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FILE- In this Monday, Feb. 18, 2019, file photo the Peace Palace, which houses the International Court of Justice, or World Court, is seen in The Hague, Netherlands. The United Nations' highest court ruled Friday Dec. 18, 2020, that it will intervene to settle a decades-old border dispute between Latin American neighbors Guyana and Venezuela. The decision by the International Court of Justice means it will now move to judge the merits of the case, which will likely take months or years. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

World court to intervene in Guyana-Venezuela border dispute

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Venezuelan village mourns 23 drownings, seeks those missing

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ - Associated Press

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)

Maduro, Diaz-Canel and Ortega watch Biden for U.S. change

By Frederic Puglie - Special to The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, file photo, a Smartmatic representative demonstrates his company's system, which has scanners and touch screens with printout options, at a meeting of the Secure, Accessible &amp; Fair Elections Commission in Grovetown, Ga. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Company targeted by vote fraud claims strikes back at Trump

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó holds hands with supporters during a visit to La Lucha neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. Guaidó’s coalition is holding a referendum which culminates on Saturday. It asks Venezuelans at home and abroad to say whether they wish to end President Nicolas Maduro’s rule and hold fresh presidential and legislative elections. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Maduro opponents claim big turnout in Venezuelan protest

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Manuel Mendoza hitches a ride in his wheelchair by grabbing on to the back of a motorcycle in the La Paz neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. Moving from one point to another usually takes hours due to the lack of public transportation available for our condition. The Caracas subway is not an option. &quot;The fastest way is to ask a person on a motorcycle to take you holding on to it,&quot; says Mendoza. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Crisis-torn Venezuela a challenge for those in wheelchairs

By JORGE RUEDA and MATÍAS DELACROIX - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 19, 2018 file photo, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, right, and then Vice President Tareck El Aissami tour the construction site of La Rinconada baseball stadium on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela. The prosecution of El Aissami, Venezuela’s Oil Minister, for violating U.S. sanctions has run into another snag after a federal judge on Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, allowed one of his co-defendants to withdraw a guilty plea over allegations U.S. attorneys withheld evidence in the case. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan, File)

Venezuelan official: Authorities thwart oil refinery attack

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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

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

Venezuela’s baseball season kicks off but virus takes a toll

By FABIOLA SANCHEZ - 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

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)

American oil executives guilty of corruption, Venezuela judge rules

By Scott Smith - 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. Tomeu Vadell, who is one of six U.S. oil executive jailed for three years in Venezuela, says in a letter from prison provided to The Associated Press on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, that it’s especially painful to be separated during the Thanksgiving season from from his wife, three adult children and a newborn grandson he’s never held. (AP Photo/John L Mone, File)

Venezuela judge convicts 6 American oil execs, orders prison

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Nancy Rodriguez, a 76-yar-old COVID-19 patient, wipes tears as she explains her battle with the virus under a tent for patients who will be discharged from the Peréz de León II Hospital, a public hospital where Doctors Without Borders operates in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Sept. 22, 2020. Venezuela's count of roughly 800 COVID-19 deaths among its more than 90,000 cases is likely an undercount, as many are fearful of the broken health care system and choose to stay home. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Doctors Without Borders ends COVID care in Venezuela clinic

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2019 file photo, the U.S flag flies outside the U.S. embassy in Caracas, Venezuela. U.S. charge d'affairs for Venezuela James Story and his team of fellow diplomats lowered the flag at the U.S. Embassy in March 2019, just a couple months after President Donald Trump recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela's legitimate leader. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

US has 1st ambassador in decade to Venezuela amid tensions

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Venezuela's 2012 Olympic champion in fencing, Ruben Limardo Gascon, cycles with a food delivery to clients in Lodz, Poland, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. Limardo Gascon needs the delivery job to support his family as he lives and trains in Poland and plans to win a medal at upcoming Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Venezuelan Olympian delivers food to support family

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and CZAREK SOKOLOWSKI - Associated Press

Uruguay's Luis Suarez celebrates after scoring from the penalty spot his side's second goal against Colombia during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at the Metropolitano stadium in Barranquilla, Colombia, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Brazil leads WCup qualifying group, Uruguay beats Colombia

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press