Venezuela’s bitumen-heavy oil is virtually identical to Canada’s and the South American country has the largest proven reserves in the world. But Venezuelan oil has essentially disappeared from world markets over the past 20 years. U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to invade Venezuela have opened up the prospect that it could one day return, with huge implications for Canada. CBC ...
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U.S. preparing to seize more tankers off Venezuelan coast, sources say
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Read More »Venezuelan opposition leader Machado greets supporters in Norway after Nobel ceremony
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado appeared in public for the first time in 11 months early Thursday morning, when she waved to supporters at a hotel in Norway’s capital hours after her daughter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf. CBC | World News
Read More »Maduro slams ‘colonial threat’ as Trump says Venezuelan airspace should be closed
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said that the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela should be considered as “closed in its entirety,” an assertion that raised more questions about the U.S. pressure on Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. His government accused Trump of making a “colonial threat” and seeking to undermine the South American country’s sovereignty. CBC | World News
Read More »Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Marina Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader, it was announced Friday at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo. CBC | World News
Read More »Canadian tech helped U.S. strike alleged Venezuelan drug boats: report
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Read More »Donald Trump orders fresh US military strike on Venezuelan drug boat ‘killing three’
The US military has carried out a second strike on a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing three men aboard the vessel, Trump has announced Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »U.S. says 2 Venezuelan planes flew near U.S. navy ship in international waters
The U.S. Department of Defence said late on Thursday that two Venezuela military aircraft flew near a U.S. Navy vessel in international waters, with the Pentagon calling it “a highly provacative move.” CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court pauses deportations of Venezuelan migrants under wartime law
The U.S. Supreme Court early on Saturday paused President Donald Trump’s administration from deporting Venezuelan men in immigration custody after their lawyers said they were at imminent risk of removal without the judicial review previously mandated by the justices. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada imposes new sanctions as Venezuelan President Maduro sworn in despite global condemnation
Canada has imposed new sanctions against 14 Venezuelan officials as President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in Friday to serve a third six-year term, extending his increasingly repressive rule until 2031. CBC | World News
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