The Latest Breaking News from Venezuela

Two maximum security prisons will now house "all the new generation gangs involved in the criminal attacks," Maduro said

Masked men ransacked the headquarters of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado overnight as Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro threatened to arrest her. The United States, Costa Rica, Peru, Argentina and Uruguay on Friday recognized Maduro challenger Edmundo González, a Machado ally, as the winner of the disputed presidential vote.

Building on widespread sentiment and the incumbent Nicolás Maduro's refusal to provide transparent voting data, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said it "is clear" that opposition candidate Edmundo González won Sunday's Venezuelan presidential election, despite Maduro claiming he had secured 90% of the votes.

The Maduro government has claimed victory, but a lack of data has led several countries to avoid recognizing the result

The children of Victor Bustos wail and cling to his coffin in the living room of his modest home, struggling to comprehend his death during a protest against the disputed reelection of President Nicolas Maduro.

US Secretary of State asserts opposition victory in Venezuelan election, calls for transparency and peaceful transition amidst protests.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in hiding, fearing for safety, and alleging electoral fraud in President Maduro's re-election.

"Now it is up to the international community to decide whether to tolerate a demonstrably illegitimate government" she wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed

Diplomatic efforts by Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico to promote transparency in Venezuela's election results.