Venezuela and Colombia have restored full diplomatic relations after a three-year logjam with the two South American neighbors exchanging ambassadors for the first time since 2019.

Defying US sanctions against Caracas, China has assigned a defense firm to ship millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil​​​​​​​ as part of a deal to offset the sanctions-battered Latin American country's debt to Beijing.

Colombia says the full reopening of the border with Venezuela will take place sooner rather than later but it depends on legal conditions and the overall restoration of bilateral ties between the two estranged neighbors.

A Venezuelan government delegation on Thursday held a protest outside Argentina's embassy in Caracas against the grounding of a cargo plane and its crew in Buenos Aires on the US diktat.

Venezuela and Colombia have appointed new ambassadors to their respective capitals in a move to rebuild ties following years of tension.

Venezuela will become a “food producing and exporting power” in the near future, President Maduro said.

Venezuela's former opposition lawmaker Juan Requesens has been sentenced to eight years in prison for involvement in the 2018 assassination attempt on President Nicolas Maduro.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has condemned a call by the United States for Argentina to seize a Venezuelan cargo plane that has been grounded in Buenos Aires for nearly two months, saying Washington wants to “steal” the aircraft.

Argentina releases 12 crews, including one Iranian, of a Venezuelan plane detained since June.

Venezuela’s Conviasa airline launches weekly flights between Caracas and Tehran.