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Larry Jimenez, 34, inflates his inner tube in preparation for open sea fishing, at Playa Escondida in La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. Venezuelans like Jimenez have turned to fishing the high sea on salvaged inner tubes for survival as the nationwide lockdown paralyzes an already crumbling economy and eliminates their jobs in construction and restaurants. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuelans brave open sea on tubes, fishing for survival

By MATIAS DELACROIX and JUAN PABLO ARRÁEZ - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo posted on Twitter on June 18, 2020 by Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, shows CITGO oil executives, from left, Jose Angel Pereira, Gustavo Cardenas, Jorge Toledo, Jose Luis Zambrano, Tomeu Vadell and Alirio Jose Zambrano, standing outside the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service, in Caracas, Venezuela. The six men, five Venezuelan-Americans, and one a permanent U.S. resident were lured to Caracas for a meeting in late 2017 at the offices of the Houston-based company's parent, state-run oil giant PDVSA when masked security agents entered a boardroom and hauled them away. (Posted on Twitter by Jorge Arreaza/Venezuela's Foreign Ministry via AP, File)

2 American oil execs jailed in Venezuela put on home arrest

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A view of the vessel the Clavel sailing on international waters crossing the Gibraltar stretch on Wednesday, May 20, 2020. Five Iranian tankers likely carrying at least $45.5 million worth of gasoline and similar products are now sailing to Venezuela, part of a wider deal between the two U.S.-sanctioned nations amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno)

Iran oil tanker reaches Venezuela; no sign of U.S. threat

By Scott Smith - Associated Press

In this April 27, 2020 photo, Daniel sits in grandmother's lap in their apartment in Caracas, Venezuela, as they chat via a messenger service with his father Misael Cocho. After fleeing Venezuela along with millions of others amid the country's grueling humanitarian crisis, Cocho made his way by bus to Peru — where he got odd jobs and sent money home monthly to support his mother and his 5-year-old son. But just after Cocho landed his steadiest work so far in Lima, the new coronavirus cases skyrocketed. He lost his job. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Virus prevents diaspora Venezuelans from sending money home

By SCOTT SMITH and CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

A girl wearing a mask to protect herself from the new coronavirus, waits at the entrance of the Fe y Alegria school as her mother drops off her homework, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 28, 2020. The schools uses Facebook and WhatsApp to send online homework assignments. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Shipping tycoon defends Venezuela gas delivery amid shortage

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2018 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Russian Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin during his flight to visit Chernigovets coal mine, in Beryozovsky, Kemerovo region, Russia. On Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, the Treasury Department slapped sanctions on Rosneft’s trading arm and its CEO, accusing the Geneva-based firm of providing a critical lifeline to Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Rosneft hands Venezuelan oil business to Russian state firm

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

In this March 12, 2020, file photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks at a press conference at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela. The Trump administration will announce Thursday, March 26, 2020, indictments against Maduro and members of his inner circle for effectively converting Venezuela's state into a criminal enterprise at the service of drug traffickers and terrorist groups, according to multiple people familiar with the situation. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File) **FILE**

Trump administration charges Venezuela President Maduro with drug trafficking

By Lauren Toms, Jeff Mordock and Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks at a press conference at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela. The Trump administration will announce Thursday, March 26, 2020, indictments against Maduro and members of his inner circle for effectively converting Venezuela's state into a criminal enterprise at the service of drug traffickers and terrorist groups, according to multiple people familiar with the situation. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

US indicts Venezuela’s Maduro on narcoterrorism charges

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

A member of the opposition holds up her handcuffed hands as she joins the start of a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Her signs read in Spanish &quot;No fear,&quot; and &quot;Diosdado assassin,&quot; referring to ruling party politician Diosdado Cabello. U.S.-backed Venezuelan political leader Juan Guaido will lead a march aimed at retaking the National Assembly legislative building, which opposition lawmakers have been blocked from entering. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuelan riot police drive off protesters with tear gas

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Self-proclaimed interim president of Venezuela and opposition leader Juan Guaido speaks at a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020. Guaido returned this week from an international tour seeking support to oust President Nicolas Maduro, violating a travel ban. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Portugal says airline suspension by Venezuela is unjustified

