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FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2019 file photo, Juan Guaido, opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president of Venezuela, attends the weekly legislative session in Caracas, Venezuela. The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, issued an order giving Guaido’s team three months to negotiate a debt settlement. A $913 million payment due Monday could have triggered foreclosure. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Venezuela’s opposition gets reprieve in battle to keep Citgo

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Venezuela’s gas shortages stall ambulances in their tracks

By LUZ DARY DEPABLOS and 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

Venezuelan baseball league asks US for exception to ban

Associated Press

MLB bans players from Venezuelan Winter League

Associated Press

In this Wednesday, June 1, 2016, file photo, a hawker sells programs, with the iconic Citgo sign in the background, as fans walk from Kenmore Square to a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston. The Boston Landmarks Commission meets Tuesday to decide whether to launch a study to determine if the sign qualifies for preservation as a historic landmark. Thousands of Bostonians have signed a petition clamoring to save it. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ** FILE **

Citgo in Venezuela fight between Nicolas Maduro, Juan Guaido

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump walks away after speaking about the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, in Washington. Vice President Mike Pence is left. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Bolton warns foreigners that violate Venezuela asset freeze

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

This Nov. 30, 2006 file photo shows oil drills in Maracaibo Lake in Venezuela's oil rich Zulia state. The Trump administration needs to decide by July 27, 2019 whether or not to allow Chevron to keep operating in Venezuela. (AP Photo/Leslie Mazoch, File) **FILE**

Chevron is allowed to stay in Venezuela until October

By Luis Alonso Lugo - Associated Press

US sanctions Cuban firm to weaken Maduro’s hold in Venezuela

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Spain arrests former Venezuelan official on US warrant

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Nicaraguan bank sanctioned by US shuts down

By GABRIELA SELSER - Associated Press

Opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido speaks to supporters during a rally to protest outages that left most of the country scrambling for days in the dark in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 6, 2019. Rival political factions are taking the streets across Venezuela in a mounting struggle for control of the crisis-wracked nation recently hit by crippling blackouts. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

EDITORIAL: Confusion in the Caribbean invites meddling in Venezuela

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

US adds oil-sector firms, ships to Venezuela sanctions list

Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2019 file photo, Dennysse Vadell sits between her daughters Veronica, right, and Cristina holding a digital photograph of father and husband Tomeu who is currently jailed in Venezuela, in Katy, Texas, Friday. Tomeu Vadell is one of six executives from Houston-based Citgo who has spent 15 months jailed in Venezuela on what their families say are trumped-up corruption charges. (AP Photo/John L Mone, File, File)

AP Exclusive: Guaido’s Citgo snubs US execs in Caracas jail

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the lack of maintenance was a cause of the blackouts in Venezuela.

Mike Pompeo denies that U.S. is behind the blackouts in Venezuela

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Transformers and electrical equipment smolder at electrical substation in the Baruta area of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 11, 2019. An explosion rocked the power station early Monday, witnesses said, adding to the crisis created by days of nationwide power cuts. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Mike Pompeo denies U.S. role in Venezuela power outages

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Both House Republicans and Democrats had harsh words Thursday for Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro (right) and supported the international drive to force him out in favor of opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido. (ASSOCIATED PRESS photographs)

House Democrats divided over tough Venezuela policy

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2018 file photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin greet each other outside the Novo-Ogaryovo residence in Moscow, Russia. Russia is an ally of the Venezuelan president, who is under challenge from opposition leader Juan Guaido in a resurgence of the country’s political crisis after declaring presidential authority and vowing to oust the socialist leader. (Maxim Shemetov/Pool Photo via AP File)

Aid wars: US-Russia vie to ease Venezuelan crisis

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at Miraflores presidential palace, where a painting of independence hero Simon Bolivar hangs, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. Maduro is inviting a U.S. special envoy to come to Venezuela after revealing during the interview that his foreign minister recently held secret meetings with the U.S. official in New York. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Nicolas Maduro reveals secret meetings with U.S. envoy

By Joshua Goodman and Ian Phillips - Associated Press

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro listens during an interview with The Associated Press at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. Even while criticizing Donald Trump's confrontational stance toward his socialist government, Maduro said he holds out hope of meeting the U.S. president to resolve an impasse over his recognition of opponent Juan Guaido as Venezuela's rightful leader. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Nicolas Maduro reveals secret meetings with Elliott Abrams

By Ian Phillips and Joshua Goodman - Associated Press