The United States Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, in 2019.

A copy of the comic that introduced Superman in 1938. Fewer than 100 copies are known to exist.

Family members awaiting the release of prisoners outside El Helicoide, a notorious prison in the center of Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, on Thursday.

“We do not have U.S. armed forces in Venezuela, and we are not occupying that country,” Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday.

A U.S. military helicopter flying over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted in the Caribbean Sea. American officials have suggested that they intend to seize another ship, Bella 1, which they are currently tracking.

President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela at a rally in Caracas, the capital, earlier this month.

The strike, conducted at the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, had targeted a boat sailing along a “known narco-trafficking route” in the eastern Pacific.

An oil tanker anchored near the Cardón Refinery in Punto Fijo, Venezuela, in 2021.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth briefed senators on Tuesday.

Nicolás Maduro carries the flag of Chavismo, the brand of socialism promulgated by his predecessor, Hugo Chávez.

Supporters of President Nicolás Maduro during a get-out-the-vote event this month in the capital, Caracas.

Former President Nicolas Sarkozy of France arriving for a meeting on the Russian attack of Ukraine in Paris in February 2022.