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A report in a Kremlin-friendly publication claimed that the Russian government is “expected” to send oil to Cuba.

Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa was rearrested 12 hours after being released from prison.

Portuguese socialist politician António José Seguro became president-elect of Portugal after defeating right-wing populist André Ventura in Sunday’s runoff.

Brazil’s socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that Nicolás Maduro’s freedom is “not a main concern of his.”

Colombian businessman Alex Saab, widely considered to be Nicolás Maduro’s top money launderer, was arrested in Caracas on Wednesday as part of a join U.S. – Venezuela operation, several outlets reported.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a new license Tuesday authorizing the export and sale of U.S. diluents to Venezuela. Diluents are a key fuel needed to produce exportable crude oil grades in the ⁠OPEC country.

“Acting President” of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez on Tuesday night said the country is calm a month after U.S. forces captured socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro.

A new license granting U.S. oil companies expanded access to operate in Venezuela was issued Thursday by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

Strongman Diosdado Cabello branded the Venezuelan Catholic Church “fascists in cassocks” for not condemning the capture of Nicolás Maduro.

Communist lawmakers from Russia’s State Duma established a committee seeking to achieve the “liberation” of Venezuela’s deposed socialist dictator, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, the Russian embassy in Caracas announced Wednesday.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro took the opportunity of celebrating the reopening of a hospital in Bogotá to tell his audience he “does very good things in bed” — “unforgettable, a beast” — and that he personally thinks Jesus Christ engaged in sexual relations.

Bolivian community leaders asked the federal government this week to investigate after an opposition lawmaker claimed that socialist ex-president Evo Morales, a fugitive charged with pedophilia who has been hiding for months in his stronghold Cochabamba, has fled to Mexico.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry complained on Tuesday that the American mission to arrest deposed Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro was “bullying,” but offered no substantive response when asked what it was doing to aid the remains of the socialist regime.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told U.S. Senators that America is prepared to use force to ensure Venezuela’s “acting President” Delcy Rodríguez cooperates, Bloomberg reported.

“Acting President” of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez on Monday responded to “irrelevant and offensive statements” from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent by asserting Venezuela “does not accept orders from any external factor.”

Venezuelan ex-political prisoner Víctor Borjas surprised his two daughters – whom he had not seen in over a year – by wearing a teddy bear costume in a heartfelt Sunday reunion after his release from unjust imprisonment.

“Acting President” of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez said she has had “enough” of Washington’s orders during a Sunday state media broadcast.

Venezuelan socialist strongman Diosdado Cabello dared “anyone” to find evidence of his alleged conversations with the United States.

Secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS) Albert Ramdin on Wednesday called for Venezuela’s socialist regime to release all of its remaining political prisoners.

The Venezuelan non-government organization Foro Penal on Monday announced that, based on information confirmed by the group, Venezuela’s socialist regime still holds 777 political prisoners as of Monday night.

Bolivia’s state-owned cable company Entel over the weekend announced the removal of Russian state outlet RT and the left-wing propaganda network Telesur from its channel grid.

Cuba’s communist Castro regime is seeking oil from Africa to offset the oil it is no longer getting from Venezuela’s socialist regime thanks to President Donald Trump’s campaign pressure, the independent outlet 14 y Medio reported on Monday.

Venezuela’s socialist regime on Sunday rejected the “malicious information” allegedly contained in a report published by Reuters claiming that the Trump administration was in discussions with strongman Diosdado Cabello months before the U.S. law enforcement operation to arrest Nicolás Maduro.

A plane carrying the remains of 32 identified Cuban state security agents killed in the American military operation to arrest deposed Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro landed in Havana on Thursday. Shocking footage of its arrival showed that the remains of the fallen were apparently not large enough for coffins and brought home in small boxes.

Anti-socialist Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has consistently appeared as the most popular such figure in the country in polls because of her refusal to negotiate with the regime, the president of the polling firm Meganálisis, Rubén Chirino Leañez, told Breitbart News this week.

Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez claimed during a Thursday speech at the nation’s parliament that “if I have to go to Washington, I’ll go standing up, not crawling.”

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro fired former gay pornographic actor Juan Carlos Florián as the nation’s “Equality Minister” amid ongoing scandals in the ministry, the Colombian newspaper El Colombiano reported on Wednesday.

Leftist protests in defense of Nicolás Maduro “do not at all represent the Venezuelan people,” the CEO of the polling firm Meganálisis said.

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he recently held a “very good” phone conversation with Delcy Rodríguez, the “acting President” of Venezuela.

Venezuela’s socialist regime will send an envoy to Washington, DC on Thursday — the same day President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with anti-socialist Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday

Venezuelan Interior Minister and long suspected drug lord Diosdado Cabello on Tuesday claimed that is “impossible” to determine how many people allegedly died in the U.S. military operation to capture Nicolás Maduro because they were “blown to pieces.”

Italian citizens Alberto Trentini and Mario Burlò recounted their harrowing experiences after spending over a year as political prisoners of the Venezuelan socialist regime.

A group of at least 15 Venezuelan teenagers was slapped with dubious “treason” charges for allegedly celebrating the downfall of socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro, the outlet Runrunes reported.

A study conducted by the Colombian polling firm National Consulting Center (CNC) found that 79 percent of Venezuelans see the U.S. law enforcement operation that led to the capture of deposed socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro as positive.