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FILE - In this May 22, 2018 photo, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro greets guests after receiving from the National Electoral Council, CNE, a certificate declaring him the winner of the presidential election, during a ceremony at CNE headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela. Maduro has announced on Wednesday, July 25, a monetary reform that will remove 5 zeros from the value of the Venezuelan currency. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Inflation-hit Venezuela unveils new money with 5 fewer zeros

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Ex-Venezuelan energy official pleads guilty in graft case

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In this July 1, 2018 photo, Johandrys Colls places a crown on her niece Victoria, at her home, at a slum in the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela. Colls' parents have enrolled her in one of Venezuela's top modeling schools despite their modest income in hopes of transforming their daughter into a sought-after beauty queen. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

In embattled Venezuela, beauty offers ladder out of poverty

By FABIOLA SANCHEZ - Associated Press

In this May 26, 2018, photo, the Spanish word for "Murderer" covers a mural of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, as part of anti-government protests demanding his resignation in Managua, Nicaragua. As of June 6, the non-governmental Nicaraguan Human Rights Center says the death toll since the start of the unrest in April is 129. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Daniel Ortega clings to power in Nicaragua amid fears of coup, civil war

By Frederic Puglie - Special to The Washington Times

President Donald Trump salutes as he steps off Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. Trump is returning from a vacation to Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump pushed Venezuela invasion, senior administration official says

By Joshua Goodman - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 22, 2018, file photo, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds up the National Electoral Council certificate declaring him the winner of the presidential election, during a ceremony at CNE headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela. As a meeting last August in the Oval Office to discuss sanctions on Venezuela was concluding, President Donald Trump turned to his top aides and asked an unsettling question: With a fast unraveling Venezuela threatening regional security, why can’t the U.S. just simply invade the troubled country? (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Trump pressed aides on Venezuela invasion, US official says

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, center, accompanied by his wife Karen, left, speaks after a meeting with Venezuelan families at the Santa Catarina migrant shelter, in Manaus, Brazil, Wednesday, June 27, 2018. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has arrived in Brazil for a Latin American trip expected to focus on the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Venezuela. (AP Photo/Marcio Melo)

Pence pledges support to Venezuelans until democracy returns

By SARAH DiLORENZO - Associated Press

U.S. Sen Marco Rubio speaks during a news conference in front of the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children, on Friday, June 22, 2018, in Homestead, Fla. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) **FILE**

For Marco Rubio, U.S clash with Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello gets personal

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 19, 2015, file photo, the sun sets behind an oil well in a field near El Tigre, Venezuela. Ministers from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and non-OPEC nations led by Russia meet in Vienna on Friday, June 22, 2018, and Saturday, June 23. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Venezuela sanctions complicated by oil price increase

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

Barbara Barca, center, a survivor of the stampede at a crowded nightclub, is hugged by relatives as they leave police headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, June 16, 2018. Venezuela's government says 17 people were killed early Saturday after a tear gas device was set off during a nightclub brawl in the capital, leading hundreds of people to flee. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

17 killed in stampede after brawl at crowded Caracas club

By Fabiola Sanchez and Clbyburn Saint John - Associated Press

This May 29, 2018 photo provided by Elisa Arguello shows actor Peter Mayhew, front right, posing for a photo with members of the &quot;Star Garrison,&quot; the Texas chapter of Star Wars Fan Club &quot;501st Legion,&quot; including Venezuelan Elisa Arguello, dressed as Princes Leia, as they launch the Chewbacca Challenge Coin, a fundraising campaign whose proceeds will benefit a charity feeding underprivileged children in Venezuela, during the Comicpalooza event in Houston Texas. The copper coins are being sold online for $10 by the Peter Mayhew foundation. But proceeds will go to “Ponte en sus zapatos, a small Texas charity that has been working in Venezuela for over a year and claims to feed 100 needy children every day. (Elisa Arguello via AP)

‘Star Wars’ Chewbacca actor fights for Venezuelan children

By MANUEL RUEDA - Associated Press

Venezuela frees 2 Chevron employees arrested in April

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took aim at Venezuela's increasingly authoritarian government on Monday, calling on countries in the Western Hemisphere to step up pressure on President Nicolas Maduro at a meeting of the Organization of American States. (Associated Press)

Mike Pompeo calls on OAS to kick out Venezuela

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Ivan Duque, presidential candidate for Democratic Center party, holds a campaign rally in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 20, 2018. Colombians will go to the polls on May 27 for a first round presidential election. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Ivan Duque, Colombia runoff leader, may be Trump ally

By Martin Arostegui — Special to The Washington Times

"You've gone through a lot," said President Trump to Joshua Holt, who was recently released from a prison in Venezuela. "A lot more than people can endure," he said. (Associated Press photographs)

Josh Holt return to U.S. from Venezuelan prison hailed by U.S. lawmakers

By David Sherfinski and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, right, talks as Joshua Holt, who was recently released from a prison in Venezuela, joins him in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, May 26, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Man held in Venezuela for 2 years is welcomed home by Trump

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Miraflores Presidential Press Office, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, left, shakes hands with Republican Senator Bob Corker during a meeting at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday May 25, 2018. The Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee met with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro two days after the embattled socialist leader kicked out the top U.S. diplomat in the country. There was no immediate comment from Republican Senator Bob Corker's office about the nature of the surprise visit. (Miraflores Presidential Press Office via AP)

The Latest: White House says Venezuela policy not changing

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President Donald Trump shakes hands with Joshua Holt, who was recently released from a prison in Venezuela, in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, May 26, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump welcomes home Utah man freed from Venezuela jail: ‘You’ve gone through a lot’

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In this July 13, 2016 file photo, Laurie Holt holds a photograph of her son Josh Holt at her home, in Riverton, Utah. Josh Holt has been released from a jail in Venezuela after spending nearly two years behind bars on weapons charges. Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch said on Twitter Saturday, May 26, 2018, that Joshua Holt had been released. President Donald Trump tweeted that it was “good news,” adding that Holt “should be landing in D.C. this evening and be in the White House, with his family, at about 7:00 P.M.” (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) **FILE**

Utah man freed from Venezuela jail after secret talks with GOP senator

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In this July 13, 2016 file photo, Laurie Holt holds a photograph of her son Josh Holt at her home, in Riverton, Utah. Josh Holt has been released from a jail in Venezuela after spending nearly two years behind bars on weapons charges. Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch said on Twitter Saturday, May 26, 2018, that Joshua Holt had been released. President Donald Trump tweeted that it was “good news,” adding that Holt “should be landing in D.C. this evening and be in the White House, with his family, at about 7:00 P.M.” (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) **FILE**

Freed after 2 years, man jailed in Venezuela returns to US

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press