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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, center, waves a national flag during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. Venezuelans took to the streets of Caracas in dueling demonstrations on Saturday, with one group calling attention to a crackdown on opponents of the government and another showing support for the embattled socialist administration. At left is Venezuela's first lady Cilia Flores. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Delcy Rodriguez, Venezuelan foreign minister: U.S. has 15 days to gut embassy staff

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

EDITORIAL: Nicolas Maduro’s incompetence breeds disaster in Venezuela

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Lilian Tintori said her husband, opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, has become the symbolic face of dozens of jailed opposition activists in Venezuela, and of a movement that won't die until there is "clear justice, a clear rule of law and human rights for all people" in the nation. (Associated Press)

Joe Biden, amid coup charges, meets Venezuelan opposition figures

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Lilian Tintori, wife of imprisoned opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, shows a tattoo of the word "Venezuela" on her wrist. Her incarcerated husband, seen by many as a political prisoner wrongfully jailed, has a matching one on his ankle. (associated press)

Leopoldo Lopez’s wife entreats Obama to help with his captivity

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Caribbean Energy Security Summit, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s president: ‘I accuse U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’ of staging coup

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

An advertisement that reads "all the store on sale" runs across the storefront in Caracas, Venezuela, where a drop in oil prices has roughly cut in half the amount of goods the country can afford to import.

Venezuela hits Ford profits with Nicolas Maduro currency, market controls

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 22, 2015 photo, oil trader Justin Thomas looks at his computer screens at his one-person office in Boise, Idaho. Thomas is one of thousands of oil traders around the world who have helped turn market fundamentals, lots of oil and not much demand, into a plunge in the price of crude. (AP Photo/Otto Kitsinger)

For traders, oil’s plunge takes a toll on egos and accounts

By Bernard Condon and Jonathan Fahey - Associated Press

This undated file aerial view shows the Los Alamos National laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M., on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Albuquerque Journal) ** FILE **

Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni, ex-Los Alamos scientist, to be sentenced in nuclear spy sting

By Russell Contreras - Associated Press

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, review an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

Venezuela’s Maduro in China seeking aid for stricken economy

Associated Press

A man talks on a mobile phone next to a downtown McDonald's in Hong Kong in this April 2, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

McDonald’s 100-plus Venezuelan franchises run dry of french fries

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by Miraflores presidential press office, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, right, speaks with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the swearing-in ceremony of Brazil's reelected President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan. 1, 2015. The meeting came two weeks after President Barack Obama signed legislation to impose sanctions on Venezuelan officials accused of violating human rights. Last week, Maduro accused the U.S. of waging a war to destroy the South American country&#8217;s socialist revolution. (AP Photo/Miguel Angulo, Miraflores Presidential Office) **FILE**

Biden, Venezuela’s Maduro discuss improving relations

By Josh Lederman and Hannah Dreier - Associated Press

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a press conference at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. Venezuela's socialist government Tuesday confirmed the economy fell into a deep recession this year but blamed the slump on opponents trying to sabotage activity in the oil-rich nation. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) **FILE**

Venezuela’s president blames opposition for deep recession

By Jorge Rueda - Associated Press

President Nicolas Maduro — the hand-picked successor to the late socialist Hugo Chavez — faces mounting international criticism for jailing opposition figures after months of street protests. (Associated Press)

Oil prices push Venezuela to brink of economic collapse

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Nicolas Maduro — the hand-picked successor to the late socialist Hugo Chavez — faces mounting international criticism for jailing opposition figures after months of street protests. (Associated Press)

Oil prices push Venezuela to brink of economic collapse

The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, file photo, a man walks by a sign advertising currencies of an exchange office in Moscow. Russia has been badly affected by the slide in oil prices in 2014, and the ruble has plunged despite big increases in interest rates as much of Russia's economy is based on energy. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File )

Global oil impact: Who’s hurting, happy, hopeful

By Jonathan Fahey - Associated Press

In this June 14, 1961 file photo, Prime Minister Fidel Castro holds a cigar during a news conference in Havana, Cuba. For over half a century, the U.S. government tried many schemes to overthrow the Castro regime: poisonous cigars, an exploding seashell, the secret Twitter-like service in Cuba. U.S. President Barack Obama said Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014 the United States will re-establish diplomatic ties with Cuba and bring change to the longstanding trade embargo. But it was unclear if all secret operations would cease. (AP Photo/RHS)

Inside the Ring: U.S. intel concerns about Russia-Cuba ties preceded Obama’s sanctions deal

By Bill Gertz

Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela, gestures to the crowd before he speaks at Hostos Community College as the United Nations General Assembly convenes, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Nicolas Maduro, Venezuelan president, says racism in America worse under Obama

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Educator Pedro Garcia, left, talks with immigrants during Shared Journeys, a workshop in English for Speakers of Other Languages, or ESOL, run by the Tenement Museum, on New York's Lower East Side, Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. Held in a restored 4-story tenement building that housed 7,000 working class immigrants between 1863 and 1935, the program invites them to learn about immigrants of the past by visiting the restored tenement apartments and then sharing and talking about their own experiences. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Tenement Museum uses novel way to teach English

By Ula Ilnytzky - Associated Press

John Lobo, 29, performing as Venezuela's late president Hugo Chavez, performs in the star role of the "Ballet of the Spider-Seller to Liberator" at the Teresa Carreno Theater in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela gets ballet commemorating Hugo Chavez’s life

By Jorge Rueda and Hannah Dreier - Associated Press

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro closes his eyes for a few moments before starting a press conference at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela’s Maduro says oil price meeting planned

Associated Press