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Iran carrier begins direct flights to Venezuela

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Venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido speaks to supporters during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, April 5, 2019. The U.S. and about 50 other countries contend Nicolas Maduro's election last year was illegitimate and support Guaido's claim to the presidency. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Venezuela street rallies show deep divide in power struggle

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a news conference following a visit to Lamb Farms, Inc., Thursday, April 4, 2019, in Lebanon, Ind. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

U.S. imposes new sanctions on Maduro’s state-owned oil company

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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

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Switzerland to represent US interests in Venezuela

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

A Venezuelan migrant waits for traffic to come to a standstill so that she can ask drivers for spare change, in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, April 4, 2019. According to U.N. children's agency UNICEF, as a result of the Venezuela migrant crisis, 1.1 million children will need help across Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

UNICEF: Venezuelan children on the move need help

By CESAR GARCIA - Associated Press

Presidential hopeful U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, listens to a question during a campaign stop at a brewery in Peterborough, N.H., Friday, March 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Tulsi Gabbard accuses CNN’s Fareed Zakaria of ‘trying to goad Trump into going to war with Russia’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

A children bathes in a brook in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Since a massive power failure struck on March 7, the nation has experienced near-daily blackouts and a breakdown in critical services such as running water and public transportation. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

14 US senators introduce bill on the crisis in Venezuela

By LUIS ALONSO LUGO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, April 1, 2019 file photo, Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, left, speaks during a joint news conference with Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara, Turkey. Venezuela’s foreign minister in the Middle East, said Wednesday in Lebanon that opposition leader Juan Guaidó is in breach of the constitution and that the judiciary has to “take care” of it. Arreaza met with Lebanon’s president and foreign minister and is expected to meet with an official from the Hezbollah militant group before traveling onward to Syria. (Turkish Foreign Ministry via AP, Pool, File)

Venezuelan FM visits anti-US allies in Mideast

By ANDREA ROSA - Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence, center, sitting next to Carlos Anez, left, and Veronica Vadell Weggeman, right, listens during a meeting in the Vice President's Ceremonial Office on the White House complex in Washington, with family members of the six Citgo executives currently detained in Venezuela, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Pence calls for release of Americans held in Venezuela

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

National Constituent Assembly members attend a session in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Lawmakers loyal to President Nicolas Maduro considered whether to strip National Assembly leader Juan Guaido of immunity on Tuesday in a move that would pave the way to prosecute and potentially arrest him for allegedly violating the constitution after declaring himself interim president. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Maduro loyalists strip Venezuela’s Juan Guaido of immunity

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Juan Guaido, right, President of National Assembly and self-proclaimed interim president speaks with lawmaker Delsa Solorzano during a session of the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Venezuela's chief justice on Monday asked lawmakers of the rival pro-government National Constituent Assembly to strip Guaido of his parliamentary immunity, taking a step toward prosecuting him for alleged crimes as he seeks to oust President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

The Latest: Venezuela’s Guaidó recognizes risk of arrest

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Turkey pledges continued support to Venezuela’s Maduro

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Ex-pat composes concerto for Venezuela amid political chaos

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A supporter of Venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido, blows a whistle as she waits for his arrival in Los Teques, Miranda State, Venezuela, Saturday, March 30, 2019. Guaido took his campaign for change to one of the country's most populous states on Saturday, while supporters of the man he is trying to oust, President Nicolas Maduro, held a rival demonstration in the capital after another nationwide blackout. (AP Photo/Boris Vergara)

Venezuela’s Maduro announces power rationing amid outages

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

Her face painted in the colors of the national flag, a supporter of opposition leader Juan Guaido, Venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president, waits for his arrival in Los Teques, Miranda State, Venezuela, Saturday, March 30, 2019. Guaido addressed the crowd while Maduro loyalists gathered for what was billed as an &quot;anti-imperialist&quot; rally in the capital. Such dueling demonstrations have become a pattern in past weeks as Venezuela's opposing factions vie for power in a country enduring economic turmoil and a humanitarian crisis. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Venezuela’s rival factions rally as power struggle persists

By JORGE RUEDA and CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro during their meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. (Maxim Shemetov/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

White House repeats warnings to Russia over Venezuela

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 5, 2019, file photo, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton adjusts his glasses before an interview at the White House in Washington. Bolton is condemning Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro, saying he is using foreign military personnel to stay in power. Bolton further warned external actors _ those outside the Western Hemisphere _ against deploying military assets to Venezuela or anywhere else in the hemisphere. He says the U.S. will view such actions as &quot;provocative&quot; and a &quot;direct threat to international peace and security in the region.&quot; (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

US condemns Russia troop deployment to troubled Venezuela

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Venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido, center, arrives for a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, March 28, 2019. The Venezuelan government on Thursday said it has barred Guaido from holding public office for 15 years, though the National Assembly leader brushed off the measure and said it would not derail his campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Red Cross ready to aid Venezuela, warns against politics

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

Illustration on the crisis in Venezuela by Alexander Hunter (after Posada)

So much for non-intervention

By John Londregan