Nicolas Maduro

Some political experts say Florida's efforts to usurp local government authority are uncomfortably reminiscent of the late strongman Hugo Chávez's playbook.

COMMENTARY Designating if not indicting Juan Orlando Hernández as head of a narco-state could bolster, not hinder, Biden's Central America project.

COMMENTARY The pro-democracy credibility of Rick Scott, Mario Diaz-Balart and Carlos Gimenez is as shattered now as glass inside the U.S. Capitol.

The European Union stunned Venezuela's opposition this week when it announced it no longer considers Guaidó head of state. Where does it leave him?

COMMENTARY Trump toadies like Sen. Mike Braun have steered the U.S.'s constitutional standing closer to hemispheric horror shows like Venezuela's.

Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro tightened his grip on the nation’s institutions Tuesday as a legislature packed with his loyalists took their seats in what was widely considered the country’s last democratic institution.

As if the region's coronavirus catastrophe wasn't enough, 2020 heaped human rights crises and historic hurricanes on Latin America and the Caribbean too.

COMMENTARY After being schmoozed by the President for two years, Florida's Venezuelan community is at a sobering crossroads.

Venezuelan exile journalist Francisco Poleo explains why his country's political opposition — and most of the world — refuse to legitimize this Sunday's vote.

COMMENTARY President Trump and his Venezuelan exile enablers are doing just what Venezuela's dictator Maduro and his socialist enablers would be doing.

The U.N. accuses Venezuela's authoritarian regime of crimes against humanity. The top opposition leader told the armed forces to "stop working for murderers."

A third of Venezuela's reported COVID deaths are frontline healthcare workers. Efforts are underway to protect them – but the regime may block the help.