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A member of the Bolivarian National Militia brandishes a rifle during an invasion drill in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020. Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro ordered two days of nationwide military exercises, including participation of civilian militias. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Denouncing US, Venezuelan troops, militias stage drills

By JORGE RUEDA and MATIAS DELACROIX - Associated Press

President Donald Trump welcomes Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido to the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Opposition backers in Venezuela ask what’s next for Guaidó

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Venezuela's interim President Juan Guaido speaks to the media after a rally in Miami, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. Guaido told a large crowd of cheering expatriates in Miami on Saturday that he will soon make his return to Caracas from an international tour with the “world's backing” to oust President Nicolás Maduro. (AP Photo/Gaston De Cardenas)

Guaidó rallies Venezuelan expats in Miami at end of tour

By GISELA SALOMON and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

A man holding a sign with a message that reads in Spanish: &quot;No more dictatorship,&quot; takes part in a demonstration led by opposition politician Juan Guaido, who’s urging masses into the streets to force President Nicolas Maduro from power, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. Guaido called nationwide demonstrations to re-ignite a campaign against Maduro launched in January that has lost steam in recent months. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuela’s Guaidó leads thousands in anti-Maduro protest

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

In this Oct. 31, 2019 photo, Yenika Calderon, 41, holds her 10-month-old baby Gael, while standing inside her apartment with suitcases packed with personal belongings to sell at a secondhand market, in Caracas, Venezuela. Deciding that it's time to abandon her crisis-torn homeland of Venezuela, Calderon hopes the money she makes will give her young family a fresh start far away in Spain. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuelans charting escape selling off past at flea markets

By CAMILLE RODRÍGUEZ MONTILLA - Associated Press

In this Oct. 31, 2019 photo, Yenika Calderon, 41, holds her 10-month-old baby Gael, while standing inside her apartment with suitcases packed with personal belongings to sell at a secondhand market, in Caracas, Venezuela. Deciding that it's time to abandon her crisis-torn homeland of Venezuela, Calderon hopes the money she makes will give her young family a fresh start far away in Spain. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuelans charting escape selling off past at flea markets

By CAMILLE RODRÍGUEZ MONTILLA - Associated Press

The stadium is partially empty during the opening winter season game between Los Leones de Caracas and Los Tigres de Aragua in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. A deepening crisis has left her nation in shambles, and a recent curve ball from the Trump administration has prevented big league players in the MLB from taking the field, stripping away star-power that fans have come to expect over decades. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Crisis throws curve ball at opening of Venezuelan baseball

By JORGE RUEDA and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

In this October 2, 2019 photo, girls play as they wait to enter on their first day of school, in Caracas, Venezuela. The school year recently began amid the once-wealthy country's deepening crisis, with more teachers and students abandoning their homeland, leaving classrooms empty. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Teachers who don’t flee Venezuela get side gigs to survive

By SCOTT SMITH and JORGE RUEDA - Associated Press

In this Oct. 8, 2019 photo, gas station attendant Leowaldo Sanchez poses with food items he was paid with by motorists: a bottle of cooking oil, a kilogram if rice and a package of corn flour, as he works at the pump in San Antonio de los Altos on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela. Bartering at the pump has taken off as hyperinflation makes Venezuela’s paper currency, the bolivar, hard to find and renders some denominations all but worthless, so that nobody will accept them. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuelans buy gas with cigarettes to battle inflation

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

In this Sept. 17, 2019, photo, Carlos Vecchio, an exiled politician who the U.S. recognizes as Venezuela’s ambassador, points to a blank section of a wall where artwork once hung inside the Ambassador's residence in Washington. U.S. officials are investigating the possible looting from Venezuela of valuable European and Latin American artwork they believe is being quietly plundered by government insiders as Nicolas Maduro struggles to keep a grip on power. “This is just the tip of the iceberg,” Vecchio said. “If this is what they’ve managed to do with some artwork at a single diplomatic mission, you can imagine what they’ve done inside Venezuela.” (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

AP Exclusive: US helping Venezuela’s Guaido track stolen art

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press