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In this Feb. 19, 2015, file photo, the sun sets behind an oil well in a field near El Tigre, Venezuela. Ministers from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and non-OPEC nations led by Russia meet in Vienna on Friday, June 22, 2018, and Saturday, June 23. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Venezuela sanctions complicated by oil price increase

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

Barbara Barca, center, a survivor of the stampede at a crowded nightclub, is hugged by relatives as they leave police headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, June 16, 2018. Venezuela's government says 17 people were killed early Saturday after a tear gas device was set off during a nightclub brawl in the capital, leading hundreds of people to flee. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

17 killed in stampede after brawl at crowded Caracas club

By Fabiola Sanchez and Clbyburn Saint John - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, right, talks as Joshua Holt, who was recently released from a prison in Venezuela, joins him in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, May 26, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Man held in Venezuela for 2 years is welcomed home by Trump

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

In this July 13, 2016 file photo, Laurie Holt holds a photograph of her son Josh Holt at her home, in Riverton, Utah. Josh Holt has been released from a jail in Venezuela after spending nearly two years behind bars on weapons charges. Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch said on Twitter Saturday, May 26, 2018, that Joshua Holt had been released. President Donald Trump tweeted that it was “good news,” adding that Holt “should be landing in D.C. this evening and be in the White House, with his family, at about 7:00 P.M.” (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) **FILE**

Freed after 2 years, man jailed in Venezuela returns to US

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

Mike Pompeo focused on North Korea denuclearization

The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo waits to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Mike Pompeo says ‘bad deal not an option’ with North Korea

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Laurie Holt holds a photograph of her son Joshua Holt, who has been jailed in Venezuela for several months, at her home, in Riverton, Utah. In two short videos shot on a cell phone and posted Wednesday, May 16, 2018, on his Facebook page Joshua Holt said his life was threatened during a disturbance by inmates that include President Nicolas Maduro’s top opponents. Venezuela’s chief prosecutor sent a commission to the jail to discuss the prisoners’ demands. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Utah man jailed in Venezuela pleas for freedom in video

By BY JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Correction: Venezuela-Chevron Employees Arrested story

Associated Press

In this July 13, 2016, file photo, Laurie Holt holds a photograph of her son Joshua Holt at her home, in Riverton, Utah. A secret backchannel has opened up in 2018, between normally hostile Venezuelan and U.S. officials to discuss the possible release of Joshua Holt, jailed for more than 20 months in the volatile South American nation, multiple congressional sources have told the AP. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Venezuela opens backchannel over jailed American, say U.S. aides

By Joshua Goodman - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a joint press conference with Colombia's President Juan Manuel after they met at the presidential palace in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Rex Tillerson’s Venezuela threats get tepid reaction in Latin America

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Venezuelan ex-official detained in Spain on US warrant

By ARITZ PARRA and JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s leader: ‘Mr. Donald Trump, here is my hand’

By Fabiola Sanchez - Associated Press

Opposition lawmakers shout "Fraud, fraud during a session of Venezuelan National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. The CEO of the voting technology company Smartmatic said Wednesday that results of Venezuela's election for an all-powerful constituent assembly were off by at least 1 million votes. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuelan assembly to open amid protests

By Fabiola Sanchez and Christine Armario - Associated Press

In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures after he casts his ballot as he votes for a constitutional assembly in Caracas, Venezuela on Sunday, July 30, 2017. (Miraflores Press Office via AP)

Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s president, disputes vote-tampering allegation

By Fabiola Sanchez and Christine Armario - Associated Press

A pedestrian walks next to a message on a wall formed with Venezuelan currency that reads in Spanish: “The Constituent Assembly is a fraud”, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, July 31, 2017. Electoral authorities said more than 8 million people voted Sunday to create a constitutional assembly endowing President Nicolas Maduro's ruling party with virtually unlimited powers - a figure widely disputed by independent analysts. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

The Latest: 2 Venezuelan judges shelter in Chilean residence

Associated Press

A demonstrator gets ready to throw a gasoline bomb during clashes with security forces in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 4, 2017. Opposition protests demanding new elections and decrying triple-digit inflation, food shortages and worsening crime continue as President Nicolas Maduro pushes forward with his plan to draft a new constitution. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuelan cop behind helicopter heist reappears in video

Associated Press

Laurie Holt holds a photo of her son during an interview at their home Wednesday, June 28, 2017, in Riverton, Utah. Still imprisoned after a year, his parents are growing worried their son will die in the Caracas jail with no relief in sight and growing volatility in the South American country. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

1 year later, Utah man stuck in Venezuela jail amid unrest

By BRADY McCOMBS and JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press