/tags/venezuelan-dictatorship Venezuelan dictatorship en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:35:00 GMT /americas/2026-02-10/venezuelans-test-limits-of-new-freedoms Weeks after Nicolás Maduro's ousting, Venezuelans stage protests and vigils to release political prisoners, as the country's Congress prepares to vote on an amnesty law. Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:35:00 GMT /americas/2026-02-10/venezuelans-test-limits-of-new-freedoms Manuel Rueda /americas/2025-12-01/venezuelan-leader-maduro-may-seem-desperate-but-his-loyalty-vs-punishment-strategy-is-hard-to-crack Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was once critical of English. But he now sings John Lennon's "Imagine" and promotes peace with his newest catchphrase "No War, Yes Peace." Venezuela's opposition says this is a display of desperation. Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:20:00 GMT /americas/2025-12-01/venezuelan-leader-maduro-may-seem-desperate-but-his-loyalty-vs-punishment-strategy-is-hard-to-crack Regina Garcia Cano| Associated Press /news/2022-03-15/to-lift-or-not-to-lift-biden-overture-sparks-oil-sanctions-debate-among-venezuelans The possibility of relaxing U.S. sanctions on Venezuelan oil to replace banned Russian oil raises a larger issue of whether they have a real effect on the Maduro regime. Tue, 15 Mar 2022 10:00:00 GMT /news/2022-03-15/to-lift-or-not-to-lift-biden-overture-sparks-oil-sanctions-debate-among-venezuelans Tim Padgett /show/latin-america-report/2017-08-14/venezuelan-regime-hunts-down-opposition-figures-more-expected-in-exile-here The targets on the backs of Venezuelans like Gustavo Marcano grow larger by the day.Marcano is the mayor of the eastern Venezuelan city of Lechería. Like… Mon, 14 Aug 2017 23:58:00 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2017-08-14/venezuelan-regime-hunts-down-opposition-figures-more-expected-in-exile-here Tim Padgett