Nicolas Maduro

Venezuela has long claimed Guyana’s Essequibo region — a territory larger than Greece and rich in oil and minerals. And now President Nicolás Maduro is appealing to Venezuelans' patriotism in summoning voters supposedly to decide the territory’s future in a Dec. 3 referendum.

UPDATED: A renewed sense of democratic optimism produced a high turnout on Sunday for a primary election to select the Venezuelan opposition's presidential challenger.

Amid the daily reality of living off a minimum wage worth $3.70 a month, Venezuelans are again hearing election chatter as the opposition gets ready to hold a presidential primary Oct. 22.

Leaders of Venezuela’s fractured opposition are shaking voters’ hands and promising — yet again — that they will defeat President Nicolás Maduro at the ballot box.

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó says he fled to Colombia because he faced arrest by the Maduro dictatorship — and then to Miami because he faced deportation.

Venezuela’s attorney general says 21 people, including senior officials in President Nicolás Maduro's government and business leaders, have been arrested in connection with a corruption scheme involving international oil sales.

Gustavo Petro and Nicolas Maduro have met on their border to sign an agreement designed to improve trade between both countries and lift import duties on dozens of manufactured goods.

COMMENTARY Brazil's president once steered between left and right. Likening Venezuela's democratic opposition to Russia's Ukraine invasion suggests he's crashed.

Colombia's president has re-established diplomatic relations with Venezuela's authoritarian regime. Expats are asking if it will help or hurt democratic change.

COMMENTARY When leftist Gustavo Petro becomes Colombia's president on Sunday, his credibility will rely a lot on how firmly he pressures leftist Venezuela.

Turns out Nicolás Maduro's still the guy the world has to talk to in Venezuela. But recognizing Juan Guaidó as the country's legitimate president is still a useful tool.

Carlos Vecchio said, "we need more time to include more Venezuelans" for Temporary Protected Status — and blasted Venezuela's authoritarian regime.