Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado held private talks in the White House Friday as she struggles to retain her political voice in the face of the Trump administration’s growing support for her rival in Caracas,

With their ticket already punched to the quarterfinals, it might have been natural for Venezuela’s players to begin looking ahead at Wednesday’s rivalry game against the Dominican Republic. Not Ronald Acuña Jr.

Major policy shift sees Venezuela become key U.S. oil supplier under Trump administration, with new contracts signed for Gulf Coast refineries.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. starred for Great Britain, finishing with two hits and three RBI on the day. Matt Koperniak and Ian Lewis Jr. also added two RBI apiece. Brazil’s lone run came on a Gabriel Carmo double in the fifth inning.

Venezuela’s Orinoco River Basin is a wild land of lush forests, grasslands and a vast delta of jungle wetlands teeming with wildlife. During the rainy season, the Orinoco is the world’s third-largest river by discharge.

An NPR correspondent shared his "surreal" visit to Venezuela and the increased freedoms there following the Trump administration's capture of Nicolás Maduro.

After watching Luis Arraez drive in two runs for Venezuela in its opening win, Willson Contreras wanted the world to know what he thought of his teammate. “Arraez is a great player,” Contreras said of Arraez,

Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a grand slam and drove in six runs, and the Dominican Republic clinched a spot in the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals with a 10-1 win.

Venezuela is home to large reserves of rare earths, gold and other valuable minerals that the Trump administration wants to exert more control over.

Since Trump’s intervention, loyalists remain in power, and the country’s politics are dictated by US pressure over oil