Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has slammed his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei over the US seizure of a Venezuelan cargo plane grounded in Buenos Aires.

The Venezuelan government has ordered the local UN human rights office to “suspend its activities” and vacate its staff within 72 hours, accusing the body of conspiring against the country.

The Venezuelan cargo plane was formerly owned by an Iranian firm.

Venezuela vowed a "forceful response" if oil drilling begins in disputed waters off neighboring Guyana, as announced by US oil giant ExxonMobil this week.

The US on Monday started to reimpose sanctions on Venezuela by restricting its mining sector after the South American nation’s top court upheld the disqualification of an opposition presidential hopeful.

Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro has expressed concern over the potential collapse of an agreement with the political opposition regarding the upcoming elections this year, attributing the risk to alleged "conspiracies" aimed at undermining his position.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused the US-backed opposition and the CIA of planning “terrorist attacks” in order to destabilize the country ahead of the presidential election this year. 

The Guyana-Venezuela territorial dispute has escalated as a British warship arrives in Guyana waters.

Colombian businessman Alex Saab, a close ally to the Venezuelan president, says he was tortured by the US.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has ordered a "defensive" military exercise off the coast of the disputed region of Essequibo over Britain’s “provocative” deployment of a warship to Guyana.