/tags/venezuelan-economy Venezuelan economy en-US WLRN Tue, 04 Apr 2023 15:30:00 GMT /latin-america/2023-04-04/venezuela-opposition-envoy-urges-biden-to-ease-oil-sanctions The new representative of Venezuela’s opposition in the U.S. is urging the Biden administration to start relaxing crippling oil sanctions on Nicolas Maduro’s government or risk seeing the socialist-run country turn into another Cuba with Washington scapegoated for increasing authoritarianism and economic hardships. Tue, 04 Apr 2023 15:30:00 GMT /latin-america/2023-04-04/venezuela-opposition-envoy-urges-biden-to-ease-oil-sanctions Joshua Goodman | Associated Press /news/2022-01-18/is-venezuela-finally-pulling-out-of-the-worlds-worst-economic-tailspin After a decade of harrowing economic contraction and hyperinflation — and after ending a raft of disastrous polices — Venezuela likely saw growth last year. Tue, 18 Jan 2022 22:29:31 GMT /news/2022-01-18/is-venezuela-finally-pulling-out-of-the-worlds-worst-economic-tailspin Tim Padgett