Thousands of people are relying on illegal smugglers' routes across the Tachira River to traverse the Venezuela-Colombia border, which was closed late last month amid a row over humanitarian aid.

People opting for smugglers' routes amid Venezuela-Colombia border shutdown

Sanctions have "exacerbated," the crisis in Venezuela, the UN human rights chief said Wednesday after the United States warned it may expand the measures it has imposed targeting President Nicolas Maduro's government.

UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet says sanctions have worsened Venezuela crisis

Venezuela’s self-proclaimed interim president said Sunday that if he is arrested upon his planned return to the country, it would be one of the last mistakes ever made by his country’s government.

Opposition leader Guaido says his imprisonment would be one of Maduro's last mistakes

Relations between the United States and Venezuela have been strained since the late Hugo Chávez rose to power two decades ago. They got worse when the Trump administration recognised opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the South American country’s president instead of Chávez successor Nicolás Maduro in January 2019.

Venezuela crisis: US-supplied humanitarian aid may have a political motive

By Nisha Bellinger and Byunghwan Son Democracy is at risk worldwide. And the economy may be, too. Seventy-one out of the world’s 195 countries saw their democratic institutions erode in recent years, according to the 2018 year-end report by democracy watchdog Freedom House, a phenomenon known as “democratic backsliding.

Is authoritarianism bad for the economy? Ask Venezuela, Hungary or Turkey

The United States is pushing for a United Nations Security Council statement expressing full support for Venezuela's National Assembly as the country's "only democratically elected institution," but Russia is expected to block the move, diplomats said on Friday.

US pushes UN Security Council to back Venezuela's Guaido

Oil rose on Thursday, shaking off persistent concern about the outlook for demand after the US government said it could impose sanctions on OPEC member Venezuela's crude exports.

Oil rises after US threat of sanctions on Venezuela crude

Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly declared Nicolas Maduro's presidency illegitimate Saturday, calling on the military to support efforts to "restore democracy.

Venezuela's parliament rejects legitimacy of Maduro second term

As Venezuela's hyperinflation and chronic medicine shortages leave HIV patients with little hope of obtaining life-saving anti-retroviral medications, many are now relying on the leaves of a tropical tree known called the guasimo.

With no antiretrovirals, Venezuela HIV patients rely on leaf remedy

Ecuador needs some $550 million to provide aid to Venezuelan citizens fleeing their country's economic crisis, and hopes to raise the funds through donations from multilateral agencies and nearby countries, an Ecuadorean official said the Friday (November 23).

Ecuador says it needs $550 million to help Venezuelan migrants

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