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Sherry Weddle, right, with her daughter, Kelsey McMahan, at her side, talks about her son, Cody, Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Abingdon, Va. Cody, who has been working as a freelance journalist in Venezuela since June 2014, was detained by military police on Wednesday morning. (David Crigger/Bristol Herald Courier via AP)

US journalist detained by Venezuelan officers, then freed

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Venezuelan Congress President Juan Guaido, opposition leader who declared himself interim president, addresses the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. The U.S. and more than 50 governments recognize Guaido as interim president, saying President Nicolas Maduro wasn't legitimately re-elected last year because opposition candidates weren't permitted to run. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela orders German ambassador to leave the country

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

National Security Adviser John Bolton straightens his tie before an interview, Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

John Bolton, W.H. warn foreign banks against boosting Nicolas Maduro, say they’re ‘on notice’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Venezuelan Congress President Juan Guaido, opposition leader who declared himself interim president, addresses the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. The U.S. and more than 50 governments recognize Guaido as interim president, saying President Nicolas Maduro wasn't legitimately re-elected last year because opposition candidates weren't permitted to run. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

White House steps up pressure on Nicolas Maduro’s regime in Venezuela by revoking visas

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A Venezuelan student rides on a wooden raft to cross the Tachira River into Colombia from Venezuela, near the Francisco de Paula Santander International Bridge, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. The rift between Venezuela and Colombia means many of the 3,000 children who cross each day are being forced to seek alternative routes. Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro cut ties with Colombia after opposition leaders used the neighboring Andean nation as a launching point to bring in humanitarian aid he refused to accept. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Border closure forces Venezuelan kids to make perilous treks

By MARKO ALVAREZ and CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

This 2018 photo released by Florida based WPLG digital television station shows U.S. journalist Cody Weddle in Caracas, Venezuela. Weddle was seized by security forces at his apartment early Wednesday, March 6, 2019, according to lawyers and press freedom groups. After arriving to Venezuela as an English-language correspondent for state-run network Telesur, Weddle had been reporting from Venezuela for more than four years, most recently working as a freelance journalist for the ABC affiliate in Miami. He also contributed to the Miami Herald and The Telegraph in Britain. (WPLG via AP)

Cody Weddle, U.S. journalist, freed, deported from Venezuela

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Venezuelan Congress President Juan Guaido, an opposition leader who declared himself interim president, sings the national anthem during a rally demanding the resignation of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 4, 2019. The United States and about 50 other countries recognize Guaido as the rightful president of Venezuela, while Maduro says he is the target of a U.S.-backed coup plot. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuela’s adversaries seek to show resolve in crisis

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

Venezuelans cross illegally into Colombia near the Simon Bolivar International Bridge, which Venezuelan authorities continue to keep closed, in La Parada near Cucuta, Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Last weekend, opposition leader Juan Guaido coordinated a failed effort to bring aid from Colombia and Brazil into Venezuela, where security forces loyal to President Nicolas Maduro blocked the supplies at its border bridges, with Maduro describing Guaidos gambit as part of a U.S.-backed plot to overthrow him. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Donald Trump immigration stance threatened by Venezuela exodus

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

"We know the risks that we face. That's never stopped us," said Venezuelan interim President Juan Guaido. He called for more mass protests on Saturday. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Juan Guaido defiantly returns to Caracas

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Journalists talk in El Nacional's newsroom, Venezuela's last nationally circulated, opposition newspaper, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. The newspaper will stop publishing its print edition amid unrelenting government pressure and paper shortages, editors said Thursday. Their final edition will run Friday after 75 years in print. It will become an exclusively online publication. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Nicolas Maduro media control censors news for Venezuelans

By Frederic Puglie Special to The Washington Times

Anti-government protesters start to gather for a rally to demand the resignation of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 4, 2019. The United States and about 50 other countries recognize opposition Congress President Juan Guaido as the rightful president of Venezuela, while Maduro says he is the target of a U.S.-backed coup plot. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

The Latest: UN calls for dialogue in Venezuela standoff

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A youth helps an elderly woman walk across the Tachira River into Colombia, while the Simon Bolivar International Bridge remains closed by Venezuelan authorities, in La Parada, near Cucuta, Colombia, Sunday, March 3, 2019. Last weekend, opposition leader Juan Guaido coordinated a failed effort to bring aid from Colombia and Brazil into Venezuela, where security forces loyal to President Nicolas Maduro blocked the supplies at its border bridges, with Maduro describing Guaido’s gambit as part of a U.S.-backed plot to overthrow him. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Guaido returns to Venezuela, calls for more street protests

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

Jesus Acosta, 12, who needs a bone marrow transplant, is among the unintended victims of the Venezuelan humanitarian crisis and U.S. sanctions. (Associated Press/File)

Venezuela crisis hits health care, kills patients

By Frederic Puglie - Special to The Washington Times

Accompanied by his wife Fabiana Rosales, Venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido waves to supporters outside the Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, March 1, 2019. Guaido is in tour of several South American capitals as part of a campaign to build international pressure on his rival Nicolas Maduro to quit. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Venezuela’s Guaido urges supporters to protest on Monday

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Ecuador's Presidential Office, Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno, center right, and his wife Rocio Gonzalez, right, welcome Venezuela's self-declared interim president Juan Guaido, center left, and his wife Fabiana Rosales during a meeting in Salinas, Ecuador. Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. Guaido is in tour of several South American capitals as part of a campaign to build international pressure on his rival Nicolas Maduro to quit. (AP Photo/Ecuador's Presidency)

Venezuela’s Guaido, in Ecuador, says next stop is home

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, welcomes Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodriguez for talks in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Venezuelan vice president visits Moscow to rally support

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

The United States special envoy to Venezuela Elliott Abrams looks over the room before the start of a Security Council meeting at U.N. headquarters, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

US hits Venezuela officials with sanctions for blocking aid

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

In this Feb. 9, 2019 photo, Monsignor Hector Lunar delivers his homily during a Mass in the Dulce Nombre de Jesus church, in the Petare slum of Caracas, Venezuela. Monsignor Hector Lunar, a beloved priest in one of Latin America's largest slums, has fallen under attack by loyalists of President Nicolas Maduro for using the pulpit to hold the embattled socialist leader responsible for suffering among his poor parishioners. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Priest under siege in battle over Venezuela’s political soul

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

A family from Caracas prepares food during a day trip to Camuri Chico beach in Vargas state, Venezuela, Friday, March 1, 2019. It’s carnival season in Venezuela, though many citizens are not in a mood to party, as the country is gripped by a political crisis that pits leader Nicolas Maduro against Juan Guaido, the opposition chief who was in Paraguay on Friday as part of a campaign to build international pressure on his rival to quit. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Hardship overshadows Venezuela’s carnival season

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2019 file photo, Venezuela's self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido speaks during a meeting with university students at the Central University of Venezuela, in Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuelans abroad are already playing a key role in helping Guaido consolidate his position as the country's interim president. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Venezuela’s Juan Guaido says he will return to Caracas

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