https://sagire.online/topic/venezuela/ Articles and notes where Venezuela is a central actor. en Thu, 05 Nov 2026 02:48:00 -0300 https://sagire.online/wire/73d0d02a/https://sagire.online/wire/73d0d02a/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 23:24:00 -0300Venezuela’s National Assembly approved on Tuesday, in a first reading, the bill for a partial reform of the Constitutional Law against Hatred, at the request of the executive. The reform replaces prison sentences with fines and community work and sets out clear administrative procedures for applying the law; the text drops the word “hatred” and is to be renamed the Law for Democratic Coexistence, Peace and Coexistence. Opposition lawmaker Amelia Belisario said the law “served to persecute dissent.” The non-governmental organization Espacio Público warned that the reform keeps mechanisms that can restrict freedom of expression, by leaving sanctioning procedures in the hands of the ministry with jurisdiction over justice.VenezuelaJusticePress freedom https://sagire.online/venezuela-sofa-presenca-militar/https://sagire.online/venezuela-sofa-presenca-militar/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 21:55:00 -0300Ten months after the night-time assault that removed Nicolás Maduro, the State Department negotiates with Delcy Rodríguez a status of forces agreement that would give United States troops a legal basis to remain. The scope is deliberately narrow, and the contract is what would make the occupation survive the government that began it.VenezuelaUnited StatesLatin AmericaOil https://sagire.online/wire/c374bfb6/https://sagire.online/wire/c374bfb6/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 10:21:00 -0300A strike against alleged members of the National Liberation Army (ELN) in Venezuela’s Apure state, near the Colombian border, had US intelligence and drone support, according to four US officials quoted by the New York Times. The operation took place last Friday, and a senior Venezuelan military officer confirmed the attack. Fundaredes, the first organization to raise the alarm, counted 23 dead and an undetermined number of wounded in the bombing of an ELN base used as a cocaine distribution center, based on testimony from survivors and local residents that the Times collected. Local reporters with Alianza Rebelde Investiga identified eight of the dead — including two Colombians and four Mexicans — using information from the morgue, the hospital and the San Fernando de Apure cemetery. Venezuelan authorities counted 19 dead in the operation so far, a lower toll than Fundaredes’. The attack came after the United States forcibly removed Nicolás Maduro and Venezuela’s government came under the control of an administration aligned with Donald Trump, according to Infobae, in a New York Times text.VenezuelaUnited StatesDrug traffickingDronesLatin America https://sagire.online/wire/ed1ddbb9/https://sagire.online/wire/ed1ddbb9/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:23:00 -0300The administration of Donald Trump is negotiating an agreement with Venezuela that would allow a long-term US military presence in the country, according to The New York Times, in a TASS report. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading efforts to conclude the military pact, a status of forces agreement (SOFA), and details on the long-term presence and the locations where troops will be stationed will be left to subsequent agreements. The newspaper does not say whether the United States intends to build and maintain its own bases in the country or to station troops at existing Venezuelan bases. An unnamed State Department official said Washington hopes to expand security cooperation with Venezuela and that no discussions regarding bases are currently taking place.VenezuelaUnited StatesLatin AmericaDefenseDiplomacy https://sagire.online/wire/9c9d1784/https://sagire.online/wire/9c9d1784/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:24:00 -0300The United States has urged Venezuela to release the remaining political prisoners held in the country. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met his Venezuelan counterpart, Oliver Blanco, on Monday, when he called for their release and discussed reforms aimed at laying the groundwork for free and credible elections, according to the State Department. More than 1,000 political prisoners have been freed since US forces seized Nicolás Maduro in a raid on Caracas on January 3 and took him to New York, where he faces trial on drug-trafficking and torture charges. Venezuelan prisoners’ rights group Foro Penal says 322 people remain in detention. The State Department reiterated its commitment to Donald Trump’s three-phase plan, which provides for stabilization, economic recovery and political reconciliation, and democratic transition.VenezuelaUnited StatesHuman rightsElections https://sagire.online/wire/a3094f4e/https://sagire.online/wire/a3094f4e/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 22:21:00 -0300United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Venezuelan Foreign Minister Oliver Blanco in Washington on Monday to discuss the country’s political future, nearly a year after US forces seized former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro in Caracas. The State Department reaffirmed Donald Trump’s three-phase plan for Venezuela — stabilization, economic recovery and