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In this April 6, 2019, photo, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro raises his fist to supporters rallying at the presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) **FILE**

Pence says Maduro ‘must go’ as Navy aids Venezuelan refugees

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Brazil's Phlippe Coutinho celebrates scoring his side's second goal against Bolivia during a Copa America Group A soccer match at the Morumbi stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, June 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Victor Caivano)

Brazil faces Venezuela in Copa America with Coutinho as key

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Venezuela's opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim President Juan Guaido gives a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, June 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela’s Guaidó grapples with case of alleged corruption

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

In this April 6, 2019, photo, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro raises his fist to supporters rallying at the presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) **FILE**

Diplomats: Europeans weigh sanctions on Venezuela’s Maduro

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Venezuelan migrants rest while another group stands in line to enter am immigration office in Tumbes, Peru, Friday, June 14, 2019. Venezuelan citizens are rushing to enter Peru before the implementation of new entry requirements on migrants fleeing the crisis-wracked South American nation. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Venezuelans rush to Peru before new requirements take effect

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO and MARTÍN MEJIA - Associated Press

The Latest: Diplomats meet in Sweden to discuss Venezuela

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In this May 15, 2019 photo, people sleep on the sidewalk to escape from the heat, due to the lack of electricity in their homes that does not allow them to run their air conditioners and fans, during a blackout in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Maracaibo's sweltering heat approaches 100 degrees (37 centigrade) most days, making the air conditioner a must. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Venezuela’s massive blackout sparks boom in generator sales

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Venezuelans line up at an immigration processing office on the Rumichaca bridge, before crossing the border from Colombia to Ecuador, Thursday, June 13, 2019. Venezuelan migrants are making their way to Peru, where on June 15, the country will start requiring them to have a passport and a humanitarian visa. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Russia, other key powers discuss Venezuelan crisis in Sweden

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Venezuela introduces new banknotes as inflation soars

Associated Press

Venezuelans showing their IDs line up to cross the Simon Bolivar international bridge into Cucuta, Colombia, Saturday, June 8, 2019. Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro ordered the partial re-opening of the border that has been closed since February when he stationed containers on the bridge to block an opposition plan to deliver humanitarian aid into the country. (AP Photo/Ferley Ospina)

Thousands pour into Colombia as Venezuela reopens border

By MANUEL RUEDA and LUZ DARY DEPABLOS - Associated Press

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks to supporters outside Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, May 20, 2109. Maduro is celebrating the anniversary of his disputed re-election amid a growing humanitarian crisis and political upheaval. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Mike Pompeo: ‘Sounds great’ if Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro ends up in European villa

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Venezuela's opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido, right, poses for selfies with supporters, after a meeting at a hotel in Valencia, Venezuela, June 7, 2019. A member of Venezuela's opposition said that a mediation effort by Norway is stalling over Nicolás Maduro's refusal to accept presidential elections to resolve the nation's political crisis. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Hernandez)

The Latest: US will recognize expired Venezuelan passports

Associated Press

Mexico's Roberto Alvarado (24) and Venezuela's Roberto Rosales (16) vie for the ball in the first half of an international friendly soccer match Wednesday, June 5, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Martino, Mexico use shuffling roster to beat Venezuela

By GEORGE HENRY - Associated Press

Venezuela's opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido looks out at supporters during a rally in Barinas, Venezuela, Saturday, June 1, 2019. Guaido is taking his campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro to the birthplace of Hugo Chavez, the socialist leaders's mentor. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela admits — finally — economic collapse

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Chile's Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero, left, Peru's Foreign Minister Nestor Popolizio, center, and Canada's Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, members of the Lima Group, attend a news conference after their meeting at United Nations headquarters, Monday, June 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

International groups focused on Venezuela crisis meet at UN

Associated Press

Canada suspends operations at embassy in Venezuela

By ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2016 file photo, Norwegian diplomat Dag Nylander, left, applauds as Ivan Marquez, chief negotiator of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, center, and Humberto de La Calle, head of Colombia's government peace negotiation team, shakes hands after signing a peace agreement, in Havana, Cuba. Nylander is a Latin America specialist who between 2012 and 2016 served as one of two facilitators in negotiations aimed at ending Colombia´s long armed conflict. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan, File)

Norwegian diplomat pushes Venezuela talks against the odds

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2019 file photo, Univision's Jorge Ramos shows a video he says his crew shot the previous day showing Venezuelan youth picking food scraps out of the back of a garbage truck in Caracas, during an interview at a hotel in Caracas, Venezuela. The Univision television network said Thursday, May 30, that it has recovered the video of a contentious interview with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro that was confiscated after he cut it short, angered by critical questions from journalist Jorge Ramos. (AP Photo, File)

Univision says it recovered contentious Maduro interview

By JORGE RUEDA - Associated Press

Colombian cities hit by Venezuela gasoline shortages

By MANUEL RUEDA - Associated Press

A masked gangster who goes by the nickname &quot;El Negrito&quot; poses for a portrait with his gun inside his gang's safe-house in the Petare slum of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, May 13, 2019. The 24-year-old, who says he’s lost track of his murder count, is quick to gripe about how Venezuela’s failing economy is cutting into his profits and has considered leaving the trade in Venezuela and emigrating. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

In Venezuela, criminals feel the pinch of an economic crisis

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press