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Poland hunts for US$330-million of Orlen payments for Venezuelan oil, sources say
FILE PHOTO: The logo of PKN Orlen, Poland's top oil refiner, is pictured at petrol station in Warsaw, Poland April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo
canada
Morning Update: McGill University threatens police action to clear pro-Palestinian encampment
Pro-Palestinian students and activists protest at an encampment on the campus at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, on April 29, 2024. About a hundred people have set up an encampment on McGill campus on April 27, 2024 demanding the university divest from Israel-connected funds. (Photo by Graham Hughes / AFP) (Photo by GRAHAM HUGHES/AFP via Getty Images)
energy and resources
Possible reimposition of U.S. oil sanctions on Venezuela next month would clip country’s output gains
El Palito refinery of the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA is pictured, in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela February 10, 2024. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria
world
Venezuela defends military buildup, accusing neighboring Guyana of granting illegal oil contracts
CARACAS, VENEZUELA - DECEMBER 8: President of the National Assembly Jorge Rodriguez unveils an updated map of Venezuela annexing Guyana's Essequibo Region to Venezuela at the National Assembly on December 8, 2023 in Caracas, Venezuela. President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro ordered the creation of a new state called 'Guayana Esequiba', after a controversial referendum in which Venezuelan voters approved the annexation of the oil-rich region controlled by Guyana. Tensions escalate in the region as the United States will conduct flights within Guyana and President of Brazil Lula da Silva has called for a peaceful resolution to the dispute. (Photo by Gaby Oraa/Getty Images)
world
Secret U.S. spying program targeted top Venezuelan officials, flouting international law
FILE - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro holds a small copy of his nation's constitution during ceremony marking the start of the judicial year at the Supreme Court in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 31, 2024. A secret memo obtained by The Associated Press details a covert operation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration that sent undercover operatives into Venezuela to record and build drug-trafficking cases against the country’s leadership including Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
energy and resources
Trinidad and Tobago in talks with Europe to supply Venezuelan gas
Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Keith Rowley speaks during an agreement-signing ceremony between Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela August 25, 2018. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY
world
Guyana reassures Venezuela it has no plans for U.S. military base as territorial dispute deepens
FILE - Chairman of the Special Commission for the Defense of Guyana Essequibo Hermann Escarra, stands next to Venezuela's new map that includes the Essequibo territory, a swath of land that is administered and controlled by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela, during an unveiling ceremony in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 8, 2023. Venezuelan military officials said Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023, that they will continue to deploy nearly 6,000 troops until a British military vessel sent to neighboring Guyana leaves the waters off the coast of the two South American nations. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
world
U.S., Venezuela swap Maduro ally for 10 Americans, plus fugitive contractor ‘Fat Leonard’
FILE - Pedestrians walk near a poster asking for the freedom of Colombian businessman and Venezuelan special envoy Alex Saab, in Caracas, Venezuela, Sept. 9, 2021. The Associated Press has learned that the Biden administration has released a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in swap for jailed Americans. Alex Saab, who was arrested on a U.S. warrant for money laundering in 2020, was released from custody Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
world
Leaders of Guyana and Venezuela to meet this week as region worries over their territorial dispute
National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez, left, and Chairman of the Special Commission for the Defense of Guyana Essequibo Hermann Escarra, shake hands after unveiling Venezuela's new map that includes the Essequibo territory, a swath of land that is administered and controlled by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela, in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
world
Guyana agreed to talks with Venezuela over territorial dispute under pressure from Brazil, others
National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez, left, and Chairman of the Special Commission for the Defense of Guyana Essequibo Hermann Escarra, shake hands after unveiling Venezuela's new map that includes the Essequibo territory, a swath of land that is administered and controlled by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela, in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
world
Gold mine collapse in Venezuela kills at least 12, government says
FILE - An airplane pilot who works in an illegal mine shows gold extracted from territory of the Indigenous Yanomami tribe in Alto Alegre, Roraima state, Brazil, Feb. 7, 2023. Yanomami leaders have urged people not to buy gold jewelry at all, regardless of its source, because demand for the precious metal drives gold prices up and pushes miners into their territory. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)
