Leopoldo Lopez

Here’s one reason President Donald Trump hasn’t hit Venezuelan ruler Nicolas Maduro where it would hurt the most: banning the supplier of 10 percent of America’s oil would cause gas prices to skyrocket, further eroding the president’s popularity. Philip Verleger, an energy...

President Donald Trump is expected to announce whether the United States will limit or ban oil from its third-biggest exporter, Venezuela, a country of 31 million people that has descended into dictatorship and disorder. News agencies reported widely out of Washington that Trump would make an...

The February 12 protests in Caracas, Venezuela gained international attention after a student was killed in what began as a peaceful march through the city. Since then, much of what has happened in the South American nation has been shrouded in confusion as government controls on media outlets...