PM Netanyahu spoke with Yaakov Harari, released from prison in Venezuela, praising diplomatic and security efforts to his release, thanking Israeli agencies, international partners, and the Harari family for their perseverance.
The Jewish community in Caracas is keeping a low profile for fear of a flare-up, following US bombings and the governmental crisis. Security around Jewish institutions has been increased.
This was law enforcement on a continental scale. Prsident Trump revived a doctrine that Washington has used before when criminal regimes become operational cartels.Analysis.
Amid rising unrest, President Nicholas Maduro expels American consulate officials - the second group to be expelled in four months.
Mass demonstration ends in gunfire with at least three dead, President Maduro clamps down on opposition, press.
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is alive and has returned home to Caracas following a fourth round of surgery in December for cancer.
A power struggle is in the works as doubts grow over whether Venezuela's president will attend his own inauguration following surgery.
