During Trump’s first term, the US levelled “maximum pressure” sanctions on Venezuela while recognising opposition figure Juan Guaidó as the country’s legitimate president. That effort failed; Guaidó now lives in Florida.

After his special envoy's controversial comment that President Trump "doesn't want to do regime change" in Venezuela, Trump reversed course and tightened oil sanctions on that country's brutal dictatorship.

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that in March Chevron will no longer have a license to produce and export oil in Venezuela.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was reversing a license given to Chevron to operate in Venezuela by his predecessor Joe Biden more than two years ago, accusing President Nicolas Maduro of not making progress on electoral reforms and migrant returns.

US President Donald Trump says he will revoke a license which allowed Venezuela to export some of its oil to the US despite sanctions. The move is a major blow to the Venezuelan government as the license provided it, through joint ventures between the state-run oil company and US oil giant Chevron, with a crucial income in dollars.

In a press conference today, Williams said they have a mission and every day is interesting because they're up in space but that it's hard having family on the ground not knowing exactly when they're coming back.

The US government has taken a tough stance against Venezuela by canceling a license that allowed an American oil company to operate in the country. This move will take away a major source of money for the government,