Venezuela's Unraveling

The suggestion that Russia could base strategic bombers in Venezuela is part of the ongoing feud between Moscow and Washington.

The apparent arrest of Venezuela’s former intelligence chief signals a waning of influence for a top member of the country’s political elite.

Venezuela's strategy is reportedly spurring the spread of criminal gangs and militants, and making waves in Guyana, Brazil and Colombia.

The country's downward economic spiral has led millions of its citizens to flee, but the crisis still isn't critical enough to warrant direct U.S. intervention.

Drug trafficking and cultivation are a scourge for Colombia and Venezuela alike, but their responses couldn't be more different.

With finances running low, the Venezuelan government is looking to divert funds from the country's main income earner: the state oil company.

Authorities and opposition members are still trying to clarifying the details of the incident that forced the Venezuelan president and members of his military to evacuate an event in Caracas.

President Nicolas Maduro and his administration have done whatever it takes to hold onto power in Venezuela. After the country's presidential election, the United States will start to consider heavier sanctions.

An international panel ordered Caracas to pay ConocoPhillips for nationalizing its assets in 2007. To collect, the U.S. oil company is going after Venezuelan facilities in the Caribbean; that move threatens to further erode the country's stability.

If Washington tries to arrange the release of a U.S. citizen in Venezuelan custody, the conversation will inevitably turn to what it will take to get President Nicolas Maduro out of power. But the U.S. government may not like what it hears.