Venezuela’s ruling party lawmakers have debated an amnesty bill that could free hundreds of people held for political reasons.

Five weeks post-Operation Absolute Resolve and Venezuela is no closer to democratic elections. Meanwhile, Energy Secretary CHRIS WRIGHT is touring the country’s oil fields with acting President DELCY RODRIGUEZ today, as the White House maintains that its relationship with the interim leadership is going swimmingly.

The South American country has natural gas that could be extracted and exported quickly, but geopolitical challenges have stymied development.

President Donald Trump is heading to North Carolina on Friday to celebrate members of the special forces who stormed into Venezuela on the third day of the New Year and whisked away that country's leader,

Venezuela’s oil sales, under the control of the United States, are set to bring $5 billion over the next few months, with $500 million in proceeds already transferred to Caracas.

The government is tolerating small protests and public criticism as Venezuelan leaders try to appease the U.S.

President Trump has insisted that a Florida oil magnate has no influence over US policy toward Venezuela. “There is a story about a man named Harry Sargeant III in The Wall Street Journal,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Thursday.

One month after the US carried out an attack in Venezuela to capture its president, Nicolas Maduro, civilians in the South American country remain caught between uncertainty and expectations of governmental change.

The U.S. is cooperating with a regime in Venezuela it does not recognize, and it's unclear what role the opposition will play in the future.