Venezuelans React to the Threat of a U.S. Blockade President Trump has ordered a ban on all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, escalating pressure on the country's president. Venezuelans tell us that in a country long battered by shortages, it’s just another crisis to endure. Carrie Kahn
Venezuelans brace for hardship as Trump threatens oil blockade After years of shortages and economic collapse, Venezuelans face fresh uncertainty as Trump threatens an oil blockade — but many say they're too exhausted to do anything but endure. Carrie Kahn
Venezuela's government says Trump's move to block tankers is an 'outrageous threat' President Trump says he's imposing a ban on all sanctioned oil tankers leaving Venezuela. Venezuela's government is calling this an 'outrageous threat' intended to rob the country of its oil wealth. Carrie Kahn
Trump orders blockade of 'sanctioned oil tankers' into Venezuela President Donald Trump says he is ordering a blockade of all "sanctioned oil tankers" into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country's authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro. The Associated Press
The U.S. has long had interest in Venezuelan oil, but that's not all NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Francisco Monaldi, the director of the Latin American Energy Program at the Baker Institute at Rice University about the U.S.'s long interest in Venezuela's oil industry. Ava Berger
Chile votes in polarizing presidential runoff as far-right takes lead Chile heads to a presidential runoff on Sunday, with far-right contender José Antonio Kast — a supporter of former dictator Augusto Pinochet — tipped to win. John Bartlett
How Nobel Prize winner Maria Corina Machado escaped Venezuela Stranded in the Caribbean with no way to call for help: How Nobel Prize winner Maria Corina Machado survived the deadliest stretch of her flight from Venezuela before an extraction team reached her. Carrie Kahn
Venezuela: What's next for the opposition and U.S. pressure on the regime? After more than a year in hiding, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado surfaces in Oslo, as the U.S. seizes an oil tanker near Venezuela. Carrie Kahn
Venezuelan opposition leader Machado reappears in Oslo as a Nobel laureate Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado appeared in public for the first time in 11 months after a daring escape from her homeland when she emerged from a hotel balcony in Norway's capital. The Associated Press
Trump says the U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela Using U.S. forces to take control of a merchant ship is unusual and marks the Trump administration's latest push to increase pressure on Maduro, who has been charged with narcoterrorism. The Associated Press
