U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar are introducing a bipartisan bill to crack down on loopholes that allow oil company revenues to flow to the Venezuela’s authoritarian government led by President Nicolás Maduro.

In a bold move ahead of Venezuela’s inauguration of President-elect Edmundo González, Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced the Securing Timely Opportunities for Payment and Maximizing Awards for Detaining Unlawful Regime Officials (STOP MADURO) Act.

The announcement came as Nicolás Maduro began another term despite U.S. officials believing he lost his election.

Sen. RICK SCOTT (R-Fla.) re-introduced his STOP MADURO Act this week to increase the maximum reward amount from $15 million to a maximum of $100 million for information leading to Maduro’s arrest and conviction. Another bipartisan bill would impose additional sanctions on Venezuela and try to pressure a move toward democracy.

The Venezuelan exile community answered the call from Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado to go out and defend democracy.

Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) joined Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Jim Risch (R-ID) and five other U.S. senators in introducing the Venezuela Advancing Liberty,

The Biden administration announced a slew of new sanctions against allies of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in opposition to his claim of election victory, calling his Friday inauguration “illegitimate” and a “desperate attempt to seize power.

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A former U.S. Marine and a Florida man who were imprisoned in Venezuela have sued President Nicolás Maduro for allegedly heading a vast “criminal enterprise” that uses American citizens as bargaining chips in negotiations with the U.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will be sworn in for a third term Friday while hundreds of government opponents arrested since his disputed reelection last summer languish in the country's packed prisons.

Homeland Security cites political and economic conditions in Venezuela and damage from heavy rains in El Salvador as reasons for deeming them unsafe for return.