Nicolas Maduro and his wife are expected to face federal charges related to drug trafficking and working with gangs designated as terrorist organizations.

Investors look to safe-haven assets like gold and silver to limit risk from the ongoing political instability in Latin America.

Long-serving defence minister Vladimir Padrino and interior minister Diosdado Cabello, both under US sanctions, control most of Venezuela’s hard power. Cabello runs the colectivos, a much-feared national force of gun-toting paramilitaries who ride in motorcycle groups to intimidate opponents and snuff out dissent.

The president of Venezuela was taken by American forces and transported to the U.S. Saturday to face federal drug charges.

The U.S.’s stunning intervention in Venezuela puts several other countries in the region and around the world also on edge.

Lawmakers return to Washington this week, staring down an end-of-month deadline to avert another government shutdown.

The secretary of state says the US will retain "multiple levers of leverage" if Venezuela's leaders don't "make the right decisions".

The creator of the TV show Jack Ryan has reacted to the show’s Venezuela “prophecy,” after the United States moved to strike Venezuela and capture the country’s president Nicolás Maduro, and fans of the show highlighted parallels between this real-life event and the show’s plot.