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Donald Trump has been unambiguous that Venezuela’s huge oil reserves, and the commercial opportunity they represent for American oil companies, were a primary motivation for the removal of President Nicolas Maduro.

The facts in the cases of Nicolás Maduro and Juan Orlando Hernández are strikingly similar. The men’s fates are not.

Iran’s leader says rioters ‘must be put in their place’ as protest death toll rises to at least 10  PBS Rights group says at least 16 dead in Iran during week of protests  Reuters Sporadic protests in Tehran as clashes reported in

We reported on all sorts of products and practices promising to make you healthy last year. Here are the ones that stood up to science, and those that were mostly hype.

Experts have said that Venezuela is not a major drug producer but a minor cocaine transit country, with most of the cocaine flowing through it headed to Europe.

President Trump opened a new chapter in American nation building as he declared that the United States had toppled Venezuela’s leader and would “run” the country for an indefinite period.

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Trump’s plan to seize and revitalize Venezuela’s oil industry faces major hurdles  AP News Trump says US is taking control of Venezuela’s oil reserves. Here’s what it means  CNN Trump’s focus on Venezuelan oil reinforces claim action was never about ‘war on

The Ukrainian leader is reshuffling his cabinet as a corruption scandal reshapes the political landscape at a pivotal point in peace negotiations.

Trump wants U.S. oil companies in Venezuela. Here’s what to know  NPR Live updates: Maduro, wife in US custody after Trump vows to ‘run’ Venezuela  CNN Delcy Rodríguez strikes defiant tone but must walk tightrope as Venezuela’s interim leader  The Guardian A CIA