Six Americans who had been detained in Venezuela in recent months were freed by the government of President Nicolás Maduro after he met Friday with a Trump administration official tasked with urging ...

The U.S. pressed for the release of 15 American detainees, offering to continue sanction exemptions for U.S. oil companies.

The visit by Richard Grenell came as a shock to many Venezuelans who hoped that Trump would continue the “maximum pressure” campaign he pursued against Maduro during his first term ...