Conservative Spanish parliament member Cayetana Alvarez de Toledo, in Miami to receive a democracy award, said her government — and President Trump's — should get tougher on Venezuela's brutal dictatorship.

Venezuela bonds jumped after the government reached a deal with the White House, adding to optimism that President Donald Trump’s administration is softening its stance toward the political foe.

Six Americans who had been detained in Venezuela are heading home to the US, President Donald Trump announced Friday, after his envoy met with the country’s President Nicolás Maduro.