Although negotiations between Maduro and the opposition have yet to resume, the U.S. then renewed a license so that oil companies, including Chevron, could continue to perform only basic upkeep of wells they operate jointly with Venezuela’s state-run oil giant PDVSA. The White House als...
Gil's statement was in response to allegations made by the US Department of State that Venezuela had violated the human rights of a woman who was imprisoned. On Jan 16, Gil also responded to a statement by the US Department of State that it would continue to impose sanctions, or unilateral...
Two Spaniards, three US citizens, and a Czech have been arrestedin Venezuelaon suspicion of links to alleged plans to destabilize the South American country, a top Venezuela official said on Saturday. A spokesperson for the US State Department said "a US military member" had been detained in ...
“The people of Venezuela deserve to live in freedom in a democratic society governed by the rule of law,” State Department spokesman Robert Palladino said. “It is time to begin the orderly transition to a new government. We support the National Assembly’s call for all Venezuelans to work...
Quevedo, a former National Guard official who also serves as the head of the state oil company, has been personally sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for his involvement in funding the regime through PDVSA. Blackout "It affects all Venezuelans when they attack PDVSA, when blackouts ...
"We can confirm the detention of a U.S. military member and are aware of unconfirmed reports of two additional U.S. citizens detained in Venezuela," a State Department spokesperson told ABC News. "Any claims of U.S. involvement in a plot to overthrow Maduro are categ...
The US State Department said it had not received any communications from Venezuela and couldn’t comment yet on the new restrictions, which come after the US recently imposed a travel ban on a list of top Venezuelan officials accused of human rights violations. ...
The US State Department Dec. 4 said no decision has been made on reimposing sanctions on Venezuela following the passage of a referendum to annex neighboring Guyana's Essequibo region, in a dispute that could threaten war between the oil-rich South American countries.Platt's Oilgram News group...
The U.S. State Department has increased its travel advisory forVenezuelato its highest level of warning -- "Level 4: Do Not Travel." This places the South American country, embroiled in an economic and political crisis, in the same category as countries likeNorth Korea, Syria, Iran and Som...
Elliott Abrams, the State Department’s special representative for Venezuela and Iran, said in Senate testimony in August that the U.S. was not deporting Venezuelans because it's unsafe for them to return home. But by then Maduro’s government had cut off all travel to slow the spread ...