A chronological record of Venezuela's political news
International decisions, sanctions and diplomacy that affect Venezuela politically.
In a joint statement, the Movimiento Ciudadano Venezolanos en el Mundo and VenAmérica said Delcy Rodríguez's speech at the UN General Assembly must not be taken as democratic legitimacy and urged the UN to demand verifiable human rights commitments.
Voluntad Popular backed the oil agreement between Venezuela and the United States, covering 17 oil fields, as a giant opportunity for the country, but warned that such an alliance only lasts if it rests on a legitimate government born of free elections.
CICIVEN said on July 31, 2026, that the announced denunciation of the Rome Statute by Venezuela's current authorities is null and void because they hold usurped offices, and asked UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to deny it any legal effect.
CICIVEN voiced indignation on May 7, 2026, that the ICC Prosecutor's Office has issued no summonses or arrest warrants in the Venezuela I investigation, opened in 2021, and urged the Court and its organs to act immediately.
CICIVEN, VenAmérica's International Committee against Impunity in Venezuela, rejected the regime's bid to withdraw Venezuela from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Donald Trump ordered on December 16, 2025, a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela, days after the US seized a tanker off the Venezuelan coast. Trump said the naval deployment will keep growing; the Maduro government called the measure "irrational".
Venezuelan leader Yon Goicoechea told U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday that most Venezuelans would support any political, diplomatic and military initiative to remove Nicolás Maduro from power.
Voluntad Popular and its national head, Leopoldo López, congratulated María Corina Machado on being awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, which the party called a tribute to the struggle for Venezuela’s freedom.
Voluntad Popular national head Leopoldo López urged the UN Human Rights Council on Monday to back a democratic transition in Venezuela and the fight against the Cartel de los Soles, after a new report by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission.
Donald Trump announced on September 2, 2025, that US forces struck a boat in the Caribbean that had left Venezuela and, according to Washington, carried Tren de Aragua drugs, killing all 11 people aboard. The White House released video; it was the first strike since the US naval deployment in the region.
VenAmérica welcomed Albert Ramdin as the new Secretary General of the OAS on March 14, 2025, and said it hopes to advance its technical cooperation agreement with his office on international criminal justice.
