US-Venezuelan ties

By removing Maduro but leaving his loyalists in place, the US defies both reason and the international laws

Blinken says "given evidence, it is clear Edmundo Gonzalez won most votes in Venezuela's July presidential election"

President Maduro seeks stronger US-Venezuela ties ahead of Sunday's election.

Venezuela's government initially welcomed Obama's presidency but later soured on him

Their detention is likely to harm already fraught US-Venezuelan ties