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FILE — In this Sept. 18, 2018 file photo, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a press conference at the Miraflores Presidential Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela. Prosecutors said Thursday, Oct. 18, that people linked to the Venezuelan government and Mexican companies conspired to overcharge Venezuela for basic food aid packages. President Maduro began distributing subsidized food as his nation fell deeper into political and economic turmoil, but critics say Maduro has essentially weaponized food, distributing the boxes primarily to government workers and supporters. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

U.S. warns Venezuela against end-run on sanctions

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the Miraflores Presidential Palace, President Nicolas Maduro stands at attention during a event marking the 81st anniversary of the National Guard, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, August 4, 2019. Venezuela's government says several explosions heard at a military event were an attempted attack on President Maduro. Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez said in a live broadcast that several drone-like devices with explosives detonated near the president. He said Maduro is safe and unharmed but that seven people were injured. (Miraflores Presidential Palace via AP)

Nicolas Maduro rips Mike Pence over migrant caravan claim

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Central American migrants making their way to the U.S. in a large caravan fill the truck of a driver who offered them the free ride, as they arrive to Tapachula, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018. Despite Mexican efforts to stop them at the Guatemala-Mexico border, about 5,000 Central American migrants resumed their advance toward the U.S. border Sunday in southern Mexico. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Mike Pence: Migrant caravan is Venezuelan plot

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 2, 2018, file photo, Venezuelan Sandra Cadiz holds up her handmade sign carrying the Spanish message: &quot;Blessed driver, please help us with a ride,&quot; as her 10-year-old daughter Angelis stands with her on the road leaving Giron, Colombia, as they make their way to Peru. As rising numbers of Venezuelans flee, those who cannot afford a plane or bus ticket out are going by foot. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Their money worthless, Venezuela’s desperate flee by foot

By Christine Armario - Associated Press

Mexico prosecutors find fraud in Venezuela food aid program

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Ecuador expels Venezuelan envoy for insult to president

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In this Aug. 31, 2018 photo, Venezuelans illegally cross from Venezuela into Colombia, to Villa del Rosario, along a path known as a &quot;trocha.&quot; Some Venezuelans cannot cross through an official checkpoint because they lack the proper documents, such as a passport, so they instead traverse illegal dirt road crossings ruled by armed criminals dressed in green fatigues. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Follow the trek of Venezuelan migrants fleeing on foot

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

In this Oct. 12, 2018 photo, workers clean the VIP seating area prior to the baseball season's opening game between Leones de Caracas and Tiburones de la Guaira in Caracas, Venezuela. Ramon Guillermo Aveledo, a former Venezuela baseball league president and prominent opposition leader, said he applauds the government's decision to spend its dwindling supply of dollars on baseball while acknowledging there are more pressing needs. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuelan fans endure sacrifices to ‘Play Ball’ amid crisis

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 19, 2010 file photo, the Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort returns to port, in Baltimore, after providing disaster relief operations following the earthquake in Haiti. The Comfort will be on Colombia’s Caribbean coast starting on Oct. 11, 2018, to assist in treating thousands of Venezuelan refugees that have crossed the border, fleeing Venezuela’s political, social and economic crisis and help relieve the pressure on Colombia’s medical systems (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)

Venezuelan doctors on US Navy mission to help compatriots

By GISELA SALOMON - Associated Press

Luz Alban, the sister of opposition activist Fernando Alban, cries over the flag-draped casket containing his remains, during a solemn ceremony at the National Assembly headquarters, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018. International condemnation of Venezuela’s leadership poured in Tuesday following the suspicious death of the opposition activist authorities say evaded justice by throwing himself from the 10th floor of a police building. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuelan politician mourned after suspicious death

By SCOTT SMITH and DEB RIECHMANN and ARIANA CUBILLOS - Associated Press

Staff members of jailed councilman Alberto Alban Salazar embrace outside the Bolivarian National Security Service (SEBIN) headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. Venezuela's Attorney General Tarek William Saab said Monday that Salazar, who was arrested on suspicion of involvement in a failed assassination attempt on President Nicolas Maduro, has died of suicide. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

U.N. urges Venezuela to probe opposition politician’s death

By Scott Smith and Fabiola Sanchez - Associated Press

Staff members of jailed councilman Alberto Alban Salazar embrace outside the Bolivarian National Security Service (SEBIN) headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. Venezuela's Attorney General Tarek William Saab said Monday that Salazar, who was arrested on suspicion of involvement in a failed assassination attempt on President Nicolas Maduro, has died of suicide. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Opposition Venezuelan politician dies in jail

By SCOTT SMITH and FABIOLA SANCHEZ - Associated Press

UN rights body renews experts’ probe of Yemen crimes

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, at U.N. Headquarters. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump mulls all options for Venezuela: ‘I want the people to be safe’

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

A person takes cover from the rain at the United Nations headquarters during the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. Governments from around the world will gather Wednesday to discuss the persistent scourge of tuberculosis, which last year claimed more lives than any other communicable disease. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

The Latest: Congo to boycott UN meetings about the country

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In this photo released by the Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, left, and his wife Cilia Flores greet supporters upon their arrival to a meeting with Colombian citizens that reside in Venezuela, In Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. The Trump administration has slapped financial sanctions on four members of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's inner circle, including his wife and the nation's vice president, on allegations of corruption. (Miraflores Press Office via AP)

Trashed by Trump, UN court is asked to investigate Venezuela

By ANGELA CHARLTON and MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 24, 2018 file photo, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, then Constituent National Assembly President Delcy Rodriguez, left, and first lady Cilia Flores, wave as they arrive to the National Assembly, in Caracas, Venezuela. The Trump administration slapped financial sanctions Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, on four members of Maduro’s inner circle, including his wife, and Rodriguez who is now the nation’s vice president, on allegations of corruption. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Trump: Venezuelan socialist president easily toppled

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 5, 2018 file photo, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, left, speaks with his press officer Jorge Rodriguez, in Caracas, Venezuela. The Trump administration slapped financial sanctions on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, on four members of Maduros inner circle, including his wife, the nations vice president and Rodriguez, on allegations of corruption. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

U.S. slaps sanctions on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s wife for corruption

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

In this July 6, 2018 photo, employees of a government-supported cultural center receive boxes with subsided food distributed under a government program named &quot;CLAP&quot; in downtown Caracas, Venezuela. Some workers transfer the contents, cooking oil, flour, rice, canned tuna, to suitcases or backpacks for fear of becoming walking targets. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

As Venezuelans go hungry, Trump targets food corruption

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Venezuelan official to crash UN meeting on migrant crisis

By Claudia Torrens - Associated Press