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Trump says U.S. wasn’t involved in failed raid in Venezuela

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Security forces guard the shore area and a boat in which authorities claim a group of armed men landed in the port city of La Guaira, Venezuela, Sunday, May 3, 2020. Interior Minister Nestor Reverol said on state television that security forces overcame before dawn Sunday an armed maritime incursion with speedboats from neighboring Colombia in which several attackers were killed and others detained. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Trump denies ties to Venezuelan attack with 2 US men jailed

By SCOTT SMITH and JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Venezuela's Attorney General Tarek William Saab holds up twitter posts during a press conference regarding what the government calls a failed attack over the weekend aimed at overthrowing President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, May 4, 2020. The twitter posts are between two members of the opposition, Humberto Calderon and Yon Goicoechea. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuela: 2 US ‘mercenaries’ among those nabbed after raid

By SCOTT SMITH and JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who is backed by President Trump, denied any involvement in a failed attempt to topple President Nicolas Maduro over the weekend. The Trump administration has long supported efforts to oust Mr. Maduro. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

U.S., opposition disavow aborted anti-Nicolas Maduro ‘invasion’ bid in Venezuela

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Security forces patrol in the port city of La Guaira, Venezuela, Sunday, May 3, 2020. Interior Nestor Reverol said on state television that security forces overcame before dawn Sunday an armed maritime incursion with speedboats from neighboring Colombia in which several attackers were killed and others detained. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Ex-Green Beret claims he led foiled raid into Venezuela

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Venezuelan prison riot leaves dozens dead; warden injured

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ - 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

Opposition leader Juan Guaido speaks during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) ** FILE **

Juan Guaido, Venezuelan opposition leader, denies talks, accuses Nicolas Maduro regime of bad faith

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2020 file photo, the National Assembly stands in Caracas, Venezuela. Opposition lawmakers in Venezuela quietly agreed on the second week of April 2020, to pay themselves a $5,000 a month when they approved special $100 bonuses for doctors and nurses battling the coronavirus, a large payout for a nation where most workers are scraping by on couple of dollars a month, according to people involved in the process. (AP Photo/Andrea Hernandez Briceño, File)

Sources: Guaido allies take slice of first Venezuela budget

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

People stand close to their vehicles as they wait in line to fill up their vehicles with gasoline in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 11, 2020. Lines at gas stations around the country's capital looked getting longer Saturday. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuela turns to Iran for a hand restarting its gas pumps

By SCOTT SMITH and JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

A city worker, dressed in protective gear, asks people waiting for a bus to maintain a safe social distance as a measure to curb the spread of the new coronavirus in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Representatives of Venezuela’s Maduro, Guaido begin secret talks: Report

By Lauren Toms - 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)

Trump tells Chevron to “wind down” oil fields in Venezuela

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

A doctor shows a negative quick coronavirus test in a tent set up at the entrance of a hospital in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Venezuela is going about testing its citizens unlike any other country: Mass deployment of a rapid blood antibody test from China that checks for proteins that develop a week or more after someone is infected, while using on a much smaller scale the gold-standard nasal swab exam that detects the virus from the onset. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela’s go-to test for fighting virus raising questions

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO and SCOTT SMITH and FABIOLA SANCHEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 21, 2012 file photo, carrying a sign that reads in Spanish &quot;We, the Kueca's grandchildren, are fighting until it is given us back,&quot; an Indigenous woman participates in a protest outside the German embassy to demand the immediate repatriation of a rock they call the &quot;Kueka Stone,&quot; in Caracas, Venezuela. The massive stone considered sacred by the indigenous community was returned home Thursday, April 16, 2020, after a German artist shipped it to Berlin over two decades ago as part of a public exhibition. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Sacred Venezuelan stone back home after hiatus in Berlin

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Soldiers loyal to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro are guarding gas stations as lines get longer amid a reduction in oil production. (Associated Press)

Elliott Abrams: U.S. to press Venezuela proposal despite rising coronavirus fears

By Madison Hirneisen - The Washington Times

In this March 31, 2020, photo, Venezuelan police officers present a suspect arrested at a multiday party in Caracas, Venezuela, that violated Nicolas Maduro’s order on large gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic. (Courtesy of Venezuelan Chief Prosecutor’s Office via AP)

Sex. Drugs. Virus. Venezuela elites still party in pandemic

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

As coronavirus spreads, some Venezuelans opt to return home

By MARKO ALVAREZ - Associated Press

Men stand close to their cars as they wait for hours to fill their cars up with gasoline in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, April 02, 2020. Lines at gas stations around the country's capital are getting longer and longer with some saying it was only this bad during the oil worker's strike of 2002. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

AP Sources: Shipping tycoon helps Venezuela in quest for gas

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Washington, as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley, listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump: US to deploy anti-drug Navy ships near Venezuela

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

A worker inspects bottles of antiseptic alcohol at the Santa Teresa rum factory in La Victoria, Aragua state, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Venezuela's premier rum distillery and one of Venezuela's few private businesses says that most of its production will be for antiseptic alcohol, in an effort to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuelan crown jewel rum distillery takes on coronavirus

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press