Nicolás Maduro

Nicolás Maduro declared winner, but opposition claims candidate won more than twice as many votes

The Venezuelan president has shown his willingness to face down domestic protests and there are risks attached to steps foreign powers could take

Maduro secured 51.21 per cent of votes, according to government-controlled authority

First high-level meeting between two nations since 2019 when they severed diplomatic ties

Result a blow to Nicolás Maduro’s ruling socialists and vindication of opponents pursuing electoral strategy

Hernan Dario Velasquez killed in attack by mercenaries seeking rewards for his capture

Maduro says he respects but does not agree with decision that hits hopes of sanctions relief

Move is tacit agreement western-backed tactics are failing to unseat Nicolás Maduro

Biden acknowledges signals coming from Caracas, but it is unclear if they are sufficient for him to lift sanctions against Venezuela’s oil sector

After Juan Guaidó’s meteoric rise and decline the government has tightened its grip

Nicolás Maduro claims ‘great victory’ in poll generally boycotted and not recognised

Lawyer persists in pushing unfounded claims about US poll in call to ‘get to truth’

World leaders congratulate Joe Biden on his victory in presidential election

Volatile politics, uneven healthcare and inequality enable coronavirus to wreak havoc

US request other nations comply likely to deepen tensions with western allies

Venezuelan president’s government carried out ‘human rights violations including killings and torture’

Weapons purchases appear unlikely as government struggling to buy basic food, medicine

Fearful virus will destabilise the country, Maduro officials treat it like a national security threat

World updates: EU agrees to buy at least 300 million doses of potential vaccine

Australia limits number of citizens returning as virus surges

Order follows sanctions against 11 officials accused of preventing democratic functioning

US president renews claims that wider use of postal voting would lead to election fraud

First of five ships arrives in Caribbean with Washington warned against intercepting them

Three men captured west of Caracas are the latest ‘terrorists’ arrested

Pandemic bearing down on region that spent 2019 racked by political crises and social unrest

Former US soldiers paraded on Venezuelan state television after ‘half cocked’ plan fails spectacularly

Crisis-hit South American country among first in region to impose strict lockdown measures

Minister resisting calls to resign over encounter with Venezuelan vice-president

Opposition leader sought international support for efforts to oust Nicolás Maduro

Incident follows recent attempts under President Nicolás Maduro to block Juan Guaidó from presiding over parliament

‘Most of these people go to sell sweets on the streets. Or they have to beg to be able to eat’

Opposition leader pushes past armed troops to re-enter chamber after failing to gain entry on Sunday

Juan Guaidó prevented by security forces from entering national assembly session

Year in Review: Populists now dominate Latin America’s three largest economies

Departure of Bolivia’s president of 14 years likely to send shockwaves across Latin America

At least one dead and nearly 500 arrested in South American country’s worst violence in years

‘Wrong to say . . . that our rainforest are the lungs of the world,’ Brazil’s president tells UN

On the most pressing issues, world powers are increasingly forced to act not in tandem with the US but in defiance of it

Order freezes Venezuelan government assets in US and ratchets up pressure on Maduro