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Maduro says Russian coronavirus vaccine to arrive in Venezuela in Sept 2020

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Russia's Sputnik-V vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) would be delivered to Venezuela in September 2020 for clinical trials

US intercepts Venezuela-bound aircraft loaded with firearms in Florida

US customs officers intercepted a Venezuela-bound private jet in south Florida loaded with 82 firearms, including a sniper rifle, plus 63,000 rounds of ammunition, US authorities said

US seizes four Iranian fuel shipments to Venezuela, confiscates cargo

Tensions between Iran and the United States increased last year following a series of incidents involving shipping in and near the Middle East Gulf

Reliance to load Venezuelan oil cargo under fuel swap deal: Report

Washington has exempted some Venezuelan oil trade from sanctions, when transactions are in exchange for fuel and food or to repay debts rather than for cash

US lifts Venezuela-related sanctions imposed on shipping firms, tankers

A Treasury representative said the delisted entities had committed to cease involvement in the Venezuelan oil sector as long as Maduro, who is accused of rigging his 2018 re-election, remains in power

UK recognises opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela's president

UK High Court ruled that Britain had "unequivocally" recognised Guaido as constitutional interim president

US warns nations, insurers against aiding Iran fuel shipments to Venezuela

Venezuelan navy on Thursday escorted a fourth tanker bringing Iranian fuel through its waters to the gasoline-starved country

Walk back to home: Venezuelans stream in from Colombia due to Covid-19

In recent years Colombia has welcomed 1.8 million Venezuelans fleeing their country's economic and political collapse

US offers $15 mn reward for arrest of Venezuelan President Maduro: Pompeo

Apart from $15 million reward for Maduro, US also announced a $10 million for information leading to the arrest of his associates in the drug trafficking case.

Rejected Venezuela returns to IMF seeking $1 bn in aid to fight coronavirus

Maduro ordered a nationwide quarantine starting Tuesday to slow the pace of infection

RIL, Nayara Energy plan to wind down Venezuelan oil buys in April

India accounted for about a third of Venezuela's oil shipments in January

Venezuela's Oppn leader attends SOTU speech, Trump vows to 'smash Maduro

Trump invited Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido to watch his State of the Union address from the guests' gallery above

OPEC grapples with oil oversupply, negotiations over production cuts begin

The oil-producing nations will decide whether to stick with production cuts they've endured for the past three years, relax them or deepen them in the hopes of propping up prices

India's Nayara sending fuel to Rosneft in return for Venezuelan oil: Report

The United States in January prohibited US-dollar transactions for oil sales from Venezuela's PDVSA or its units

US sanctions Venezuela's foreign minister, top judge who is Maduro aide

Washington blames Maduro for the country's economic collapse and for undermining democracy

Unable to get dialysis, 15 patients die due to power blackout in Venezuela

Venezuelans since Thursday afternoon have been in the grips of the worst blackout in the history of the oil-producing country

Venezuela isn't just a failed state

Venezuelan leaders have treated state oil money as a slush fund for themselves and their cronies

US raises pressure on Maduro via sanctions, aid airlift to Venezuela

Maduro retains the backing of Russia and China and control of Venezuelan state institutions including the military

As sales to US get blocked, Venezuela looks to sell more oil to India

Venezuela has sent its oil minister, Manuel Quevedo, to India to convince refiners, including Reliance Industries Ltd and Nayara Energy Ltd, to double their oil purchases

Oil prices up 2% following US sanctions on Venezuelan oil company

Venezuela's exports have already fallen to little more than 1 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2018 from 1.6 million bpd in 2017, according to Refinitiv ship-tracking data and trade sources.