A former Green Beret behind a clandestine invasion of Venezuela in 2020 to try and overthrow Nicolás Maduro says in court filings that he had authority from the highest levels of the government for the amphibious raid that ended with several combatants killed and two of his U.

President Joe Biden's administration on Friday renewed deportation relief that currently covers 900,000 immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine and Sudan, a move that would delay any attempts by President-elect Donald Trump to sunset those protections.

President-elect Donald Trump says Venezuela's embattled opposition leader must be protected as President Nicolas Maduro takes the oath of office for a third six-year term.

President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for another six years on Friday, despite evidence that he lost a July election decisively.

Venezuela closed its borders and airspace to Colombia on Friday, the day President Nicolas Maduro is to be sworn in as the country's highest authority.

Former high-ranking Venezuelan military official José Gustavo Arocha told Fox News Digital that a wave of millions of Venezuelan immigrants in the US and that Tren de Aragua gang violence will increase across the country if Maduro remains president.

Almost no one outside Venezuela, and fewer people in the country, see him as a legitimate leader.

Nicolás Maduro took the oath before parliament, vowing his third six-year term in office would be a "period of peace".

The US announces an increased $25 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelas President Maduro on day he's sworn in for a third term.

The US announces a $25 million reward for the arrest or conviction of Venezuelas President Nicolás Maduro, on same day he's sworn in for a third consecutive term.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term after a reelection widely viewed as illegitimate and as his administration grows increasingly brazen in cracking down on its opponents.