Hundreds of Venezuelans are protesting what they say is a fraudulent win by President Nicolás Maduro, who was quickly certified the winner despite skepticism from the international community trib.al/GCI51WW

🇻🇪 Estallan protestas en toda Caracas tras reclamar Maduro la reelección

Maduro pledged to release full voting records from Venezuela’s election during a meeting with Celso Amorim at Miraflores on Monday, amid mounting pressure from Brazil, Colombia and other nations: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Simone Iglesias

Venezuela detained prominent opposition figure Freddy Superlano on Tuesday after protests swept the nation to denounce Maduro’s self-declared victory. Videos showed him being forced into an unmarked SUV by several men in all-black uniforms: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @inaitriago

International pressure and the opposition’s claim it has proof Nicolás Maduro stole the election may not matter much as long as Venezuela’s armed forces are unwilling to break ranks, Fabiola Zerpa Andy Rosati report bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The US urges the world to acknowledge that Venezuela’s opposition won last weekend’s election while Nicolas Maduro doubles down on his claims of victory, saying his opponents should be jailed for decades bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro said opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo Gonzalez should face prison sentences of at least 30 years for promoting post-election violence and seeking to destabilize his government. trib.al/elLZeL8

From Lula's PT party to Mexico's AMLO and Spain’s Podemos, the mainstream left has remained unshaken in its support - explicit or tacit - for the Venezuelan regime That's a mistake of historic proportions, I argue in this new column for Bloomberg Opinion shorturl.at/uaRgX

Machado called for protests across Venezuela to defend what her party sees as its rightful electoral victory, as Biden’s top diplomat said the US backs a transition of power: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Humiliated and furious, Maduro locks down 2,000 Venezuelans in the fiercest crackdown of his 11-year rule as he fights to remain in power after a highly contested election: bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Two members of Ecopetrol’s board quit as a result of the state company’s unexpected decision to pull out of a $3.6 billion deal to buy a stake in Texas shale-oil assets from Occidental Petroleum. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

EEUU estaría a punto de anunciar 15 sanciones individuales a funcionarios afines a Maduro que "obstaculizaron la celebración de elecciones presidenciales libres y justas", según Bloomberg

Exclusive: Among those expected to be sanctioned are Foreign Affairs Min. Yván Gil; Miranda Gob. Héctor Rodríguez; TSJ Head Caryslia Rodríguez. The list would also include military officials behind the persecution, arrest and torture of dissenters: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Plagued by corruption scandals, constant cabinet changes and failed reforms, Gustavo Petro faced down the biggest social crisis of his presidency this week as truckers blocked roads across the nation: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… by Oscar Medina C. Andrea Jaramillo

The resistance against Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro was dealt a major blow on Saturday, when the president’s main opposition rival fled to Spain: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The world’s oldest guerrilla army reactivates its campaign of sabotage against Colombia’s energy industry and renews its attacks on government security forces trib.al/PFNCZs9

The world’s oldest guerrilla army, known as the ELN, has reopened its war on Colombia's oil industry with a wave of pipeline attacks that has sent crude spilling into rivers and clouds of black smoke billowing into the sky: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Reporting by Matthew Bristow

“Everything they’re doing is a demonstration of weakness, not strength, but right now time plays in favor of Maduro,” said Tamara Taraciuk Broner “The international community has to urgently activate" bloomberg.com/news/articles/…