Venezuela

Official says US conducted ‘judicial enforcement action on a stateless vessel’ that was last docked in country

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s speech was delivered at Oslo ceremony by her daughter

Maria Isabel Meza-Silva moved to Ireland from South America in 2017

As drug-cartel operations, migration and China reshape the region, the US is pushing a revived Monroe Doctrine for the 21st century

Defence secretary robustly defends attack on alleged gunboat, as Democrats lambast ‘unserious and unqualified individual’

In the News podcast: US says attacks on boats is part of war on drugs

Term 'sex industry' camouflages the reality of young women holed up in apartments and lonely houses, being transported in vans, being used and abused by Irish men

Prime minister faces accusations of secrecy after confirming presence of US marines

Finglas community rallies around popular food outlet, with GoFundMe raising thousands

US president spoke to Maduro and demanded he resign immediately but Venezuelan leader refused, the Miami Herald reports

Across the US, a growing number of Venezuelan children whose parents were deported back to their home country have been left behind

Move follows warning from US aviation regulator of ‘potentially hazardous situation’ when flying over Venezuela

Terror designation may expand legal case for more aggressive action as US masses military in Caribbean after months of deadly boat strikes

Toppling Panama’s leader more than 30 years ago looks easier than ousting Nicolás Maduro today

USS Gerald R Ford’s arrival is largest US military presence in region since 1989 Panama invasion

Regime forces focus not on defence but on quashing dissent, analysts and opposition figures say

Concern over military build-up that Venezuela fear may lead to an invasion

Build-up of troops has raised speculation Trump could try to topple Venezuelan president

Previous attacks on vessels in Caribbean have killed at least 32 people

Venezuelan foreign minister says experts ‘corroborate what we have been denouncing’

Alvin Holsey just took over the US southern command late last year for a position that normally lasts three years

Attack was on vessel ‘associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks’, says US president, without giving evidence

Worldview: The US president has been rapidly intensifying domestic military operations during his second term

Venezuelan opposition leader is in hiding and banned from holding public office

Shares in the group have fallen more than 7% since the merged entity’s debut on the New York Stock Exchange in July last year

Venezuelan president’s inner circle now think Washington is preparing to invade

Trump administration has provided scant information about strike

‘Lop-sided’ deal with US giant over offshore discovery leaves communities without protection or benefits, activists say

The small South American country is ‘a living paradox’, pursuing the promise of oil while facing the potential peril of climate change

Bounty viewed as symbolic follows licence to Chevron to produce oil in South American country

‘We have enough problems of our own,’ says foreign minister after US president states hope for ‘safe, third-country agreements’

One Venezualan mother risked everything to seek a better future for her two children. But she decided to leave the US because she feared losing them

USA-TRUMP/MIGRATION-VENEZUELANS:US judge prevents Trump from invalidating 5,000 Venezuelans' legal documents

Main opposition leaders called for voters to abstain from vote in protest at official result of last year’s presidential election

Initial police mishandling of case and claims of cover-up reveal mistrust towards political and law enforcement systems

Judges grant department of homeland security request to end temporary protected status

Those deported to El Salvador have not yet been able to effectively challenge their detention, says UN high commissioner for human rights

Inspired by a trend emerging in New York and London, ‘social wellness clubs’ are popping up around Ireland

Lawyers get temporary order to stop Trump administration using 1798 Act to send alleged gang members to El Salvador

Ruling lifts freeze on removal of alleged gang members in victory for White House