US prosecutors have updated their indictment against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to include systematic torture allegations spanning his presidency.

President Donald Trump denied instructing anyone to block Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado from returning to her country.

Alex Saab pleaded guilty in a Miami federal court to money laundering tied to a Venezuelan food subsidy scheme, agreeing to forfeit $195 million and cooperate with federal authorities.

Former Venezuelan businessman Alex Saab has pleaded guilty to money laundering and agreed to cooperate with U.S. authorities, forfeiting $195 million tied to a food-subsidy scheme.