Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump are crafting a wide-ranging sanctions strategy to facilitate a Russia-Ukraine diplomatic accord in the coming months while at the same time squeezing Iran and Venezuela,

Maduro’s inauguration seals an election outcome that opposition politicians and the US government say was stolen.

Russia's longest flights are to the tropical beaches of Venezuela, Bali, and Cuba (destinations free from Western sanctions).

CARACAS. Jan 10 (Interfax) - Russian State Duma Chairman has attended the inauguration ceremony of Nicolas Maduro, who has been elected president of Venezuela, in the Federal Legislative Palace in Caracas. Volodin is representing Russia on the orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro on his swearing-in for a third term, the lower house of Russia's parliament said Friday.

Vladimir Putin congratulates Nicolás Maduro, defying U.S. sanctions, as tensions rise over a $25 million bounty for the Venezuelan leader.- Watch Video on English Oneindia

In our news wrap Friday, Venezuelan President Maduro was sworn in for a third term following a disputed election, the White House extended protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans and El Salvadorans living in the U.

The head of a leading Venezuelan human rights group was released from detention Thursday, his NGO said, after nine days in custody following a crackdown on critics of President Nicolas Maduro.

Nicolas Maduro’s grip on Venezuela continues to be a crisis not only for his people but for the entire Western Hemisphere.

Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump are crafting a wide-ranging sanctions strategy to facilitate a Russia-Ukraine diplomatic accord in the coming months.

Trinidad is a Venezuelan immigrant who is due in August, but she fears that her child will be stateless under Trump's executive order, caught between Venezuela's democratic crisis and the legal tumult of the United States immigration system, the lawsuit said.

President Donald Trump‘s three picks to head up his energy dominance and “drill, baby, drill” agenda are one step closer to leading their departments as two Senate committees voted to send their nominations to the floor of the upper chamber.