The Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yvan Gil, congratulates Iran for successfully holding the Friday elections.

“Venezuela has a clear position. This is a massacre by Israel,” the Venezuelan foreign minister said.

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.