Venezuelan president visits Brazil to take part in a regional summit, marking a thaw in ties between Caracas and Brasilia and foiling US efforts to isolate the nation.

Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaido says he was expelled from Colombia hours after he arrived in Bogota.

Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez says her country has lost $232 billion since 2015 when the Obama administration imposed sanctions against the Latin American nation.

Lavrov calls on like-minded nations to join forces against the “blackmail” of Western sanctions during a visit to Venezuela.

The Venezuelan president scolds Washington over its meddling in the country, marking the anniversary of a US-backed coup attempt against late president Hugo Chavez.

A direct shipping route has been established between Iran and Venezuela to facilitate trade.

The leaders of Colombia and Venezuela have renewed a trade deal that had been on hold for four years.

Iran and Venezuela stress the importance of enhancing mutual cooperation in all fields and quicker implementation of joint projects in the face of foreign pressures against the two countries.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro slams the US parallel institution policy in his country, calling Washington's attempt to assault and replace the public institutions of his country a “failure.”

Colombia's president arrives in Venezuela to meet with his counterpart, as the two countries take further steps to normalize ties.