A Mix of Hope and Fear Settles over Venezuela After US-Imposed Government Change

Venezuela’s legislature advances urgent amnesty law to free jailed protesters and critics

Venezuela’s legislature is moving forward with a proposed amnesty law that would grant clemency to protesters and government critics jailed in recent years.

Venezuela: Interim president hails amnesty bill's first vote

Venezuela's National Assembly has approved an amnesty bill in its first vote that could lead to the mass release of political prisoners. The bill marks a milestone in the post-Maduro transition.

Machado Says Venezuela Elections Could Happen Later This Year: Report

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said she believed elections could be held in her country later this year, speaking to Politico in an interview released on Thursday.

‘We Are Seeing an Economic Transition, but No Democratic Transition’

By CIVICUSFeb 4 2026 (IPS)   CIVICUS discusses the situation following the US intervention in Venezuela with Guillermo Miguelena Palacios, director of the Venezuelan Progressive Institute, a think tank that promotes spaces for dialogue and democratic leadership. Guillermo Miguelena PalaciosOn 3 January, a US military intervention culminated in the arrest and extradition of President Nicolás Maduro, who had stayed in power after refusing to recog…

Protests, confusion and anxiety: Venezuela a month after Trump seized Maduro

Rachael Pells speaks to those both in Venezuela and expatriates fearing for their families in a country where millions still need humanitarian aid. They paint conflicting images – but one thing is sure, uncertainty reigns

Global security outlook for 2026: Back to the jungle?

This year has dawned with a thunderbolt-like U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas. Its aftershocks are still be...