The future is not rosy for Russia and Venezuela. The Kremlin faces a big budget deficit, which it's trying to close with cuts to health and education spending, and a massive 27 percent reduction ...

President Hugo Chávez announced a deal for Russia to build a nuclear power station in Venezuela and establishing a bi-national bank. “Venezuela is on its way to getting nuclear power.

Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump are crafting a wide-ranging sanctions strategy to facilitate a Russia-Ukraine diplomatic accord in the coming months while at the same time squeezing Iran and ...

Richard Grenell, the US president’s envoy for special missions, travelled to Venezuela on Friday to press Maduro to accept ...

US use of sanctions has ballooned. Yet Venezuela shows the failure both of ‘maximum pressure’ tactics and attempts to ...

Richard Grenell, the envoy for special missions, said he was flying home with the detainees after he met with President ...

Six Americans who had been detained in Venezuela in recent months have freed by the government of President Nicolás Maduro after he met with a senior Trump administration official.

WTI crude remains under pressure below $73.50 as sellers dominate. Key support at $72.32; a break could drive prices toward $71.25.