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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a press conference at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Dec 8, 2020. Maduro has cemented formal control over all major institutions of power in Venezuela with authorities reporting Monday that his political alliance easily won a majority in congress with 31% of Venezuelans eligible voters voting Sunday. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Official: Maduro allies win 91% of seats in Venezuela vote

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Guaidó launched a risky referendum on Monday, betting some of their prestige on hopes they hope can reignite a campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro in a nation suffering unprecedented economic and political crises that have spurred millions to flee abroad. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela’s Guaidó: Time to revise international sanctions

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

A government supporter shouts in support of parliamentary candidates representing the Great Patriotic Pole party at a closing campaign rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. Polling places in Venezuela open Sunday to elect members of the National Assembly in a vote championed by President Nicolás Maduro but rejected as a fraud by the nation's most influential opposition politicians. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Legislative election leaves Venezuela in political standoff

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

A government supporter shouts in support of parliamentary candidates representing the Great Patriotic Pole party at a closing campaign rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. Polling places in Venezuela open Sunday to elect members of the National Assembly in a vote championed by President Nicolás Maduro but rejected as a fraud by the nation's most influential opposition politicians. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela vote likely to give Congress to Maduro’s party

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks to supporters during a closing campaign rally for the upcoming National Assembly elections in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. Venezuelans will vote for a new National Assembly this Sunday, Dec 6. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela’s Maduro seeks to tighten his grip via election

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 16, 2015 file photo, Organization of American States, OAS, Secretary-General Luis Almagro gives a news conference at the 45th OAS General Assembly, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

OAS head urges international prosecutor to act on Venezuela

By CLAUDIA TORRENS and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

CITGO oil executives Jose Angel Pereira, from left to right, Gustavo Cardenas, Jorge Toledo, Jose Luis Zambrano, Tomeu Vadell and Alirio Jose Zambrano, standing outside the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service, in Caracas, Venezuela. (Posted on Twitter by Jorge Arreaza/Venezuela's Foreign Ministry via AP File)

Family of jailed oil exec asks for Venezuelan leader’s mercy

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

In this March 12, 2020, photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) **FILE**

Venezuelan president: Key oil refinery attacked; 2 detained

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez with his wife Lilian Tintori and their son and daughter pose for a photo after a news conference in Madrid on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. Prominent opposition activist Leopoldo López who has abandoned the Spanish ambassador's residence in Caracas and left Venezuela after years of frustrated efforts to oust the nation's socialist president is holding a news conference in Madrid. (AP Photo/Andrea Comas)

From Spain, top dissident vows to fight for free Venezuela

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 2, 2019 file photo, Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez smiles during a press conference at the gate of the Spanish ambassador's residence in Caracas, Venezuela. Lopez left the residence where he had been a guest since April 30, 2019 and is leaving Venezuela people close to the opposition leader said on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Opposition activist leaves embassy haven to flee Venezuela

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

The TIPCO tower stands in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. One of Asia's biggest asphalt companies, Tipco Asphalt, is helping Venezuela skirt harsh U.S. sanctions by moving hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of the state-run oil company PDVSA, according to an Associated Press investigation. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

To dodge sanctions, Venezuela turns to Asia asphalt giant

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Control of Venezuelan gold held in London cast into doubt

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

In this UNTV image, Nicolás Maduro Moros, President of Venezuela, speaks in a pre-recorded video message during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, at UN headquarters in New York. The U.N.'s first virtual meeting of world leaders started Tuesday with pre-recorded speeches from heads-of-state, kept at home by the coronavirus pandemic. (UNTV via AP)

Venezuela’s Maduro blasts US in speech to world leaders

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the United Nations, Secretary-General António Guterres speaks during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, at U.N. Headquarters in New York. The U.N.'s first virtual meeting of world leaders started Tuesday with pre-recorded speeches from some of the planet's biggest powers, kept at home by the coronavirus pandemic that will likely be a dominant theme at their video gathering this year. (Eskinder Debebe/UN via AP)

World leaders who skipped past UN meetings get their moment

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. (Nicholas Kamm/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Pompeo visits Guyana hoping to shore up support on Venezuela

By BERT WILKINSON - Associated Press

In this March 12, 2020, photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) **FILE**

Venezuelan president says US spy captured near refineries

Associated Press

Colombia targets ex US Green Beret behind anti-Maduro plot

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

This satellite image released by Maxar Technologies shows the FSO Nabarima oil tanker off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. The oil tanker listing off a remote Venezuelan coastline is triggering international calls for action. Critics of President Nicolas Maduro and maritime experts say the FSO Nabarima is taking on water and could sink. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

Damaged Venezuelan oil tanker drawing international concern

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 30, 2018 file photo, Venezuela's opposition leader Henrique Capriles speaks during an interview at his office in Caracas, Venezuela. Capriles broke on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, with U.S.-backed leader Juan Guaido, whose coalition has vowed to boycott the crisis-torn nation's upcoming congressional elections claiming they're rigged. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Venezuela opposition politician breaks with US-backed Guaidó

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

In this March 12, 2020, photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) **FILE**

Colombia arrests 3 Venezuelans tied to anti-Maduro plot

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press