Maria Corina Machado

President Trump’s military actions and immigration policies have divided Venezuelans in South Florida, many of whom fled the Maduro regime.

When Venezuelan opposition leader — and Nobel Peace Prize winner — Maria Corina Machado last week endorsed President Donald Trump’s violent approach to dealing with the Maduro regime, the remarks triggered mixed reactions in South Florida, home to the nation’s largest Venezuelan community.

COMMENTARY María Corina Machado deserved the Nobel Peace Prize for leading Venezuela's nonviolent democracy movement — but to succeed, should that effort rely on a U.S. military incursion?

Soon after the Nobel Peace Prize committee announced it was awarding this year’s honor to María Corina Machado, the leader of the main opposition movement in Venezuela, the Trump White House issued an unequivocal condemnation.

Friday's announcement that Venezuelan democracy champion María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize also lifts a diaspora facing deportations in the U.S. as well as a brutal regime at home.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, currenty in hiding in her country, is touting a major economic reform plan as a roadmap for a post-Nicolás Maduro future — though it's still far from certain if or when the dictator will ever leave power.

Aides to Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado say she was detained Thursday, but they've been contradicted by authorities who accuse government opponents of trying to spark an international crisis.

A prominent human rights attorney has quietly parted ways with the International Criminal Court to protest what he sees as an unjustified failure of its chief prosecutor to indict members of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's government for crimes against humanity, The Associated Press has learned.

After both President Nicolás Maduro and the opposition claimed victory in the presidential election, both sides called on supporters to take to the streets.

The result, which would give Nicolás Maduro six more years as president, was disputed by the opposition, and the United States said it had “serious concerns.”

Eleven years into Venezuela’s crisis, the days of food shortages are virtually gone. But with many earning under $200 a month, getting the essentials is a constant struggle for families in rural and urban areas alike.

Nicolás Maduro and his regime have made sure millions of expats can't vote in Sunday's presidential election in Venezuela. The diaspora in South Florida and across the world has responded by quietly organizing to make sure Venezuelans in the country can — and do.