Republicans hawkish on leftist Latin America are warning that Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez must be cut out from accessing robust U.S. assistance to the country, as the Trump

President Trump says Venezuela, under U.S. oversight, has “never made the money” it is making now. But new oil revenue isn’t helping ordinary Venezuelans, and anger seems to be mounting.

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Venezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes have highlighted a dysfunctional state in a nation that President Donald Trump recently said the United States would “run.” If poorly handled, the crisis could threaten his security strategy for the Western Hemisphere.

The U.S. dispatched hundreds of rescue workers to help the Venezuelan government, as the injured overwhelmed hospitals and the death toll rose to 920. The Pentagon sent two ships, transport planes and helicopters.

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The swift U.S. offer of assistance reflects a degree of diplomatic realignment between the Trump administration and the Venezuelan interim government.

Washington is tying itself closely to a government that faces public anger over its response to devastating earthquakes

Critics insist the Trump administration has bungled its response to the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela because of the lack of USAID. But those critics are wrong.

President Donald Trump says a “swift and lethal kinetic” U.S. strike has killed Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, whom he called “the infamous leader” of the Tren de Aragua gang.

U.S. officials called a bid by María Corina Machado, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, to return to earthquake-battered Venezuela a “political stunt” that has distracted from recovery efforts.