Why Trump’s Planned Meeting With Venezuela’s Acting Leader Matters
Trump's planned talk with Delcy Rodríguez would be the first US-Venezuela leaders' meeting since 2015, a test of the post-Maduro...
September 19, 2026Section
Venezuela News in English
Venezuela news in English from The Rio Times — Caracas politics, economy, oil and migration.
Venezuela Nears a Deal to Move Its London Gold to New York
The Financial Times reports Caracas and the opposition are close to moving 31 tonnes of gold worth US$4 billion from...
September 18, 2026
Venezuela Opens Transition Talks With Its Leader’s Legal Basis Unclear
Venezuela's second round of US-backed talks opened this week, but no published legal text explains how Delcy Rodríguez took power,...
September 18, 2026
US Oil Firms Edge Back Into Venezuela, but Exxon Has Still Not Said Yes
Venezuela rewrote its oil law to lure US firms back to the world's largest reserves. Continental signed a memorandum, but...
September 17, 2026
Colombia Stays on the US Drug Blacklist, but Its Aid Is Going Up
Washington again found Colombia failing on drugs, and lifted the same finding from Venezuela after two decades. No aid was...
September 17, 2026
Venezuela Oil Deal Faces Backlash Over 100-Year Term
The deal grants century-long concessions on 17 fields holding about 65 billion barrels, and no signed text has ever been...
September 16, 2026
Venezuela: UK to Elevate Diplomatic Relations, Name Envoy
Britain will raise relations with Venezuela to ambassador level, seven years after downgrading them. London says it is not endorsing...
September 16, 2026
Venezuela’s Earthquake Recovery Bill Nears US$20 Billion
The United Nations handed Venezuela a final earthquake recovery plan. Damage was put at US$6.7 billion in June, and the...
September 16, 2026
Venezuela: Maduro Frontman Alex Saab Pleads Guilty in Miami
Alex Saab, long described as a frontman for Nicolas Maduro, pleaded guilty in Miami and must forfeit US$195 million taken...
September 16, 2026