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Venezuelan migrants once detained in El Salvador seek US justice

The administration of President Donald Trump expelled the men by invoking the Alien Enemies Act and claiming they were members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang.

China and Russia are pursuing their own aims in the South American country. Photo: Reuters

What interest do China and Russia have in Venezuela?

A visitor walks past the White House and a new flag pole installed on the North Lawn in Washington, DC, US, June 19, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File photo

White House orders military to focus on 'quarantine' of Venezuela oil

Venezuela resorts to floating storage as onshore storage tanks fill up

Lawmakers attend an extraordinary session to discuss a bill opposing measures by US President Donald Trump that restrict sanctioned oil tankers from entering and leaving Venezuela, in Caracas, Venezuela, December 22, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria

Venezuela passes law against piracy, blockades amid US oil ship seizures

A detail view of the US Coast Guard Cutter Valiant in Miami Beach, Florida, US March 6, 2025. Phtoo: REUTERS/Marco Bello

US eyes additional Coast Guard assets to seize fleeing tanker: Sources

A combination image shows two screen captures from a video posted on the X account of The White House on September 15, 2025, depicting what US President Donald Trump said was a US military strike on a Venezuelan drug cartel vessel that had been on its way to the United States, the second such strike carried out against a suspected drug boat in recent weeks. Photo: The White House/Handout via REUTERS

US conducts another strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat in eastern Pacific

An oil tanker sails on Lake Maracaibo, in Cabimas, Venezuela October 14, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Issac Urrutia

Oil loading in Venezuela slows, more ships make U-turns after new US interceptions

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures, as he joins his supporters during a march to commemorate the Battle of Santa Ines, in Caracas, Venezuela, 10 December, 2025. File Photo: REUTERS

Trump says it would be 'smart' for Venezuela's Maduro to leave power

US military personnel conduct an apron inspection near US Marine Corps F-35B fighter jets at the former Roosevelt Roads naval base in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, December 19, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo

US pursuing third oil tanker near Venezuela: Officials

US military personnel conduct an apron inspection near US Marine Corps F-35B fighter jets at the former Roosevelt Roads naval base in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, December 19, 2025. Photo: Reuetrs

US pursuing third oil tanker near Venezuela, officials say

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva looks on before posing for a family photo with ministers during a ministerial meeting at Granja do Torto official residence, in Brasilia, Brazil, December 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Brazil's Lula warns US intervention in Venezuela could be catastrophic

A US military helicopter flies near an oil tanker during a raid described by US Attorney General Pam Bondi as its seizure by the United States off the coast of Venezuela, December 10, 2025, in a still image from video. Photo: US Attorney General/Handout via REUTERS

US intercepts oil tanker off Venezuelan coast: Officials