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A man jumps on a collapsed building after an earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Adrian Naranjo)

Back-to-back powerful earthquakes hit Venezuela, causing widespread damage

Back-to-back powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela on Wednesday evening, causing widespread damage, collapsing buildings and sending panicked residents into the streets.

Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez walks past a image of former President Hugo Chavez, left, and Independence hero Simon Bolivar at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Venezuela’s ruling party unity cracks as Delcy Rodríguez shifts Chávez-era policies

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, left, and Alex Saab stand together during an event marking the anniversary of the 1958 coup that overthrew dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez, in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Jesus Vargas, File)

Maduro ally is charged in Venezuela bribery case after deportation to US

Opposition leader Andrés Velásquez sits at his office in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Pablo Arraez)

A glimmer of hope for democracy in Venezuela as opponents test the limits of free speech

Ricardo Gámez, left, leaves prison after being released in Tocuyito, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacinto Oliveros)

Venezuela releases dozens of prisoners in 2 days, hundreds more still detained

Back-to-back powerful earthquakes slam Venezuela, collapsing buildings in the capital of Caracas

Back-to-back powerful earthquakes slammed Venezuela on Wednesday evening, collapsing buildings in the capital of Caracas and leaving residents shaken. (AP/Juan Arraez & Andry Rincon)

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Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez, center, smiles flanked by Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, right, and National Assembly President, her brother, Jorge Rodriguez, as they prepare to make a statement at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela’s acting president vows to continue releasing prisoners detained under Maduro

A military officer comforts Ramona Palma, the mother of Venezuelan soldier Cesar Garcia, who was killed in a U.S. raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, after Garcia's wake in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuela’s military buries soldiers killed in US operation to capture Maduro

A supporter of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro stands on a median strip waving a national flag in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Maduro had been captured and flown out of the country. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuelans wonder who’s in charge as Trump claims contact with Maduro’s deputy

Diana Tique, the sister of Manuel Alejandro Tique who was arrested in Venezuela and is accused of being a mercenary, speaks during an interview in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Relatives of Colombian humanitarian worker jailed in Venezuela call for his release

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, listens to Edwin F. Lopez, the attaché for DHS Homeland Security Investigations, second from left, next to the Venezuelan government airplane that Rubio announced is being seized by the U.S. during a news conference at La Isabela International Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Feb. 6, 2025. At left is Dominican Public Prosecutor Enmanuel Ramirez, and holding the "seized" sign is Robert Cunniff from the U.S. Department of Commerce. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool, File)

Takeaways from AP’s report on how US sought to lure Maduro’s pilot into betraying Venezuelan leader

In this image made from a video posted on the Facebook account of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Dec. 15, 2023, Maduro stands behind pilot Gen. Bitner Villegas in the cockpit of an airplane. (AP Photo)

US sought to lure Nicolás Maduro’s pilot into betraying the Venezuelan leader

Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Vessel struck by US military off Venezuela was heading back to shore, AP sources say

Supporters attend former opposition lawmaker Juan Requesens’ gubernatorial campaign kickoff, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuelans head to the polls as opposition calls for boycotts and the government tightens grip

Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello speaks to the press during the arrival of Venezuelan migrants returning from Mexico, at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Venezuela bans arrival of flights from Colombia following arrests in an alleged anti-government plot

A police patrol car sits parked outside Argentina's embassy where some members of Venezuela's opposition are seeking asylum inside, in Caracas, Venezuela, July 31, 2024, three days after the contested presidential election. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Venezuela denies that opposition members left country under international rescue operation

Edmundo Gonzalez, who represented Venezuela's main opposition coalition in the July presidential election, waves as he arrives to address a gathering of supporters outside of the Organization of American States, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Venezuelan opposition leader who claims to have defeated Maduro meets Biden at White House

Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, left, and Palestinian Ambassador to Venezuela Maher Taha, take part in a rally celebrating the July 28 reelection of President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)

Three Americans among latest to be detained in Venezuela over alleged anti-government plot

FILE - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro addresses government loyalists gathered at the presidential palace in support of his reelection one month after the presidential vote, in Caracas, Venezuela, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Venezuela’s government says fourth US citizen was detained in alleged plot to kill President Maduro

FILE - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro addresses government loyalists gathered at the presidential palace in support of his reelection one month after the presidential vote, in Caracas, Venezuela, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Venezuela says it arrested 6 foreigners allegedly involved in a plot to kill President Maduro

Ruling party leader Diosdado Cabello takes part in a rally in defense of President Nicolas Maduro's reelection in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)

Maduro taps a hard-line loyalist to oversee Venezuela’s police, raising fears of a further crackdown

FILE - In this May 25, 2020, file photo, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, wearing a face mask amid the coronavirus pandemic, stands among supporters as he leaves his official residence of Alvorada palace in Brasilia, Brazil. Bolsonaro said Tuesday, July 7, he tested positive for COVID-19 after months of downplaying the virus's severity while deaths mounted rapidly inside the country. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

COVID hits dozens of Latin leaders, including presidents

This image provided by the U.S. Department of Justice shows a reward poster for Cliver Alcala-Cordones that was released on Thursday, March 26, 2020. The U.S. Justice Department has indicted Venezuela's socialist leader Nicolás Maduro and several key aides on charges of narcoterrorism. (Department of Justice via AP)

AP Sources: Alleged Maduro co-conspirator is in DEA custody

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2020 file photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, right, speaks with Supreme Court President Maikel Moreno at the Supreme Court in Caracas, Venezuela. Maduro is at the court to give his annual presidential address. On Thursday, March 26, 2020, the U.S. Justice Department made public it has charged in several indictments against Maduro and his inner circle, including Moreno, that the leader has effectively converted Venezuela into a criminal enterprise at the service of drug traffickers and terrorist groups as he and his allies stole billions from the South American country. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

A defiant Maduro threatens ‘cowboy’ Trump after drug charge

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2020 file photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, right, speaks with Supreme Court President Maikel Moreno at the Supreme Court in Caracas, Venezuela. Maduro is at the court to give his annual presidential address. On Thursday, March 26, 2020, the U.S. Justice Department made public it has charged in several indictments against Maduro and his inner circle, including Moreno, that the leader has effectively converted Venezuela into a criminal enterprise at the service of drug traffickers and terrorist groups as he and his allies stole billions from the South American country. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

US indicts Venezuela’s Maduro on narcoterrorism charges

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump and Maduro confirm talks between high-level officials

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2019 file photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, right, speaks with Constitutional Assembly President Diosdado Cabello at the Supreme Court during an annual ceremony that marks the start of the judicial year in Caracas, Venezuela. The U.S. has opened up secret communications with Cabello as members of Maduro’s inner circle seek guarantees they won’t face retribution if they cede to growing demands to remove him, a senior administration official told The Associated Press on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

AP Exclusive: US talks secretly to Venezuela socialist boss

In this Feb. 6, 2019 photo, the silhouettes of supporters of Diosdado Cabello, president of the ruling party-dominated constitutional assembly, are cast during a break at the weekly, live TV program coined: "Con el Mazo Dando," or “Hitting it With a Sledgehammer,” held inside an aviation academy gym in Maracay, Venezuela. The program often features broadcasts of secret videos and audio recordings Cabello says are provided by “cooperating patriots” and reveal private conversations and meetings between government opponents. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Venezuela socialist party boss stirs up support on talk show

Residents watch anti-government protesters clash with security forces as some residents show support for an apparent mutiny by a national guard unit in the Cotiza neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuela quells soldiers’ revolt, top court blasts congress

Venezuela rallies Maduro supporters after thwarted attack

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