Nicolas Maduro

In photo taken Thursday Oct.19, 2017 Moroccan women fill up containers with water from a hose, in Zagora, southeastern Morocco. Experts blame poor choices in agriculture, growing populations and climate change for the water shortages in towns like Zagora, which has seen repeated protests for access to clean water in recent weeks. Since the summer, taps ran dry in Zagora.

Energy and Environment

Reporter’s Notebook: Winners and losers from the COP28 climate conference

Washington Examiner Staff · December 17, 2023 11:45 am

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro shows a folder containing a proposed law to promote non-oil exports at a press conference.

US military conducts exercises in Guyana as border tension with Venezuela escalates

Mike Brest · December 7, 2023 9:18 pm

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro shows a folder containing a proposed law to promote non-oil exports at a press conference.

Venezuela orders drilling in Guyanese territory, raising prospects of conflict

Breanne Deppisch · December 6, 2023 3:47 pm

Members of the Presidential Guard line up in Caracas ahead of referendum on the future of a disputed territory with Guyana. The country voted to clam Guyana as sovereign territory, sparking fears of annexation. (AP/Matias Delacroix)

Energy and Environment

Venezuela votes to claim region in oil-rich Guyana, raising fears of conflict

Breanne Deppisch · December 4, 2023 3:21 pm

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with Saint Lucia's Prime Minister Philip Joseph Pierre at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023.

US softens sanctions on Venezuela after ‘democratic developments’

Conrad Hoyt · October 19, 2023 5:02 am

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during his annual state-of-the-nation address to the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Beltway Confidential

How human rights activists chased off Venezuela’s strongman

Emanuele Ottolenghi · January 25, 2023 11:00 am

Biden rolling back Venezuelan oil sanctions concedes Democratic outreach defeat

Naomi Lim · December 6, 2022 8:00 am

Why is Joe Biden coddling Nicolas Maduro?

Why is Joe Biden coddling Nicolas Maduro?

Washington Examiner · December 1, 2022 12:00 am

US grants Chevron approval to pump oil in Venezuela

US grants Chevron approval to pump oil in Venezuela

Emily Jacobs · November 27, 2022 12:00 am

US prepares to grant Chevron authorization to pump oil in Venezuela

Breanne Deppisch · November 23, 2022 9:45 pm

Biden faces GOP heat for reported deal to lift sanctions on Venezuelan oil

Biden faces GOP heat for reported deal to lift sanctions on Venezuelan oil

Breanne Deppisch · October 6, 2022 12:00 am

How Venezuela was destroyed from within

Michael M. Rosen · July 15, 2022 3:00 am