political reconciliation, and democratic transition.VenezuelaUnited StatesLatin AmericaDiplomacy https://sagire.online/wire/3e4d975a/https://sagire.online/wire/3e4d975a/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:21:00 -0300Secretary of State Marco Rubio received Venezuela's foreign minister, Oliver Blanco, in Washington on Monday in the first meeting between the two countries' top diplomats since the US military attack on the South American country on January 3. The meeting took place two weeks after Venezuelan authorities and the opposition agreed on a blueprint to reform the country's electoral process that would allow free and fair elections at some point in 2027, and the Trump administration has stepped up pressure on the interim government and opposition groups to move quickly on election preparations.VenezuelaUnited StatesDiplomacyElectionsLatin America https://sagire.online/wire/22b3fe7c/https://sagire.online/wire/22b3fe7c/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:21:00 -0300Detained in the United States since January 3, 2026, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro sent a message to the Venezuelan people on Sunday, November 1, asking for prayers. “Pray for us and know that Cilia and I are with you every step of the way,” the text says, closing with embraces and blessings for families in Venezuela and elsewhere.VenezuelaLatin AmericaHuman rights https://sagire.online/wire/786ff8f3/https://sagire.online/wire/786ff8f3/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 21:21:00 -0300The Venezuelan armed forces bombed a National Liberation Army (ELN) encampment in the border state of Apure, leaving at least 19 dead, according to TRT World, citing the NGO FundaRedes and sources close to the operation. FundaRedes coordinator Juan Francisco Garcia told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that nine bodies arrived in San Fernando and another ten were transferred later.VenezuelaColombiaLatin AmericaConflict https://sagire.online/apure-bombardeio-sem-balanco/https://sagire.online/apure-bombardeio-sem-balanco/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 17:28:00 -0300Drones hit a guerrilla camp in southern Apure on October 30 and the army that operates them has published no toll: 19 dead by one count, around 20 by another, nine bodies in a morgue in San Fernando. Five years after an operation that ended with the force withdrawn and 12 soldiers hostage, the target changed, the method changed, and the only record is the one a human rights group wrote.VenezuelaColombiaLatin AmericaCritical mineralsDrug trafficking https://sagire.online/wire/c9f0f040/https://sagire.online/wire/c9f0f040/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 02:21:00 -0300Venezuela’s army attacked a camp of the National Liberation Army (ELN) inside Venezuelan territory on Friday, the first time the country has struck ELN forces camped on its own soil, according to TRT World. A staff member of the non-governmental organization (NGO) Fundaredes counted at least nine bodies at the destroyed camp, Tarazona said, according to the report, which released video of the site. TRT World noted that Venezuela was ruled by socialists for decades until Nicolás Maduro was ousted by US forces in January.VenezuelaLatin AmericaConflict https://sagire.online/wire/adec21c8/https://sagire.online/wire/adec21c8/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 22:21:00 -0300A military bombardment against the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla killed several people on Venezuela's border with Colombia, in Apure, the NGO Fundaredes and a human rights activist told Agence France-Presse, according to G1. Fundaredes director Javier Tarazona said a coordinator for the NGO saw the first nine dead in the operation; for him, it is “the first bombardment by Venezuela against the ELN”.VenezuelaConflictLatin America https://sagire.online/wire/512d2f93/https://sagire.online/wire/512d2f93/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 01:23:00 -0300María Corina Machado thanked Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio for opening a “floodgate to freedom” with the January 3 action, at a news conference in Caracas, according to Al Jazeera. She said Rubio set out a sequence of events pointing to presidential elections in 2027, according to the BBC. Shortly before her remarks on Thursday, Delcy Rodríguez said elections would be held “with the world as witness,” without setting a date, according to Al Jazeera.VenezuelaElectionsLatin AmericaUnited StatesDiplomacy https://sagire.online/wire/98e6b2f5/https://sagire.online/wire/98e6b2f5/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 23:22:00 -0300Colombia’s president, Abelardo de la Espriella, ordered on Thursday the temporary militarization of Cúcuta, on the border with Venezuela, amid a wave of violence and killings by illegal groups, a city that in recent days saw the murder of a mayoral hopeful and a bombing that left four police officers wounded.ColombiaVenezuelaDrug traffickingPublic security https://sagire.online/wire/cb86d634/https://sagire.online/wire/cb86d634/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:23:00 -0300Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said on Thursday that the United States suggested holding presidential elections in Venezuela in 2027, according to G1.VenezuelaUnited StatesElectionsLatin America