Firms with ties to Cuba are getting a larger share of Venezuelan oil exports, as the island’s security agents boost President Nicolás Maduro’s defenses.

Special forces veteran Bryan Stern discusses the covert mission to extract Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado from hiding in Venezuela on the "Brian Kilmeade Show."

The United States has announced new sanctions on shipping companies and vessels it says help move Venezuelan oil, putting more pressure on a major prop of President Nicolas Maduro’s regime a day after it seized a sanctioned tanker likely carrying millions of dollars’ worth of oil off the country’s coast.

Russia and Venezuela has condemned the United States for it seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker this week. Follow Newsweek live.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado makes public appearance in Oslo after 11 months in hiding as daughter accepts Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf.

María Corina Machado, who has been threatened by her home country's government, speaks about her secret journey to Norway.