opinion
As Venezuela takes aim at Guyana, the world must defend the norms that protect it
Ben Rowswell
world
Venezuela’s government wins vote on claiming part of Guyana, but turnout seems lacklustre
A woman casts her vote during a referendum about the future of a disputed territory with Guyana, at a polling station in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
world
Venezuela’s planned vote over territory dispute leaves Guyana residents on edge
TOPSHOT - People walk by a mural campaigning for a referendum to ask Venezuelans to consider annexing the Guyana-administered region of Essequibo, in 23 de Enero neighbourhood in Caracas on November 28, 2023. Venezuela is scheduled to hold a controversial referendum on December 3, to annex a disputed oil-rich territory administered by neighbouring Guyana. The government of Nicolas Maduro has organized the poll to ask Venezuelans to consider annexing the Essequibo region, which makes up two-thirds of tiny Guyana but is claimed by Caracas. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) (Photo by FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images)
energy and resources
Oil settles up 1 per cent on nagging worries about Middle East
FILE PHOTO: Pumpjacks are seen against the setting sun at the Daqing oil field in Heilongjiang province, China December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer
energy and resources
Oil prices edge higher ahead of Biden Middle East trip
An array of pumpjacks operate near the site of a new oil and gas well being drilled Friday, April 8, 2022 in Midland, Texas. Exxon Mobil Corp. is buying Pioneer Natural Resources in an all-stock deal valued at $59.5 billion, its largest buyout since acquiring Mobil two decades ago, creating a colossal fracking operator in West Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File)
world
U.S., Venezuela to reportedly announce oil sanctions deal on Tuesday
FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures during a meeting with Chile's Ambassador to Venezuela Jaime Gazmuri, at Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela August 16, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
energy and resources
Oil falls more than $1 a barrel on Venezuela deal hopes
FILE - The sun shines through the clouds as it begins to set behind a pumpjack, March 30, 2022, outside of Goldsmith, Texas. United States domestic oil production has hit an all-time high, contrasting with efforts to slice heat-trapping carbon emissions by the Biden administration and world leaders. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File)
world
Biden administration is resuming deportation flights for Venezuelan migrants as arrivals grow
Mexico's Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena, left, speaks as Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens during a media briefing at the State Department, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
international business
U.S. Treasury to allow auction of shares in Citgo Petroleum’s parent
FILE PHOTO: The logo of PDVSA's U.S. unit Citgo Petroleum is seen at a gas station in Stowell, Texas, U.S., June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman/File Photo
baseball
Venezuela tops Nicaragua 4-1 to improve to 3-0 at World Baseball Classic
MIAMI, FLORIDA - MARCH 14: Ronald Acuña Jr. #42 of Team Venezuela at bat against Team Nicaragua during eighth inning in a World Baseball Classic Pool D game at loanDepot park on March 14, 2023 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images)
sports
Everything you need to know about the World Baseball Classic
MESA, ARIZONA - MARCH 07: Freddie Freeman #5 of Team Canada works out ahead of the World Baseball Classic at Sloan Park on March 07, 2023 in Mesa, Arizona. (Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images)
sports
Blue Jays sign nine international free agents, eight from Venezuela, one from Brazil
The Blue Jays logo is pictured ahead of MLB baseball action in Toronto on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with nine international free agents on Monday. Eight of the players are from Venezuela and one is from Brazil. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
canada
Evening Update: For Venezuelans, Colombia’s roads lead to hope and danger
Venezuelan migrant Jose Hernandez, 25, attempts to grab a ride on a moving truck while making the difficult journey on foot from the Venezuelan border to the Colombian city of Medellin, on Nov. 30, 2022. The roads of Colombia are packed with Venezuelans who have left their country after its economic collapse seven years ago. THE GLOBE AND MAIL/GORAN TOMASEVIC
basketball
Canada’s World Cup-bound men’s basketball team to play Spain, Argentina in friendlies
world
Venezuelan opposition strips Juan Guaidó of ‘presidential’ role
opinion
Desperate for oil, Joe Biden throws Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro a lifeline
Konrad Yakabuski
Konrad Yakabuski
basketball
Canada’s men qualify for FIBA World Cup with 94-56 win over Venezuela
basketball
Back from Russia, guard Kenny Chery ready to help Canada qualify for FIBA World Cup
world
Rain-fuelled landslide sweeps through Venezuela town, leaving 25 dead
world
Venezuela swaps seven jailed Americans for Maduro relatives
world
Venezuela releases seven jailed Americans; U.S. frees two prisoners
world
Rights abuses continue in Maduro’s Venezuela: UN experts
baseball
Rays makes history by starting nine Latin American players
international business
Chevron applies for Venezuela license renewal, proposes wider business