It comes a week after the US seized an oil tanker off the country's coast, intensifying pressure on Nicolás Maduro.
A tanker seized by the US is believed to be part of a "ghost fleet" used by Venezuela to evade oil sanctions.
Ecuador defender Mario Pineida dies at the age of 33 after being shot outside a shop in Guayaquil.
The move is seen as a further escalation of the Trump administration's war on drugs in Latin America.
The US has carried out more than 20 strikes in international waters on alleged drug vessels since September.
Many believe Kast will be the most right-wing president since Augusto Pinochet, who oversaw a 17-year dictatorship in Chile from 1973.
Chile has become the latest country in the region to elect a right-wing president.
BBC correspondent Will Grant surveys the similarities and differences between current US-Venezuela tensions and the 1989 invasion of Panama.
The US has ordered a naval blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.
Experts say that Russian and Chinese support for Venezuela has largely dried up, with no prospect of real military or financial aid.
The man who led the operation says María Corina Machado crossed “very rough seas” in “pitch-black darkness”.
The South American nation's output has plummeted and restoring its former glory would be a heavy lift.
A seized tanker accused of smuggling sanctioned oil has long hidden its true location. BBC Verify examines how.
Immigrants from among the 19 countries banned by the Trump administration tell the BBC how their citizenship ceremonies were abruptly cancelled.
Two-time 100m world record holder Asafa Powell teams up with Olympic gold-winning sprinter Noah Lyles to help Hurricane Melissa victims in Jamaica.
The host nations had what will be seen as relatively favorable draws for the 2026 tournament.
At a viewing party in Philadelphia, dozens of football fans from around the world watched as the group stage draw unfolded.
Aiesha Barrett's track Jamaica Strong has become an anthem for the hurricane-hit country.
Juan Orlando Hernández, once called the key figure in a drug trafficking scheme that flooded America with cocaine, walked free after the pardon.
A retired US vice admiral talks through the military equipment sent to the island in recent months, and what the build up could mean.
The idea came from the miners building makeshift altars in the mine in the 1930s, to pray for their safety before starting their shifts.
The BBC's Ione Wells looks at how the incident marks a sharp escalation in an increasingly tense relationship between both countries.
The Venezuelan opposition leader made her first public appearance in 11 months moments before the interview.
Local police said the man was not injured in the crash in Mexico City on 9 December.
The F/A-18 Super Hornets appeared on flight tracking sites near Maracaibo, Venezuela's second-largest city, before circling the gulf for about 40 minutes.
