Trump, Caracas and Venezuela

Trump envoy meets with Maduro in Caracas
A State Department official said Venezuela must take back “Venezuelan criminals and gangs” and release American “hostages” immediately.
Venezuela Releases Six US Prisoners After Trump Envoy’s Visit
Venezuela’s government released six detained Americans after President Nicolás Maduro met an adviser for President Donald Trump in Caracas on Friday.
Trump Envoy Looks for Venezuela Deportation Deal in Rare Caracas Visit
U.S. presses for release of 15 American detainees, offering to continue sanction- exemptions for U.S. oil companies.
Venezuela frees 6 Americans after meeting between Maduro, Trump's envoy
Six Americans who had been detained in Venezuela in recent months were freed by the government of President Nicolás Maduro.
Senior Trump envoy travels to Venezuela for talks on migrants
A senior Trump administration official traveled to Venezuela to urge President Maduro’s government to accept deported migrants, a U.S. official said.
Maduro had 'respectful' discussion with Trump envoy, says Venezuela
WASHINGTON/BOGOTA - U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Richard Grenell and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro had a respectful discussion about migration, sanctions and Americans detained in the South American country,
Trump's U-Turn on Venezuela: From 'Maduro Must Go' to Sitting at the Table
A special envoy is set to meet with President Nicolás Maduro, a shift from the hard-line stance of Trump's first term.
Senior Trump official travels to Venezuela to discuss migrants with Maduro
A senior Trump administration official has traveled to Venezuela to urge President Nicolás Maduro’s government to take back deported migrants who’ve committed crimes in the U.S. and release a handful of imprisoned Americans,
Trump envoy to meet Venezuelan leader Maduro to discuss migrant deal
Washington to push Caracas to take thousands of deportees, sparking alarm among country’s embattled opposition
Trump’s envoy Grenell in Venezuela to discuss US prisoners, gang members
Richard Grenell, whom Trump tapped as presidential envoy for special missions, will push for the swift release of American prisoners during his visit, Mauricio Claver-Carone, special envoy to Latin America, told reporters Friday during a call. Grenell will also discuss sending Venezuelan gang members back to the country, Claver-Carone said.
Trump's special envoy travels to Venezuela to discuss migrants with Maduro
The visit raises eyebrows given Trump's previous hardline stance against Maduro. Venezuelan state television broadcasted footage of Grenell meeting with Maduro in Caracas, signaling a rare engagement between the two governments.
Fear, disease and debt afflict Venezuelans released from prison after post-election arrests
Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro labeled them as terrorists on national television. They were plucked from pharmacies, ...
What Maduro’s threat to ‘liberate’ Puerto Rico says about US-Venezuelan ties under Trump 2.0
The message seemed designed to reach Washington as one administration prepares to hand the baton to the next: If the United ...
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US special envoy lands in Caracas
US career diplomat Richard Grenell landed Friday in Caracas presumably to participate in the return of a group of Venezuelan deportees in exchange for US nationals detained by the Bolivarian regime in ...
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Maduro Assumes a Third Term: Prospects and Problematics for Venezuela
The first thing greeting me as I disembarked from my flight in Caracas was a wanted poster for one Edmundo González Urrutia.