Venezuela

ONGC Videsh hopeful of resuming Venezuela operations as US moves to ease sanctions, liberalise crude trade

For the coming fiscal, ONGC is targeting production of 42.5 million tonnes of oil equivalent and has charted out a Rs 32,000-33,000 crore capex plan

Judge orders US to take steps to return some deported migrants

The migrants will be taken into custody when admitted into the US, the judge noted, but he wrote that this would at least put them in a better position to press their legal claims.

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright visits Venezuela to assess oil sector and boost foreign investment

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright arrived in Caracas to assess Venezuela’s struggling oil industry and meet acting President Delcy Rodríguez, as Washington lifts sanctions and aims to attract foreign investment to rebuild the sector.

US issues licence for oil companies to operate in Venezuela

The licence issued by the US Treasury Department Thursday covers a variety of activities that could expedite the movement of Venezuelan crude, including exporting, selling, storing and refining that oil, as long as the work is performed by a US entity

Venezuela opens oil industry to greater private investment

Venezuela has the world's largest proven reserves of oil but output has fallen from over three million barrels per day in the early 2000s to around 1.2 million today.

Trump says Venezuela airspace to reopen after Rodriguez call

Trump also said that major US oil companies are going to the South American country to scout out projects

Venezuela's acting president says US unfreezing sanctioned funds

Venezuela sits on about a fifth of the world's oil reserves and was once a major crude supplier to the US, with multiple American firms operating in the country until 2007.

India holding discussions with US, Venezuela over $600 million OVL’s stuck dividends

Back in 2024, ONGC Videsh has sought a ‘specific license’ to operate in Venezuela from the US Department of Treasury.

Did US use a 'secret weapon' in Venezuela? What Trump meant by ‘Discombobulator’ and what we know so far

Donald Trump first raised eyebrows during an interview with the New York Post, suggesting that a classified system was used during the raid.

US pushes for quickest fixes to boost Venezuela oil output

The go-fast approach is designed to fulfill the Trump administration’s goal of swiftly increasing crude flows

US invites dozens of military chiefs to Americas defence summit

The unusual event underscores the priority that President Donald Trump’s foreign policy places on the Americas, weeks after he ordered a military raid on Venezuela

Venezuela moves to liberalize oil sector, in boost for Trump

The draft bill, seen by AFP, ends decades of state control over Venezuela's biggest industry by allowing "private companies domiciled in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela" to engage independently in oil exploration and extraction.

Inside the covert operation that captured Maduro

A secret CIA role in Venezuela points to a sharper, risk-heavy turn in US intelligence strategy, and a renewed focus on Latin America under President Trump’s second term.

Venezuela says $300-mn US oil sale used to prop up currency

Washington began clamping down on those sales in December by seizing tankers carrying sanctioned Venezuelan crude.

Venezuela calls for 'symbolic' social media action after Trump post

Since the U.S. attack on Caracas on January 3, when it captured President Nicolas Maduro, the Trump administration has said it plans to "run" Venezuela and that it is cooperating with Maduro's vice-president and interim successor, Delcy Rodriguez.

Trump shares AI map claiming Canada, Greenland and Venezuela as US territory: Why it's so controversial

The map appears to have been created by artificial intelligence and comes amid heated tensions with European allies over Trump’s renewed push to acquire Greenland.

'I’m alive': Footage of Machado’s daring escape from Venezuela released | Watch

Machado left Venezuela in early December after almost a year in hiding so she could accept her Nobel Peace Prize in Norway.

Venezuela's Machado sees eventual elections but cautions about complex path ahead

Despite signs of the Trump administration deepening ties with Maduro's government, Machado gave a mostly upbeat assessment

'Walking a tightrope': How Venezuela’s Rodríguez is trying to please US and keep 'Chavismo' together

Rodríguez’s days start earlier, her public remarks are far more concise and the marathon speeches that defined Maduro’s rule are gone

Venezuela signs first gas export deal, citing LPG contract

Venezuela produces LPG at its José refining complex in eastern Venezuela

Did Machado’s Nobel handover make Trump a laureate? What the rules say and who owns it now

While the medal itself can change hands, the Nobel Peace Prize and the title of laureate cannot. Trump may now possess the gold disc, but he does not possess the prize.

From Iran to Venezuela to Ukraine: How Elon Musk's Starlink became a quiet force in wars, protests and fight for internet access

There is currently no international legal framework governing how privately owned satellite networks should operate during wars or political crises.