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Rep. David Rivera, R-Miami, attends a House session on Jan. 8, 2009, in Tallahassee, Fla. The former Miami congressman who signed a $50 million consulting contract with Venezuela's government not only did no apparent work, but also channeled a large chunk of the money to a yacht company on behalf of a fugitive billionaire, according to new allegations in a civil suit filed Friday, Aug. 19, 2022 in New York federal court. (AP Photo/Phil Coale, File)

New claims against ex-Miami congressman hired by Venezuela

By Joshua Goodman - Associated Press

Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido speaks to residents to present his unity plan to Venezuelans, in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. “For us, doing politics today in Venezuela is like doing politics in any country 100 years ago,” Guaido said in an interview earlier in the week. “We have to go one by one, house by house, assemblies, organization, political events that communicate for us, not the other way around.” (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Biden calls Venezuelan opposition leader en route to on-the-rocks summit

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden meets with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Nov. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Boycott threats, ideological clashes threaten to derail host Biden’s hopes for hemisphere summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A cash register drawer holds Bolivars and U.S. currencies at a shop in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, May 13, 2022. A new tax law approved by the Venezuelan government, that went into effect in March, applies a 3% tax charge on transactions paid in foreign currencies. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

U.S. to ease a few economic sanctions against Venezuela

By Regina Garcia Cano - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks before boarding Air Force One at Buffalo-Niagara International Airport in Buffalo, N.Y., Tuesday, May 17, 2022, after paying their respects and speak to families of the victims of Saturday's shooting at a supermarket. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Tech moguls pile on the ridicule of Biden’s handling of inflation, economy

By Tom Howell Jr. and Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Pedestrians walk past an out of service National Telephone Company of Venezuela, CANTV, phone booth, in Caracas,Venezuela, Friday, May 13, 2022. A number of Venezuelan state-owned companies, including in the telecommunications sector, will sell up to 10% of their shares starting Monday. President Nicolas Maduro says the companies will be listed in the country's stock exchange and the sale is open to local and foreign investors. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela plans stock sale in break from socialist model

By Regina Garcia Cano - Associated Press

Cuban president Miguel Diaz Canel and his Mexican counterpart Andrés Manuel López Obrador chat after signing bilateral agreements at Revolution Palace in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, May 8, 2022. (Yamil Lage/Pool Photo via AP)

Mexico president threatens to skip Americas Summit

By Fabiola Sanchez and Joshua Goodman - Associated Press

Gas prices are displayed at a Mobil gas station in West Hollywood, Calif., Tuesday, March 8, 2022. The average price for a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. hit a record $4.17 on Tuesday as the country prepares to ban Russian oil imports. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Pressure builds on Biden to repay Venezuela’s goodwill moves

By Joshua Goodman and Reginia Garcia Cano - Associated Press

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a ceremony marking the start of the judicial year at the Supreme Court in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 27, 2022. Maduro signaled an interest in improving relations with the U.S. following talks with high-level American officials prompted in part by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and concerns of rising gas prices in the U.S., in a televised meeting with Cabinet members late Monday, March 7, 2022, but did not provide details of the discussions. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

White House: Venezuela has freed 2 detained Americans

By Eric Tucker, Regina Garcia Cano and Joshua Goodman - Associated Press

In this UNTV image, Nicolás Maduro Moros, President of Venezuela, speaks in a pre-recorded video message during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, at UN headquarters in New York. The U.N.'s first virtual meeting of world leaders started Tuesday with pre-recorded speeches from heads-of-state, kept at home by the coronavirus pandemic. (UNTV via AP)

Venezuela releases two American prisoners, signaling possible thawing of relations

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

An oil tanker is moored off Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. Technology to hide a ship's location previously available only to the world's militaries is spreading fast through the global maritime industry as governments from Iran to Venezuela — and the rogue shipping companies they depend on to move their petroleum products — look for stealthier ways to circumvent U.S. sanctions. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Digital warfare tech at sea helping U.S. foes evade sanctions

By Joshua Goodman - Associated Press

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro clasps his hands as he arrives to deliver his State of the Nation address at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Maduro, Putin talk after diplomat hints at military activity

Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept 9, 2021, file photo, pedestrians walk near a poster asking for the freedom of Colombian businessman and Venezuelan special envoy Alex Saab, in Caracas, Venezuela. Saab, a top fugitive close to Venezuela's socialist government has been put on a plane to the U.S. to face money laundering charges, a senior U.S. official confirmed Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Maduro ally extradited to US on money laundering charges

By Joshua Goodman - Associated Press

In this Jan. 22, 2021, file photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a ceremony marking the start of the judicial year at the Supreme Court, in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Biden warned against cozying-up to socialist Maduro

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - This undated file photo posted on Twitter on June 18, 2020 by Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, shows CITGO oil executives Jose Angel Pereira, from left to right, Gustavo Cardenas, Jorge Toledo, Jose Luis Zambrano, Tomeu Vadell and Alirio Jose Zambrano, standing outside the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service, in Caracas, Venezuela. The oil executives jailed in Venezuela more than three years ago on corruption charges were granted house arrest on Friday, April 30, 2021, in a gesture of goodwill toward the Biden administration as it reviews its policy toward the politically turbulent South American country. (Posted on Twitter by Jorge Arreaza/Venezuela's Foreign Ministry via AP File)

Venezuela gives US oilmen house arrest in gesture to Biden

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2019 file photo, charred trucks that were part of a humanitarian aid convoy attempting to cross into Venezuela sit parked on the Francisco de Paula Santander international bridge in Cucuta, Colombia. A new report published on April 16, 2021, by the inspector general at the U.S. Agency for International Development said the deployment of the aid was driven in part to the U.S.' pursuit of regime change rather than just technical analysis of the needs and best ways to help struggling Venezuelans. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Watchdog: US aid to Venezuela driven by more than just need

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Venezuelan artist Miguel Garcia puts on the finishing touches on his mural of Venezuelan popular saint, Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 26, 2021. Known as the doctor of the poor, Hernandez is set to be beatified by the Catholic church, a step towards sainthood, on April 30th. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela’s beloved ‘doctor of the poor’ to be beatified

By JORGE RUEDA - Associated Press

A nurse inoculates a woman with a dose of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine at the Perez Carreno public hospital in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, April 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

US weighs policy on Venezuela as Maduro signals flexibility

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Rights group cites abuses by Venezuelan forces near Colombia

By REGINA GARCIA CANO - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 10, 2021 file photo, a man waits to unload bags of basic food staples, such as pasta, sugar, flour, and kitchen oil, provided residents through the CLAP government food assistance program in the Santa Rosalia neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro signed a deal the week of April 23, 2021 to let the U.N. World Food Program create a program to provide school meals for 1.5 million children, after years of rejecting humanitarian aid offers as unnecessary and as veiled attempts by the U.S. and other hostile forces to destabilize his government. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Venezuela’s Maduro begins allowing aid against hunger, virus

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and JORGE RUEDA - Associated Press