Venezuela

Venezuela's heavy crude could be swapped for American oil to fill emergency reserve, Wright says

"We'll swap you a barrel of heavy crude for a barrel of light or medium United States crude," Wright said during an interview on CNBC, calling oil markets fluid.

Oil platforms and pumpjacks at Lake Maracaibo, as residents around the oil‑rich center of Maracaibo in Zulia state remain uncertain about new investments following recent legislative reforms allowing greater private participation in PDVSA and aimed at revitalizing the country's struggling oil sector
Kenyan students at a school aided by ConnectingMath, an Israeli nonprofit working to expand acces to math education in developing countries.

Israeli non-profits, companies expand education access in remote communities worldwide

US Vice President JD Vance arrives to discuss anti-fraud initiatives during a visit to Wisconsin Air National Guard's 128th Air Refueling Wing at Milwaukee Mitchell Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US July 8, 2026.

Iran leadership is willing to take extreme measures to disrupt Gulf shipping, JD Vance says

Venezuelans swarm to aid trucks where other civilians have come to deliver aid and food. PremiumPremium

Beneath the rubble: Photojournalist documents Venezuela's earthquake aftermath and Israeli aid


Venezuela's Rodriguez hails 25-year US energy pact to boost oil output, defend sovereignty

Rodriguez hailed the accord in a late-night address as a "historic" deal that would help revive the economy and boost government revenue, saying it would help shape the country's future.

VENEZUELA’S INTERIM President Delcy Rodriguez attends an event to receive the insignia of commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, on Wednesday. Rodriguez is a hostage to her own security apparatus; or she may simply be applying a delaying tactic to reorganize her bases while simulating cooperation.

US enters into oil agreement with Venezuela, Trump says

US President Donald Trump on Friday said the US had entered into an oil agreement with Venezuela.

Oil rigs are pictured in Cabimas, south of Lake Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela, on January 31, 2026; Illustrative.

US, Venezuela negotiate deal for American access to Venezuelan oilfields

Venezuela is considering leaving the OPEC oil production group as it strengthens ties with the US, Bloomberg reported late on Thursday.

Workers of Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA at a rig near Cabimas, Venezuela, January 27, 2026.; illustrative.

Venezuelans, Cubans among deportees to Liberia under Trump deal, official says

The West African nation announced on Tuesday that it had agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the US in the next 12 months.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents patrol at Washington Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, US, March 24, 2026.

As foreign elections shape Israel’s alliances, Jerusalem seeks to control the diplomatic whiplash

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Latin America and Slovenia are examples of countries’ shifting ties with Israel that reflect how relations have become an ideological marker in domestic politics.

Here, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks alongside Colombia’s then-president, Juan Manuel Santos, in Bogotá, in 2017.

Israel sends 80-person rescue delegation to earthquake-hit Colombia

The delegation, headed by the commander of the Home Front Command's National Rescue and Rescue Unit, Brig.-General (res.) Yossi Pinto, includes both regular duty soldiers and reservists.

Home Front Command sends a delegation to Colombia following a deadly earthquake, August 13, 2026

What Venezuela's renewed ties with Israel could mean for Iran - analysis

Venezuela's decision to renew consular relations with Israel comes after two decades in which Caracas became Iran's principal strategic partner in Latin America.

 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro attend a news conference in Tehran, Iran, June 11, 2022.

After 17 years, Israel and Venezuela begin rebuilding ties through humanitarian aid - comment

The landscape began to shift following the US capture of Nicolás Maduro on January 3 and assumed a human dimension after the disaster.

Israeli and Venezuelen flags stand together; illustrative

ZAKA welcomes renewed Israel-Venezuela ties after earthquake aid mission

ZAKA leadership welcomed the renewal of diplomatic ties between Israel and Venezuela, saying the organization’s recent humanitarian efforts helped pave the way for renewed relations.

ZAKA personnel in Venezuela.

'A new era begins': Israel, Venezuela open up consular relations for first time in 17 years

The move creates an official channel of coordination between Israel and Venezuela, which have not maintained diplomatic relations since 2009.

A supporter of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s Vente Venezuela wears a Venezuelan flag during a rally marking the two-year anniversary of presidential elections, which authorities said Nicolas Maduro won, in Caracas, Venezuela, July 28, 2026.