Venezuela

COMMENTARY Prediction markets are betting President Trump will order military action in Cuba, but not regime change — as they know his priority is to make countries ripe for deportation, not democracy.

The Trump administration has quietly instructed federal prosecutors in Miami to avoid pursuing criminal investigations into Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime target of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

Roberto Deniz — the Venezuelan reporter who uncovered the epic corruption allegedly masterminded by Alex Saab for ex-dictator Nicolás Maduro — foresees more discovery now that Saab's been extradited again to the U.S. But he still can't return from exile.

National Assembly president Jorge Rodríguez announced the releases Tuesday in Caracas. He didn't specify if they're political prisoners, but human rights defenders say some are. Rodríguez emphasized the gesture without asking for anything in return. This announcement comes amid scrutiny over the in-custody death of Víctor Hugo Quero, considered a political prisoner, and his mother's recent passing.

Alex Saab made his initial court appearance after being deported over the weekend by acting President Delcy Rodríguez as part of a purge of insider businessmen who are believed to have enriched themselves through corrupt dealings with Maduro.

The decision marks a stark reversal for Alex Saab, who Maduro fought tooth and nail to bring home after his previous international arrest in 2020.

When Fabiola Canelon, who goes by the stage name Fabiii, faces a creative block, she turns to musical improvisation. What started as a creative exercise soon became became a hallmark of her performances — a quality that sets apart her Tiny Desk Contest submission.

A bill limiting foreign influence from “countries of concern,” including adding penalties for businesses and prohibiting surrogacy contracts with Chinese nationals, was signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has arrived in the Netherlands to defend her country’s claim to a mineral- and oil-rich region in western Guyana before the United Nations highest court in a dispute that has spanned decades.

Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court heard argument for restoring Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants, Democratic South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Friday urged the nation's highest court to grant the extension of TPS.

A former Miami congressman and close friend of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was convicted Friday in connection with a secret $50 million lobbying campaign on behalf of Venezuela’s socialist government during the first Trump administration.

The first direct commercial flight between the United States and Venezuela is scheduled to land in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital. Thursday's flight comes seven years after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security suspended flights, citing safety concerns.