Venezuela

Venezuela quakes have killed 4,333, injured 16,740, National Assembly president says

The official tally of injured remained unchanged at 16,740, while 6,462 people have been rescued and about 17,000 have been left homeless.

|ByREUTERS
Firefighters and rescue workers operate amid the rubble of collapsed buildings following the June 24 earthquakes in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, Venezuela on July 8, 2026.
Rescuers search through debris, in the aftermath of the June 24 earthquakes in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, July 9, 2026.

Venezuela earthquakes death toll rises to 3,889 as health risks mount

Two earthquakes, one of magnitude 7.2 and the other of magnitude 7.5, struck the country’s capital, Caracas, nearby coastal La Guaira, and their surroundings on June 24. 

|ByARIELLA ROITMAN, REUTERS
IDF's Home Front Command mission in Venezuela.

Netanyahu speaks with Venezuela delegation as the nation is forced to bury unidentified bodies

"We didn't ask questions about who and what," the prime minister said. "We asked: 'What needs to be done to help?'"

|ByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS
US President Donald Trump attends a working session during the NATO leaders summit at the Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026.

Iranian officials threaten to assassinate Trump as MoU seemingly falls apart

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Hundreds killed, thousands more feared dead after two earthquakes rock Venezuela

The USGS, using predictive modeling to estimate the death toll, said it would most likely run into the thousands. Some 200 people are currently feared trapped under rubble.

JUNE 25, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS, YOAV ETIEL
Emergency services work at the site of a collapsed building after earthquakes hit the country, in Caracas, Venezuela, June 25, 2026.

How a Venezuelan bailout became a threat to Spain's political establishment

WORLD AFFAIRS: This week, former Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero will make history as the first person of his standing to appear before the National Court.

JUNE 13, 2026ByMARION FISCHEL
A VEHICLE with an electronic board displays the word ‘criminals’ over images of ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro (right), former Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (middle), and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (right) in New York City in March.

Trump says US military strike killed leader of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang

Donald Trump says US forces killed gang leader Niño Guerrero in a “swift and lethal” strike coordinated with Venezuela, targeting Tren de Aragua leader.

JUNE 13, 2026ByREUTERS
US-POLITICS-SECURITY-HEGSETH A view of the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) headquarters, where the inaugural Americas Counter Cartel Conference is taking place in Doral, Florida on March 5, 2026. Defense and security leaders from across the Caribbean, Central America, and South America gathered for t

The Iran war exposed the weakness of old strategic assumptions - opinion

From deterrence to diplomacy, the Iran war upended long-held beliefs about security in the Middle East.

JUNE 2, 2026ByPAUL HARE
Destroyed building in central Israel following Iranian missile strikes on February 28, 2026.

US pursuing second criminal probe into ousted Venezuelan leader Maduro

The New York indictment, originally filed in 2020, was cited as legal justification for the US special forces raid in Caracas that deposed Maduro as Venezuela's leader.

MAY 20, 2026ByREUTERS
Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is escorted to face US federal charges including narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking, money laundering and others, at Downtown Manhattan Heliport, in New York City, US, January 5, 2026

The past returns: Justice, terrorism, and Hezbollah’s global shadow - opinion

Israel is not only confronting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon; it is confronting a global architecture built over decades.

APRIL 23, 2026ByNICOLE MISCHEL
IDF activity in southern Lebanon, April 15, 2026.

Iran’s South American strategy - opinion

The psychological battlefield beyond borders.

APRIL 19, 2026ByMICHAEL SALAMON, LOUIS LIBIN
A man walks by a mural painted by the "Somos Venezuela" Movement depicting the Lebanese leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, in Caracas on October 17, 2024.

'I like his brother more': Trump slams Pope Leo over Iran nuclear issue, left-wing policies

Trump added that Pope Leo "should be thankful," as the only reason he had been elected to the Vatican was "because he was an American" who would be able to "deal with President Donald J. Trump."

APRIL 13, 2026ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Pope Leo XIV walks as he leaves the papal residence to head back to the Vatican, in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, March 31, 2026.

US allows Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba, reversing course on blockade

The US cut off Venezuelan oil exports to Cuba after toppling Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on January 3.

MARCH 30, 2026ByREUTERS
An aerial view shows the oil tanker named Boracay (also called Pushpa), a vessel being investigated by French authorities and suspected of belonging to the so-called "shadow fleet" involved in the Russian oil trade, off the coast of the western France port of Saint-Nazaire, France, October 2, 2025

Maduro returns to US court as rare narcoterrorism law faces key test at trial - analysis

Maduro, 63, led Venezuela from 2013 through his capture in Caracas by US special forces on January 3. He pleaded not guilty on January 5 to all US charges against him.

MARCH 26, 2026ByREUTERS
Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is escorted, as he heads towards the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan, earlier this month. The handling of Maduro’s transportation to New York was done without discretion to send a message, the writer says.