of deposed Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro, has pleaded guilty to a single count of money laundering linked to an alleged bribery conspiracy to secure lucrative government contracts in Venezuela. Saab's Role In the Scheme The recent indictment accused the former Minister of Industry and National Production of Venezuela of […]

As part of the recently announced U.S.-Venezuela oil agreement, U.S.-backed oil company North American Blue Energy Partners (NABEP) is set to take over and reinvest in several Venezuelan oil fields. “In connection with this agreement, the Venezuelan interim authorities have granted NABEP, a privately held oil company that is the second-largest private Venezuelan oil producer […]

President Donald Trump recently announced a landmark oil agreement with Venezuela, promising to lower gas prices across the country. “The United States of America has just entered into an Agreement with the Country of Venezuela on, THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY!” President Trump wrote on Truth Social. According to the president, the deal […]

Following a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the State Department’s annual budget request, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) spoke with The Floridian publisher Javier Manjarres to discuss his views on Secretary of State Marco Rubiorecent testimony in the Senate about how the U.S. addressing the political and humanitarian challenges in Venezuela and Cuba. “Oh, he […]

Former U.S. Representative David Rivera and his associate, Esther Nuhfer, were convicted in connection with a secret $50 million Venezuelan lobbying campaign. According to the Associated Press (AP), jurors in a Miami federal court found Rivera and Nuhfer guilty on all counts of conspiracy to commit money laundering and tax evasion as part of their […]

A commercial flight from the U.S. to Venezuela took off for the first time in nearly seven years, a historic effort between the two nations as they continue to bolster economic ties following the arrest of deposed former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. According to CNN, the inaugural American Airlines flight is expected to last just […]

Echoing what his fellow congressional colleagues, Reps. Carlos Gimenez (R) and Mario Diaz-Balart (R), have been saying that Rep. Byron Donalds (R) asserted his belief that regime change in Communist Cuba needs to occur. “I believe there needs to be full-scale regime change in Cuba,” said Rep. Donalds during a meeting on Meet the Press. […]

American Airlines announced plans to resume flights to Venezuela “as soon as April 30,” amid pending government approvals and security measures. The airline’s proposal includes “daily nonstop service between Miami (MIA) and Caracas, Venezuela (CSC).” “American was the first airline to announce plans to restart service to Venezuela, and we are encouraged by the progress […]

The U.S. has lifted sanctions against Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, according to an Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) action notice on the U.S. Department of the Treasury website. Her removal from the Treasury Department’s OFAC sanctions list ends prohibitions that prevent U.S. companies and investors from doing business with Rodriguez, at the risk […]

In a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin, Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar called on the agency to resume processing citizenship applications and naturalization ceremonies for Cuban and Venezuelan applicants while maintaining enhanced security screening procedures. According to a media release from the Representative’s Office, Congresswoman Salazar outlined three specific requests in […]

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs announced on Mar. 30, 2026, that the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, has reopened for business. “Resuming operations at U.S. Embassy Caracas marks a new chapter in our diplomatic presence in Venezuela," the Bureau wrote in a post via X. "This step strengthens our ability […]

In an exclusive interview with The Floridian's Publisher Javier Manjarres, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) commented on the current relationship between the U.S. and Venezuela, declaring that Venezuela has to "transition towards democracy." It has been nearly three months since the U.S. military operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his […]

MIAMI — Secretary of State Marco Rubio will testify Tuesday morning in the federal trial of  former Congressman David Rivera, who has been accused of secretly lobbying for the Maduro regime during President Donald Trump's first term in office. Secretary Rubio, who has been a close friend to Rivera, will most likely be asked about […]