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Opposition presidential hopeful Maria Corina Machado, center, celebrates with supporters after listening to the results naming her winner of the opposition primary election, at her campaign headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Machado will run against President Nicolás Maduro in the 2024 presidential elections. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Maria Corina Machado is winner of Venezuela opposition primary that government has denounced

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Rights group cites abuses by Venezuelan forces near Colombia

By REGINA GARCIA CANO - Associated Press

This undated booking photo from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office shows Alex Zwiefelhofer. Zwiefelhofer is a co-defendant in the April 2018 killings of a Florida couple. Federal authorities believe Zwiefelhofer and fellow Army veteran Craig Lang robbed and gunned down the couple, Serafin and Deana Lorenzo, to finance a Venezuela trip. (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office via AP)

FBI: Soldiers set up deadly robbery to fund foreign fighting

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

Haiti's President Jovenel Moise speaks during an interview in his office in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. Moise told The Associated Press Wednesday that he will serve out his term despite rising violence, poor economic performance and months of protests over unresolved allegations of corruption in his predecessor’s administration. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

AP Interview: Haitian president pledges to outlast troubles

By CHRISTOPHER GILLETTE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

In Venezuela, Guaidó questions Maduro claims about US talks

By SCOTT SMITH and FABIOLA SANCHEZ - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks about the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Venezuela ambassador accuses US of wanting war

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Venezuelan government, opposition resume talks in Barbados

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

Illustration on blocking Twitter by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Who wants to live in a country that can block free speech?

By Scott Walker

FILE - This Sept. 12, 2008 file photo, shows the U.S. embassy in Caracas, Venezuela. The U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced on Monday, March 11, 2019, that it will withdraw all remaining U.S. personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela this week. (AP Photo/Howard Yanes, File)

Venezuelan government targets Guaido as some power returns

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

A cardboard life-size cut out of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro stands at the entrance of a public park in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. Juan Guaido, the Venezuelan opposition leader who has declared himself interim president, appeared in public Friday for the first time in days and vowed to remain on the streets to usher in a transitional government, while President Nicolas Maduro dug in and accused his opponents of orchestrating a coup. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Venezuela backtracks on order to expel US diplomats

By MANUEL RUEDA and EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Luz Alban, the sister of opposition activist Fernando Alban, is consoled as she cries next to 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 Venezuelas 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)

White House condemns Venezuelan regime for death of opposition leader in custody

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this April 23, 2018, photo, people wait in line outside the Supreme Court in Washington, to be in the gallery when the court hears arguments in on April 25, over President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from several mostly Muslim countries. (AP Photo/Jessica Gresko)

The Latest: White House says travel ban is working

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Correction: Obit-Jose Antonio Abreu story

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Muslim and civil rights groups and their supporters gather at a rally against what they call a "Muslim ban" in Washington on Oct. 18, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Q-and-A: A look at most recent travel ban rulings

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

In this June 30, 2017, file photo, critics of President Donald Trump's travel ban hold signs during a news conference in Honolulu. On Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, a federal judge in Hawaii blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its latest travel ban, just hours before it was set to take effect. U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson granted Hawaii's request to temporarily block the policy from taking effect Wednesday. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)

Judge halts newest Trump travel ban, saying it has same woes

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters upon his return to the White House in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017. Citizens of eight countries will face new restrictions on entry to the U.S. under a proclamation signed by Trump on Sunday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

The Latest: Trump’s new travel ban: Third time the charm?

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US advises banks to be on lookout for Venezuelan corruption

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A banner with the image of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez sits outside of his home in Caracas, Venezuela. Allies of two Venezuelan opposition leaders say Mr. Lopez and Antonio Ledezma were taken by authorities from the homes where they were under house arrest. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump warns Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela president, to release opposition leaders

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A demonstrator hides behind a barricade during clashes with the Bolivarian National Guard, at El Hatillo municipality outside Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, May 2, 2017. People blocked streets in Caracas with broken concrete, twisted metal and flaming piles of trash to protest the president's bid to rewrite the constitution amid a rapidly escalating political crisis.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

U.S. warns on sanctions over Venezuela’s move on constitution

By Hannah Dreier and Joshua Goodman - Associated Press