The Latest Breaking News from Venezuela

Opponents of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday decried a worsening crackdown 48 hours before he is to be sworn in following elections he is widely accused to have stolen.

Kidnapping of opposition leader's son-in-law in Caracas raises political tensions in Venezuela.

Restrictions come as TikTok failed to meet authorities' request to appoint a local representative. It isn't the first time, however, that Venezuela blocked a social media app.

Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, will be sworn in as president for a record third term on January 10, four months after being declared the winner of the country’s highly contentious election. Maduro will receive the standard obeisance from his cronies and will hug the limelight, but plenty of Venezuelans will…

The group includes former presidents Andrés Pastrana of Colombia, Felipe Calderón of Mexico and Jorge Quiroga of Bolivia

Venezuela's "colectivos," groups of armed civilian volunteers accused of committing violence on behalf of Nicolas Maduro's pariah regime, are poised to pounce on opposition protests called for the eve of the president's swearing-in ceremony.

Venezuela is on tenterhooks as it braces for pro- and anti-government protests Thursday -- the eve of President Nicolas Maduro's swearing-in for a third term rejected by the opposition and much of the international community as illegitimate.

President Maduro said the group included mercenaries and ‘hit men’, describing two US detainees as ‘very high level’.

Venezuela's Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who the opposition says won a July presidential election over incumbent Nicolas Maduro, said Tuesday his son-in-law was detained by "hooded men."

Joe Biden called the exiled Venezuelan leader "the true winner" of the country's presidential election last July

Edmundo González seeks to bolster his international backing as he plans to return to Venezuela and challenge Maduro's plan to claim a third term