Nicolas Maduro

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced the plan to tie the national currency's exchange rate to the state-launched cryptocurrency petro. The country's new and increase minimum wage will also be anchored to the petro.

US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley visited the Colombia-Venezuela border to announce a $9-million aid package for refugees there. She took the opportunity to muse on the ouster of Nicolas Maduro, days after an assassination attempt.

A video has emerged on social media purporting to show the exact moment a drone, reportedly targeting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, bursts into pieces in Caracas after apparently being shot down by the military.

Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has offered support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro after the leader was targeted by an alleged assassination attempt involving exploding drones on Saturday.

The Russian Foreign Ministry slammed the assassination attempt on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in which seven people were injured, saying the use of terrorism is absolutely inappropriate for political purposes.

Washington is by no means involved in what is described as an attempted attack on the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the US President’s national Security Advisor John Bolton said. Caracas blamed “ultra-right” and Colombia.