Venezuelan government officials floated a plan in which President Nicolás Maduro would eventually leave office, a bid aimed at easing mounting U.S. pressure on the government in Caracas.

Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday rejected as “false” a Miami Herald report that said a group of senior regime officials — led by her and her brother Jorge Rodríguez — had twice offered Washington a plan to replace Nicolás Maduro in an effort to ease tensions with the United States.

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro approved two different offers made to the U.S. through Qatar to leave power and make way for a transition, according to a new report

Machado, whom the Nobel Committee commended for “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy,” has praised U.S. President Donald Trump for supporting Venezuela’s pro-democracy movement.

As President Donald Trump weighs military action inside Venezuela, building up forces in the Caribbean and flying B-52 bombers off the country’s coast this week, Nicolás Maduro is responding in kind,

As of Friday, it appears very possible that the US military could take military action against alleged cartel targets in Venezuela within the coming days. These could include drug labs, airstrips used for cocaine shipments, or camps of the armed groups backed by the regime.

A new survey found that nearly nine out of ten Venezuelans describe Nicolás Maduro's government as a narco-terrorist organization, reflecting widespread public discontent and deep mistrust toward the country's leadership.

The White House's "FAFO" post confirms Maduro's resource offer and escalates tensions amid military buildup and CIA operations.