In the Time magazine, photojournalist Philip Holsinger shares the heart-wrenching experience of the 238 Venezuelans sent from the United States to a Salvadoran prison.
Jorge Rodríguez announced in a social media statement that repatriation flights from the United States will resume starting March 23.
The administration of Donald Trump will revoke the legal status of 530,000 Venezuelans, Cubans, Nicaraguans, and Haitians in the United States starting April 24.
Amid migration and political tensions, Venezuela received a flight on Thursday with 311 migrants repatriated from Mexico as part of the “Plan Vuelta a la Patria”—Return to the Homeland Plan.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio threatened Venezuela with “new, severe and escalating sanctions” on Tuesday, to force the country to accept deportation flights.
Jorge Rodríguez, the Venezuelan government’s delegate for dialogue with the United States, denounced on Monday the deportation of 238 Venezuelans to a “mega-prison” in El Salvador, as well as the use of the 1798 “Alien Enemies Act” against his co-nationals.
American diplomat Richard Grenell announced on Thursday morning that Venezuela will once again accept repatriation flights from the United States. The statement, shared via X, added that the first flights will arrive on Friday.
During his weekly press conference this Monday, the General Secretary of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and Minister of Interior, Diosdado Cabello, announced the creation of the “July 28 Movement for Constitutional Reform.”
Nicolás Maduro stated on Saturday that communications with the United States government had been damaged following the revocation of General License 41, which allows Chevron to operate in Venezuela despite sanctions.
The Donald Trump administration faces a new challenge in its plans for mass deportations. The Venezuelan government has privately informed the administration that it will not accept any more returned migrants, according to a note published in The Wall Street Journal, after consulting sources familiar with the matter.
