
Donald Trump has exerted more pressure on Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro, who accused the US president of ushering in a new “era of criminal naval piracy” in the Caribbean after Washington seized a Venezuelan oil tanker. Late on Thursday, the US imposed curbs on three nephews of Maduro’s wife, Cilia ...

President Nicolas Maduro has won Venezuela’s presidential election, according to partial results announced by the electoral council. The head of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoroso said that with 80% of ballots counted, President Maduro had 51% of the vote, compared to 44% for his main rival, Edmundo González. ...