US-Venezuela Tensions

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From: NewsFeed

How much power does the US hold in Venezuela?

After Maduro’s removal, US influence in Venezuela soared, but experts say Washington may still have to ‘own’ Venezuela.

Venezuela government and opposition to hold talks aimed at path to election

Talks to be led by former lawmaker Dinorah Figuera as opposition figure Maria Corina Machado left out of proceedings.

What drove Venezuela’s decision to leave the ICC?

The ICC says its investigation into alleged crimes against humanity will continue despite the withdrawal.

What’s next for Venezuela’s path to recovery from devastating earthquakes?

The cost of reconstruction is expected to run into the tens of billions, even as the country faces numerous obstacles.

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From: NewsFeed

Venezuelans the US deported hours before earthquakes still missing

The US deported at least 146 people to Venezuela, just hours before two deadly earthquakes struck last Wednesday.

Over 1700 dead in Venezuela after devastating twin earthquakes

Emergency crews continue to work at the site of collapsed buildings in Venezuela despite a 72-hour window seen as critical for surviving in the rubble after earthquakes. [Gaby Oraa/Reuters]

A rescue worker carries a girl pulled from the rubble four days after two earthquakes struck the coastal state of La Guaira in less than one minute on June 24, 2026. [Pedro Mattey/AP Photo]

Members of the French 7th Civil Security Training and Intervention Regiment work at a destroyed building in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state. [Miguel Medina/Pool/AFP]

Relatives of a victim of the twin earthquakes mourn during a burial at the Southern General Cemetery in Caracas. [Rosali Hernandez/AFP]

International and local rescue crews have been racing against time and focusing on the northern port city of La Guaira, the hardest-hit area of the country. [Matias Delacroix/AP Photo]

Rescue workers and volunteers rest on the rubble of collapsed buildings in Caraballeda in La Guaira state as operations continue 24 hours a day. [Miguel Medina/Pool/Reuters]

Thousands of rescue workers, relatives and volunteers dig day and night through debris and around slabs of concrete to find survivors of the earthquakes. [Mauricio Valenzuela/AFP]

Children who lost their homes in the earthquakes rest on a pile of donated clothes on a street in La Guaira. [Gaby Oraa/Reuters]

Devastating back-to-back magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes struck near Venezuela's Caribbean coast last week, collapsing buildings, damaging the country's main airport and leaving more than 1,700 people dead and tens of thousands missing. [Miguel Medina/Pool/AFP]

Collapsed buildings and debris are seen along the coast in Caraballeda in La Guaira state. [Yorman Maldonado/AFP]

Officials believe tens of thousands of people are still missing as rescue efforts involving about 30,000 Venezuelan emergency workers and 2,700 foreign experts carry on. [Matias Delacroix/AP Photo]

Race against time to rescue survivors after Venezuela earthquakes strike

Rescue workers pull 11-year-old Moises Calzadilla from the rubble on June 27, 2026, two days after the earthquakes struck. [Fernando Vergara/AP Photo]

Powerful back-to-back earthquakes struck Venezuela on June 25 2026, causing widespread damage, a rising death toll and thousands of injuries. [Matias Delacroix/AP Photo]

A woman cries next to damaged buildings two days after an earthquake struck in La Guaira. [Matias Delacroix/AP Photo]

A firefighter yells through a tube to people under the rubble of a collapsed building in La Guaira, Venezuela, as emergency workers try to reach them. [Gaby Oraa/Reuters]

Volunteers lift a metal gate as they search through debris on the rubble of collapsed buildings in Catia La Mar in La Guaira state. [Federico Parra/AFP]

Identification cards and photographs of missing people are left on the window of a dirt-covered car by relatives searching for information in Catia La Mar, two days after twin earthquakes struck the country. [Fernando Vergara/AP Photo]

Ezequiel Frontado looks at covered bodies while searching for missing relatives. [Fernando Vergara/AP Photo]

Members of the French Civil Security Training and Intervention Regiment help residents in the search for victims in a country that was already suffering through an economic and healthcare crisis before the quakes. [Miguel Medina/Pool/Reuters]

Quake survivors line up for food in La Guaira as foreign aid has started to arrive in Venezuela. [Matias Delacroix/AP Photo]

Houses damaged and burned by fires in the earthquakes stand in Catia La Mar. [Fernando Vergara/AP Photo]

Family members and neighbours of Jhonquer Cerpas, 13, comfort one another as emergency workers try to rescue him in La Guaira. [Maxwell Briceno/Reuters]