U.S. Embassy in Caracas raises American flag for the first time in seven years, months following former President Nicolás Maduro's capture by U.S. forces.

Wilyer Abreu watched the ball leave the park and tossed his bat high in the air. His Venezuela teammates streamed out of the dugout in celebration. The comeback was on, and the win over the reigning World Baseball Classic champion Japan was within reach.

After retiring from Chevron, Ali Moshiri warned the Trump administration it would face a morass if it tried to install the democratic opposition.

Japan's World Baseball Classic title defense is over. Saturday night at loanDepot Park in Miami, Venezuela rallied from behind to eliminate Japan ( VEN 8, JPN 5) and advance to the semifinals. Venezuela is one step away from Tuesday's Championship Game and Japan will head home following its worst World Baseball Classic finish ever.

Italy continues its unlikely run at the World Baseball Classic and will next take on Venezuela in Monday's semifinal game. The Venezuelans are having their own storybook run after eliminating Shohei Ohtani and defending WBC champions Japan in the quarterfinals. Next up is a spot in the final.

March 14 (Reuters) - In mid-February, hundreds of students from Venezuela’s most prestigious university did the once unthinkable: their protest left the campus of the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas and spilled out into a nearby street.

Eugenio Suarez's attempt to catch the flipped bat of teammate Wilyer Abreu on a World Baseball Classic home run left Reds fans averting their eyes.

Private jets fly over dilapidated Maracaibo as executives seek deals and crude prices surge. A real recovery will not be easy

Michael Lorenzen will start for Italy and Keider Montero for Venezuela when the teams meet Monday night in a World Baseball Classic semifinal

Venezuela needs the sprawling diaspora of oil workers who fled the Caribbean country under President Nicolás Maduro to return. That's a hard sell.

When Venezuela finished its 8-5 victory against the defending champions Japan on Saturday night, manager Omar López wasn’t thinking about himself. Nor was he thinking about his team – not Wilyer Abreu,